Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s by JamesMowbray 
- Chart updated: 12/20/2021 20:45
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I feel like the main draw of music that's sad or that covers difficult subjects is that it gets across a feeling of not being alone but I'm not sure that it does a lot to make anyone feel better. In fact, some of Black Dresses' own music can have the opposite effect on me. Something like 'Hell is Real' might make me feel a bit more miserable but it's also cathartic, the emotional honesty feels important. 'Peaceful as Hell' does something different. It gives a sense of resolution and being able to cope with difficulties without making up some fairytale story where everything works out in the end. There was a sketch of this approach on 2019's 'Love and Affection for Stupid Little Bitches' where a track as harsh as static talks about never having felt more alive without undercutting the tone of the track. These types of themes are more affective here. "There's a part of me that wants to keep destroying me" is repeated over and over on 'Damage Suppressor' but it's followed up with "I'll keep coming back together again". The album celebrates the slow progress and small victories without looking for some sort of unattainable complete recovery, it celebrates the bravery we show when we try to get better. The outro to their 2019 track 'Death/ Bad Girl' has Rook say "I'm glad we're in the struggle but I wish we didn't have to define ourselves by the struggle at all", 'Peaceful as Hell' reverses this statement and speaks it louder than ever.
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Forever in Your Heart sees Black Dresses continue to make emotionally resonant music in their own unique way. The first few tracks here are heavy, even by their standards, and show a real evolution in the duo's vocals, especially for Rook who incorporates some of the vocals she'd worked with in Crisis Sigil into a track like 'Concrete Bubble'. These early tracks give way to a softening in sound that makes up the middle section of the record. As good as the tracks here are, some do feel less essential than others and make me think that Forever in Your Heart doesn't justify it's longer tracklist in the same way that last year's Peaceful As Hell Did. That doesn't take away how good some of these tracks are though. 'Tiny Ball' starts from nothing to build into one of the most soaring ends to a track here and 'Waiting42moro' is one of the duo's best tracks. I also really appreciate the message of 'Understanding' which makes the point that it's less important to try and understand painful events than it is to try and understand people as they are. It's a really valuable attitude in general but particularly relates to how listeners can best approach art that tackles the difficult subject matters that this record does.
The final 4 tracks make up the strongest portion of the album, kicking off with the nightmarish 'Perfect Teeth'. It's a track that really resonates with me because of the idea of being bitten down on by 'Perfect Teeth', I've always found myself in the most danger from the kinds of powerful people that are looked up to in society, whether that's politicians who could make my life impossible or medical professionals who have complete control over my medical gender transition. Black Dresses have a habit of ending records with more reflective tracks and '(Can't) Keep it Together' is the best of these closers. It builds tremendously through its four minutes and like Injury Reserve's 'Bye Storm' manages to end in a slightly more upbeat way without betraying the themes of the record. All pretty good work for a band that I think is still considered broken up.
The final 4 tracks make up the strongest portion of the album, kicking off with the nightmarish 'Perfect Teeth'. It's a track that really resonates with me because of the idea of being bitten down on by 'Perfect Teeth', I've always found myself in the most danger from the kinds of powerful people that are looked up to in society, whether that's politicians who could make my life impossible or medical professionals who have complete control over my medical gender transition. Black Dresses have a habit of ending records with more reflective tracks and '(Can't) Keep it Together' is the best of these closers. It builds tremendously through its four minutes and like Injury Reserve's 'Bye Storm' manages to end in a slightly more upbeat way without betraying the themes of the record. All pretty good work for a band that I think is still considered broken up.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s composition
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| Arca | 4 | 4% | |
| Sewerslvt | 3 | 3% | |
| Dltzk | 2 | 2% | |
| DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ | 2 | 2% | |
| Black Dresses | 2 | 2% | |
| Injury Reserve | 1 | 1% | |
| JPEGMAFIA | 1 | 1% | |
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From thepurplemartin 09/06/2024 01:28
Wow, such a detailed list and very insightful thoughts. Totally agree about Whole Lotta Red, I think people call it Carti’s Yeezus because that’s the closest comparison to draw from. WLR immediately dictated the new prevailing tone of trap music and Yeezus was the album that did that in the early-mid 2010s.
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