Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s by JamesMowbray 
- Chart updated: 12/20/2021 20:45
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In a year with so many great records Pluperfect Mind stands out as my favourite, it has to be the most exciting album I've heard in any years. This stands out in the first few seconds of the opener, 'Lilac Moon, Reflected Sun' where a burst of violins(?) create a sound like nothing I've heard. It reminds me of the first couple of seconds of Julia Holter's aviary which also kicks off with the loudest moments you'll hear on the whole album. Just a few minutes later I was astonished again when the backing instrumental, starting as a minimalist piano explodes into life in the time it takes Isabelle Thorn to sing one note. As incredible as a track like this is, it's some of the tracks that (comparatively) calm things down that stand out as some of my favourites. 'Guinefort's Grave' is one of the most stunning track I've heard and works in a similar way to it's louder predecessor by paying really close attention to the backing instruments that accompany the stunning vocals. This becomes a running theme through the album and creates a restlessness amongst every track here as the sound can go from tiny to huge at a moment's notice. It makes every moment wonderfully unpredictable without thing coming even close to going off the rails. To pull all this off and still hold on to an emotional core is remarkable. While I can barely make out what's being said most of the time there's so many moments here that manage to move me, with the sense of peace on 'Black Moon, Lilith' really standing out on this point. I really hope that this album gets the attention it deserves in time and I can't wait to get through the rest of the Dear Laika discography.
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Probably my favourite post-punk album in a good year for the genre, For the First Time manages to mix a really tight sound from their drum, guitar and bass, with a massive sound from the jazzier elements of the band. This is used to amazing record across the whole record, with tracks like 'Sunglasses' and 'Instrumental' feeling like they've been completely blown open when the climax of each track comes in. Isaac Wood's vocals can really add to the chaos across the tracks here and aside from the opener, it feels like every track is built around his contribution. This also works well on the more tender 'Track X'. While the lyrics can sometimes be a bit indecipherable there's always enough to cling on to and some of the albums best moments come when the instrumental matches the intent of a lyric without the exact meaning of the lyric being obvious (leave Kanye out of this?). It's great to hear a band with such a complex sound get things right straight away and I'm really interested in seeing where they go next.
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Cavalcade is a big left turn from an already leftfield debut and its overall weirdness makes it totally unique in post punk. Opener 'John L' pushes the boundaries way beyond anything on Schlagenheim, with an instrumental that sounds like it could fall apart at any moment backing unsettling vocals with bizarre lyrics. The overall effect is pretty mesmerising with every part of the track pulling you along at its frenzied pace. It also might be the weirdest track I can think of that has over a million spotify streams, let me know if anything one ups it (O Superman might be in with a shout). At the other end of the record 'Ascending Forth' is far gentler but is almost as astonishing as the opener. Both tracks mark a big shift from anything black midi have done before and push the boundaries of post punk as a whole. On the basis of the tracks here it really feels like I ought to rate this higher, but as much as the quality holds up through the middle of the album, the path from 'John L' to 'Ascending Forth' isn't a very clear one. If I played the record on shuffle I'm not sure I'd have a very different experience with it. The key problem is that the harsher and softer tracks don't mix all that well, with no clear tone carrying through the record. The Velvet Underground and Nico would be my go to example of getting this right, where tracks like 'Sunday Morning' and 'Femme Fatale' sit comfortably next to tracks like 'Heroine' and 'The Black Angel's Death Song'. It might be a bit much to compare a new album to one of the greatest ever made but the tracks on display here show that black midi can really go on to make something special and with an album like this out of their system they might go on to make a pretty much perfect follow up.
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With an artist like King Krule I think it's always tricky to know where to go next. He's made some amazing music with his unique voice and eerie guitar alongside some louder elements but does this mean his music always has to take that approach? 'Man Alive' does well to keep Archy's momentum going, and sidestep this problem, after an album as great as 'The Ooz'. The early parts of the album take the louder and discordant parts of that record even further and the later parts have a great run of quieter downbeat tracks. The lyrics are brilliant across the project, with the most abstract lyrics doing enough to add to the overall mood of the harsher tracks and the more direct lyrics often being genuinely sad. 'Alone Omen 3' is a real highlight which manages to bring a ray of positivity whilst feeling as genuine as the tracks either side of it. It'll be really interesting to see what's next, whether it's a bigger departure from his previous work like 2015's 'A New Place 2 Drown', or a bit more tinkering around the edges.
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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% | |
| King Krule | 1 | 1% | |
| The Armed | 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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