Goldlink’s 2017 offering has Kaytranada on ‘Meditation’ and Wale on ‘Summatime’ – album highlight – and it’s good for all sunny exploits. KWCĪpocalyptic climate change is good for one thing, anyway – hittin’ up those summer tunes. Shimmering, crystalline pop experimentation from Rebecca FIN Simonetti that will make your battered ears feel like you do love them after all. This was sent over by Hausu Mountain with the description that it’s “definitely one of the more accessible records we’ve worked on in a while - somewhere between Enya and Eartheater”. Either way, Feature have left us with a thrilling thirty-minute document that’s as sharp as a gleaming spike.” KWC (full review here) “With each member continuing to perform in other projects, the title suggests the album’s release is a way to reconcile the band’s dissolution, a (chalk) line drawn underneath several years spent at the heart of London’s DIY scene. KWCįeature – Banishing Ritual(Upset The Rhythm) He spoke of his love for Liturgy when we interviewed him way back in 2013, and now he’s cemented it by teaming up with the band’s drummer Greg Fox to produce a terrifically tempestuous record full of bite and muscle. ![]() KWCĬolin Stetson’s second entry in this list, the busy little blighter. Grand without being bombastic, emotional without slipping into earnestness, Stubborn Persistent Illusions is an absolute tour de force. Hell, it might be the best album the entire post-rock genre ever produced. The first Do Make Say Think album for eight years is also the best they’ve ever produced. Stubborn Persistent Illusions by Do Make Say Think His second full-length album does not change this perception one bit, though it adds intricate musical layers aplenty to the producer’s erudite library of musical and cinematic tastes.” Carmen Schaack (full review here)ĭo Make Say Think – Stubborn Persistent Illusions (Constellation) “Dollkraut’s first release, Shimanski’s Black Lullabies, left the impression of a nostalgic musician, concerned as much with sound’s aesthetic as with its sonic impact, superbly talented and a tad eccentric. KWCĭollkraut – Holy Ghost People (Dischi Autunno) KWCĭamaged Bug – Bunker Funk (Castle Face Records)Īre we getting to the point where John Dwyer’s Damaged Bug project starts to outshine his Thee Oh Sees day job? The brilliant, synth-strewn groove machine that is Bunker Funksuggests we might well be. The sheer physical effort Colin Stetson puts into his art is impressive (if you haven’t seen him undertake a lengthy circular-breathing battle with a saxophone as big as your mum, you haven’t lived), but it’s the fact that it consistently results in such transcendent music that makes this undertaking truly glorious. Kier Wiater CarnihanĬolin Stetson – All This I Do For Glory(52Hz) Like a pebble dropped into a lake of rippling piano keys, Bing & Ruth create absorbing, reflective meditations for a world that’s never been more in need of such moments. “Arca’s self-titled fourth album is an absorbing meditation on sexuality and fetishistic desire, sensuality and identity… The entire album is filled with dichotomies: hearing Arca sing but unsure if you’re ever hearing his true voice seeing his face close up on the cover but discoloured and relatively unrecognisable sharing something personal through dissonance and obscurity.” Amris Kaur (full review here) The Monitors’ Best Albums of 2017 – So Far… Something nice to listen to while the world burns. Seriously, there’s about 24 hours worth of music on there, and we’ll be adding to it throughout the rest of 2017. Well, until it blows up.Īs usual our chosen albums are listed in alphabetical order, and we have a Spotify playlist containing tracks from all the best albums of 2017 and many, many, many other highlights. ![]() And maybe it’s the influence of our burgeoning sister site MusicMap, but it’s interesting to see international efforts from Armenia, Mali, Venezuela and further afield in the mix. Seriously, we could’ve doubled it without significantly reducing quality control. Usually we restrict ourselves to around twenty-five albums but this summer’s list runs to a full forty, and that’s only after excessive cutting. While it’s been a worrying year for geopolitics, it’s clear from this best albums of 2017 run-down that it’s been a damn fine year for music. Plus we do this every July so, you know, tradition. Thus, with the ever-increasing chance that we won’t actually make it to the end of the year, we thought we’d have a rundown of the best albums of 2017 so far. With Kim Jong-un celebrating July 4th with “a gift for the American bastards” in the shape of a lovely big missile, while Donald Trump discusses WWIII scheduling with Vladimir Putin, the Doomsday Clock is currently closer to midnight than at any time since 1953.
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