OH MY GOD IT’S THE FINAL ELEVEN RECORDS CAN YOU HANDLE IT DO
YOU EVEN CARE WHAT IS ALL OF THIS FOR ANYWAYS LIFE IS MEANINGLESS THE UNIVERSE
DOES NOT KNOW YOU EXIST.
Pusha T – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude
(Unpurchased)
Instead of a review, I’d rather just quote King Push lines
from this record, but we don’t have that kind of time. Pusha is the best rapper
living and maybe of all time.
This was the best album of 2014, and now it’s the best album
of 2015! My particular brand of snobbishness and windbaggery knows no bounds with
this band, so let’s leave it alone.
Bitter End – Illusions of Dominance (White cassette)
Surprise record of the year? This might be as good as Climate of Fear. I’ve found it almost
impossible to put this record aside for more than a week or two. It’s… great.
Turnover – Peripheral Vision (Clear green cassette)
I know I said I wouldn’t review an album already discussed
on the blog, but I got it wrong the first time. This is quite possibly my
favourite record of 2015. My emotions!
Grimoire – L’aorasie des spectres reveurs (Clear
black cassette)
This is one of those records I ordered on a whim from a
record label and it turned out to be an absolute delight. Black metal done to
near perfection. Cold and beautiful.
Lustre – Blossom (Clear vinyl)
And this is the reason I happened to pick up that Grimoire
tape! This is new age black metal; the soundtrack to a massage in the
Scandinavian woods, a spa-day in corpse paint.
Crimewave – Collection II (Black cassette)
Really, I should be talking about all of the material Andy
Gibbs released this year, but let’s stick with the only properly released one.
A perfect blend of electronic noise, ambient, and drone.
The World is a
Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die – Harmlessness (Vinyl unreleased)
Is it cheating if the vinyl doesn’t get released till
January? Who cares! TWIABP have matured as songwriters so much since Whatever, If Ever, making this record
absolutely wonderful. Emo will never die.
Ceremony – The L-Shaped Man (Sea foam green vinyl)
Leaving behind the suburban doldrums of the previous two
records, the constantly evolving Ceremony embraces the new wave/post-punk ennui
of the 80s as the band now confronts the emotional depths of nascent adulthood.
Godspeed You! Black
Emperor – Asunder, Sweet and Other
Distress (Black vinyl)
An album I had all but forgotten. Asunder is GY!BE at their noisiest and most dissonant. This is a
massive and intense record that sounds absolutely unique when measured against
contemporary post-rock records.
Cloud Rat – Qliphoth (White cassette)
This is as dynamic a grindcore record as any I’ve ever
heard. It almost sounds like it’s a leftover relic from the heydays of Magic
Bullet and Robotic Empire. The new Pg. 99?
I know I broke the rules for Turnover and not for Keeper or
K Dot or Deafheaven or Camera Shy, but that was to prove a point. Also, cassettes
are totally back, baby.
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