2018, Albums of the Year?

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allblackcitizen said:
Does "Visions of a Life" - Wolf Alice count?
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Just saw Wolf Alice on Jools Holland's show. I'd never heard of them before, but the two tracks they played were really good - I'm a bit partial to that grungy sound with a woman vocalist (c.f. The Breeders, Veruca Salt).

(The bassist does look a bit like one of the guys from the white supremacist documentary I just saw on Netflix, though!)
 
NorCalBlue said:
Just saw Wolf Alice on Jools Holland's show. I'd never heard of them before, but the two tracks they played were really good - I'm a bit partial to that grungy sound with a woman vocalist (c.f. The Breeders, Veruca Salt).

(The bassist does look a bit like one of the guys from the white supremacist documentary I just saw on Netflix, though!)
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I'd heard of them, but never really listened, and then bought this album on a whim and a couple of weeks later it won the Mercury prize. It's very good. Buy it. You won't be disappointed.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Oh, mine is:

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The Fernweh "The Fernweh"


https://www.piccadillyrecords.com/counter/product.php?pid=125947

Recorded in seclusion on the North Yorkshire coast and transporting listeners on musical journey. Three friends, Jamie Backhouse (guitars), Ned Crowther (vocals and guitar) and Oz Murphy (keys/saxophone) gathered to make the album they always knew they could make, based on a pure and profound love for a golden era for British and US folk rock. Wringing every last drop of their combined experience into a cup that overflows with melody, song craft and deeply evocative imagery of a quintessentially British era of ‘mainstream psychedelia’, they are joined by Maja Agnevik (vocals/flute) and Phil Murphy (drummer).

Melodies and stories inspired by distinctly British, coal-fired version of 60s/70s psychedelia. Layered vocal harmonies, gentle, steam-train percussion and strokes of piano, acoustic guitars and subtle string arrangements are a feature of this sublime and compelling debut. A return journey into Britain’s explosively creative, post-war period. Arriving back in 2018, the band uses such deeply evocative influences to deliver an irrepressible psych-pop-folk non-genre record.

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Andy says: No surprise this is released on The Coral's Skeleton Key label as this is a beautiful evocation of hazy Scouseadelia: early 70's UK folk and gentle psyche combined to glorious, otherworldly effect. Lovely stuff.


TRACK LISTING
1. The Liar
2. Next Time Around
3. Timepiece
4. Brightening In The West
5. Hand Me Down
6. Dressing Up Box
7. Is This Man Bothering You?
8. Winterlude
9. A Leaf Didn't Move
10. Where Did The Sea Go
11. One Hundred Flowers Bloom
12. New Brighton Sigh
13. Little Monsters
14. Afternoon Nap
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Turned up this morning. Had it on most of the day, it's dreamy and bloody lush. Cheers for the recommendation.
 
One of my faves for 2018 has been Black Honey and their eponymously titled debut LP
 
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allblackcitizen said:
I'd heard of them, but never really listened, and then bought this album on a whim and a couple of weeks later it won the Mercury prize. It's very good. Buy it. You won't be disappointed.
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You were right, I've been listening to "Visions of a Life" on Amazon's streaming service and it's excellent. Their first album's also available and is very good as well. The tracks they played on Jools Holland were from the first album.
 
I know it’s now 2019 but I’ve only just heard this album that came out last year and it’s a cracker!

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The Babe Rainbow “Double Rainbow”
 
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