It’s like Portishead remastered with a more current sound. Has weight.
Sevdaliza – ISON
Adult Karate – LXII
Nice and smooth. Good for work and chilling.
Jamie Lenman – Devolver
Having a cover like this makes me wonder if this is something interesting, surely theatrical, probably unexpected. The guy is said to be a chameleon but I don’t like all aspects of that making this album inconsistent. Some tracks are blowing my mind (Personal is a new favourite), some are not what I would expect but still great (Body Popping is like that), and there are some that I don’t dig (and no point in listing such). I especially love the ones that have the undeniable mark of Trent Reznor and not because I want to hear him echo everywhere but because Lenman takes some stuff with him and makes it his own and it is really awesome what comes out (hear in Mississippi). All in all this shit is runner-up for my Top 10 in 2017. Again something that I didn’t see coming.
Corpus I – Show Me the Body
This is a shit album, supposed be punk but it’s just random and bad. Luckily in that randomness there’s a completely unfitting piece called Spit, which is a great triphop track.
IDLES – Brutalism
Mostly punk. Then punk rock and post-punk. It is raw and dragging with force and wit.
Protomartyr – Relatives in Descent
First, band name. Second, post-punk alternative rock. Bit strange, bit otherworldly. Favourite track: Half Sister.
Reuben - In Nothing We Trust
Post-hardcore metal thing but with an alt-rock low-fi tone.
Four Tet – New Energy
In a way the most accessible Four Tet so far, sometimes odd mostly for the house beats, but still magical like always.
Gensu Dean & Wise Intelligent – Game of Death
Good old simple and awesome rap. Great beats, great flow.
Amateur Childbirth – Your Afterlife Is Cancelled
Wtf low-fi minimalist apocalyptic folk.