My Top 10 Albums of 2011 - Part II
7. Girls
Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Christopher Owens doesnt know whats happening on the outside world and he doesnt even know what the internet is. Stuck in the cult Children of God he eventually escapes turning to a life of drugs until he is found by a millionaire, staring Joseph Gordon Levitt and Emma Banks. Okay well its not becoming a move but that is the life of Girls frontman Chris Owens, youve got hand some respect to him. This album is a throwback to classic rock still retaining its San-Franciscan surf-vibe; with lyrics that can melt the heart I went and found the modern world/ but I miss the way life was/when you were my girl. Every single song is a classic and maintains its home styled pop from their debut. The fast paced Honey Bunny Owens confesses to a backing choir that girls dislike his method drug taking and on Vomit it literally sounds like fear has gotten to him as the song gradually gets more complex. Seriously go out and get this album.
6. Thao & Mirah
Thao & Mirah
Thao who could be compared as Karen Os younger sister and Mirah who reminds me of Emily Haines (Metric) too much. Both sensational indie darlings have finally gotten together to do to the indie scene as Simon & Garfunkel did to the hippies. The serene Little Cup has a sensational guitar riff that finally explodes into colourful confetti and Teeth has a confessional Thao who croons her way through a stream of handclaps and foot stomping. This album has been listened to as a post-party playlist on the train going home as energy still flows electrically as both of their personalities meld into one beautiful glistening dew drop.
5. Feist
Metals
Fuck you Steve Jobs! Chances youre probably familiar with Feists hit back in 07 1, 2, 3, 4 which was used as the flag-ship song for iTunes, regardless of this her previous album is superb. But Leslie Feist knew that she didnt want to stay in the spotlight of simple pop so she didnt touch the guitar for three years and she went back to complexity with Metals where her song-writing skills are as meaningful as her guitar playing. With a backing chorus and orchestral brass Graveyard explodes into an elegant wave of bliss and How Come You Never Go There has Feist pleading with a rolling piano. It may be because of the six posters of her in my bedroom but its too easy to fall in love with her.
4. James Blake
James Blake
One of the guys Ill turn gay for is James Blake purely for his voice (and his amazing hair), which cannot be confined to a single genre sounding ethereal and a throwback to soul. This is his debut album which takes the best works from his previous EPs and turns them into something moveable and transcending. Plenty of clashing of snares, a piano that often sounds submerged under crystalline water and his voiceoh his voice. With a cover of Feists Limit to Your Love he turns it into a simple piano which has his voice full of sorrow as he adds multiple layers and the classic Unluck proves that trip-hop/dubstep is something that only the beautiful can do. And his voice, seriously I will sell my first-born to just have him say to me Declan, lets take off all our clothes and Ill show you the LIMIT to MY love.
7. Girls
Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Christopher Owens doesnt know whats happening on the outside world and he doesnt even know what the internet is. Stuck in the cult Children of God he eventually escapes turning to a life of drugs until he is found by a millionaire, staring Joseph Gordon Levitt and Emma Banks. Okay well its not becoming a move but that is the life of Girls frontman Chris Owens, youve got hand some respect to him. This album is a throwback to classic rock still retaining its San-Franciscan surf-vibe; with lyrics that can melt the heart I went and found the modern world/ but I miss the way life was/when you were my girl. Every single song is a classic and maintains its home styled pop from their debut. The fast paced Honey Bunny Owens confesses to a backing choir that girls dislike his method drug taking and on Vomit it literally sounds like fear has gotten to him as the song gradually gets more complex. Seriously go out and get this album.
6. Thao & Mirah
Thao & Mirah
Thao who could be compared as Karen Os younger sister and Mirah who reminds me of Emily Haines (Metric) too much. Both sensational indie darlings have finally gotten together to do to the indie scene as Simon & Garfunkel did to the hippies. The serene Little Cup has a sensational guitar riff that finally explodes into colourful confetti and Teeth has a confessional Thao who croons her way through a stream of handclaps and foot stomping. This album has been listened to as a post-party playlist on the train going home as energy still flows electrically as both of their personalities meld into one beautiful glistening dew drop.
5. Feist
Metals
Fuck you Steve Jobs! Chances youre probably familiar with Feists hit back in 07 1, 2, 3, 4 which was used as the flag-ship song for iTunes, regardless of this her previous album is superb. But Leslie Feist knew that she didnt want to stay in the spotlight of simple pop so she didnt touch the guitar for three years and she went back to complexity with Metals where her song-writing skills are as meaningful as her guitar playing. With a backing chorus and orchestral brass Graveyard explodes into an elegant wave of bliss and How Come You Never Go There has Feist pleading with a rolling piano. It may be because of the six posters of her in my bedroom but its too easy to fall in love with her.
4. James Blake
James Blake
One of the guys Ill turn gay for is James Blake purely for his voice (and his amazing hair), which cannot be confined to a single genre sounding ethereal and a throwback to soul. This is his debut album which takes the best works from his previous EPs and turns them into something moveable and transcending. Plenty of clashing of snares, a piano that often sounds submerged under crystalline water and his voiceoh his voice. With a cover of Feists Limit to Your Love he turns it into a simple piano which has his voice full of sorrow as he adds multiple layers and the classic Unluck proves that trip-hop/dubstep is something that only the beautiful can do. And his voice, seriously I will sell my first-born to just have him say to me Declan, lets take off all our clothes and Ill show you the LIMIT to MY love.
floxy:
you said it right