21 Off the Top of My Head
21 seems like a cool number. I've been thinking about what I was going to do with 2019 albums for the last several months. Long-form writing hasn't been coming particularly easily to me over the last long while, so I never bothered to review many of these this past year. At one point, I thought about picking five or six albums and giving them the review or write-up that I never gave them during the year. What I settled on, though, is just telling you which albums I spent the most time with this year. I was surprised at how easy it was for me to come up with 21 records.
This isn't the definitive list, but it characterizes 2019 pretty well for me. I'll probably think of something I missed and kick myself, but I'm leaving open the option to revise this list in the coming weeks. It's my site, and I'll do what I want, right?
Anyway...
I looked at this list, and I felt like the albums on it could be grouped into some loosely related categories. Clearly, some of these albums could move among the various categories, but I'll leave it to you to re-organize them if you want.
Friends and favorites who can do no wrong in my book. They just speak to me. Take the personal and make it universal.
Titus Andronicus, An Obelisk
Bob Mould, Sunshine Rock
Vampire Weekend, Father of the Bride
Lowlight, Endless Bummer
A Giant Dog, Neon Bible (Arcade Fire cover)
Algebra II, Why Would Anyone Think This Goes Here?
Hot Blood, Fear of a Unified Public
Confrontational punk and post-punk. Sometimes political, sometimes deeply personal.
Fontaines D.C., Dogrel
Control Top, Covert Contracts
Priests, The Seduction of Kansas
Mannequin Pussy, Patience
Committed to an aesthetic. Meticulously on-brand. Cinematic.
Lana Del Rey, Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Weyes Blood, Titanic Rising
Orville Peck, Pony
Fascinations Grand Chorus, Presentations of Electrical Confectionery
Fresh takes on sounds I've loved my whole life.
Tallies, S/T
Sharon Van Etten, Remind Me Tomorrow
Sacred Paws, Run Around the Sun
Nearly perfectly-executed pop and rock that kept me coming back again and again.
Ex Hex, It's Real
Joy Cleaner, You're So Jaded
Mike Krol, Power Chords
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