Happy ... er ... new year, it's the 2023 album recommendations thread!

[billy_bob]

Hen Ogledd seem to be trying to sneak their latest out without anyone noticing.

As usual with anything Richard Dawson-related, the previous album is no guide whatsoever for what to expect this time. It's back in avant folk terrritory after the sort of prog pop of Free Humans. Enjoying bits of it, but like Dawson's latest solo one I think it'll take a few listens to properly get the hang of it.

Hen Ogledd - Bronze

 

[Buddy Bradley]

This is good. A bit MIA, a bit Charli XCX.

Spotify is up, even if Bandcamp isn't:



Good stuff.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Hen Ogledd seem to be trying to sneak their latest out without anyone noticing.

As usual with anything Richard Dawson-related, the previous album is no guide whatsoever for what to expect this time. It's back in avant folk terrritory after the sort of prog pop of Free Humans. Enjoying bits of it, but like Dawson's latest solo one I think it'll take a few listens to properly get the hang of it.

Hen Ogledd - Bronze

Actually I think that came out in 2016, at least according to their webshop: RELEASES / SHOP - Hen Ogledd

Looks like maybe it was only out on vinyl and now they've put it on streaming - their 2013 debut also shows up on Spotify as released in 2023.

 

[braindancer]

Ivan the tolerable - black water brown earth rather lovely, some parts remind me of a lo-fi dots and loops. It’s been on repeat play, even my missus has crumbled and admits to liking it.

This is great - thanks for sharing!

 

[contadino]

This is great - thanks for sharing!

Yeah, really enjoyed it. Then followed it with The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe, another from Ivan the Tolerable from last year which is a corker too.

 

[billy_bob]

Actually I think that came out in 2016, at least according to their webshop: RELEASES / SHOP - Hen Ogledd

Looks like maybe it was only out on vinyl and now they've put it on streaming - their 2013 debut also shows up on Spotify as released in 2023.

Oh dear - well, that would explain why it just sort of trickled out onto Bandcamp without anyone noticing

(I mean, given that Dawson couldn't hit a bucket with a wooden spoon these days without articles about it in at least Pitchfork and the Guardian.)

 

[Part 2]

New Lankum album coming...March 24th

 

[Part 2]

Just saw this list shared on Facebook so I'm starting at the top. Shame I've got to go into the office tomorrow.

Albums :

1 William Ryan Fritch : Polarity
2 Sightless Pit : Lockstep Bloodwar
3 papervehicle : Yellow House
4 KHΛOMΛИ/ASH : Résidu Révolu
5 Anatoly Grinberg + Abell Leonid : The birth of a quantum lamb
6 Bruxa Maria : Build Yourself A Shrine And Pray
7 Hammock : Love in the Void
8 Ryuichi Sakamoto : 12
9 Innocent But Guilty & NLC feat. Wolf City : Dystopian Thoughts
10 Oozing Wound : We Cater To Cowards

11 Shall Remain Nameless : Dream Of A Sampler Life
12 Observatories : Our Recently Acquired Knowledge
13 AROVANE : Sinter
14 Deathprod : Compositions
15 Submerged : FURY
16 Simon Scott : Long Drove
17 Homeskin : Forgetfully Washed Into Callousness
18 The Murder Capital : Gigi's Recovery
19 Manco Wilder : The Phantom of the Corner Store
20 Gaz Coombes : Turn The Car Around
21 KHΛOMΛИ : DCLXVI
22 Ukandanz : Kemekem ከመከም
23 Day Tripper : What a time to be DEAD
24 Aidan Baker & Sergio Sorrentino : And The Clouds Played The Guitar

EPs :

1 BRUIT ≤ : Apologie du temps perdu, Vol. 1
2 Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad : Jazz Is Dead 016
3 Kyo Itachi x Pruven : Raw Balance
4 Jordane Prestrot : Formules éprouvées
5 Innocent But Guilty & DzEta : The Last Winter
6 Crimeapple : El Cantante

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Just like The Quietus end of year list, I've heard of virtually none of them.

 

[Part 2]

Just like The Quietus end of year list, I've heard of virtually none of them.

Me neither but that's half the fun eh. It was shared by Bruxa Maria and from the first things I've listened to seems quite varied.

 

[flypanam]

Aidan Baker at 24 is Nadja so I’ll check that later. Also I’ve heard good things about Hammock (on here I guess) will check that too.

 

[braindancer]

I've been listening to the Arovane this week - it's pretty sweet ambient and the Observatories album is in a similar vein and rather nice. Hammock I generally find a bit cloying. Simon Scott was the drummer in Slowdive - he's done some nice albums so I'll check that out for sure...

 

[Knotted]

Oops sorry already posted

 

[braindancer]

Aidan Baker at 24 is Nadja so I’ll check that later...

Always been a big Nadja fan but I was far from blown away by this - I enjoyed the middle two tracks but the opening and closing tracks were noodly bore-fests imho....

 

[Part 2]

House of All seem to be a band made up of ex fall members.

 

[stavros]

House of All seem to be a band made up of ex fall members.

Surely not all ex-Fall members? There'd be hundreds of them.

 

[Part 2]

Surely not all ex-Fall members? There'd be hundreds of them.

And everyone's granny playing bongos.

 

[billy_bob]

Surely not all ex-Fall members? There'd be hundreds of them.

That's why there's a picture of a large building on it

 

[Buddy Bradley]

House of All seem to be a band made up of ex fall members.

Mark E Smith's family doesn't sound too happy about it: Mark E. Smith's Family Says The Fall Members' New Project Is "Extremely Offensive"

 

[May Kasahara]

What a bizarre overreaction

 

[Part 2]

Maybe they're just keeping his spirit alive. Can't see him approving of the 'private seance' nonsense.

I don't think he would've wished them well though so they need to sharpen their game there.

 

[Part 2]

Bolton Punks Bruise Control debut album out sometime soon.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Top rated on RYM at the moment is this Korean shoegaze album, so it's probably worth checking out:

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Handy list of upcoming releases - I'm looking forward to new ones from The Go! Team, Screaming Females, Shame, Fever Ray, Boygenius, New Pornographers and Metallica.

 

[braindancer]

Top rated on RYM at the moment is this Korean shoegaze album, so it's probably worth checking out:

On the subject of shoegaze I was put on this album by Winter by Norman Records who gave it album of the week last week....

It's really grabbed me and I've been caning it.

 

[braindancer]

10 Oozing Wound : We Cater To Cowards

Now this absolutely rips! Never listened to Oozing Wound before - lots of reviews note how this latest is a big departure from their previous more thrash metal sound - this is proper good noise rock - a joy from start to end

 

[stavros]

Top rated on RYM at the moment is this Korean shoegaze album, so it's probably worth checking out:

Their last one was my AOTY two years ago, so I'll definitely be getting that one.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

On the subject of shoegaze I was put on this album by Winter by Norman Records who gave it album of the week last week....

It's really grabbed me and I've been caning it.

Came out in October 2022, so not eligible for this thread sadly.

 

[braindancer]

Came out in October 2022, so not eligible for this thread sadly.

Sincere apologies - blame Norman...

 

[Spandex]

Came out in October 2022, so not eligible for this thread sadly.

Appeared on Bandcamp last October, on cassette in November and vinyl at the end of January this year. Such is the way with release dates these days due to manufacturing times. So no need for sincere apologies from braindancer - he's just cooler than the streaming/download crew.