2013 Albums You Probably Didn't Listen To
I was going to post this yesterday but I decided to write a little more about rthe albums so it got rpostponed until today. |
| 1 |  | The Amenta
Flesh is Heir
More industrial death metal. Crushingly heavy. It has some overly similar parts, but
it's still a great listen. |
| 2 |  | Astroid Boys
Bacon Dream
Welsh grime group with some hardcore mixed in that don't take themselves too
seriously. Most likely you're thinking that sounds awful. Well, I like it. |
| 3 |  | Blue October
Sway
It's like a more ambient take on their Approaching Normal sound. It's a very grey
album, so some may find it too boring. I personally enjoy it. |
| 4 |  | The Earls of Mars
The Earls of Mars
It's metal. It's weird. Sounds vaguely early 70s. Check it out. |
| 5 |  | Essence of Datum
Event Horizon
Proggy instrumental melodeath. Shreds hard, but possibly a little too constantly for
some. |
| 6 |  | Eyesburn
Reality Check
All you need to know is that this a reggae metal. Now go find it and listen to it. |
| 7 |  | Five Knives
The Rising
Read Brostep's review of it. It describes this better than I could. |
| 8 |  | Gaby and the Thurstones
Morning Follows Me Here
Very good indie folk album featuring a fellow Sputnik user. Listen to it. |
| 9 |  | The Here and Now
Born to Make Believe Part 1
Excellent rock album from one of the members of Four Year Strong. Check this shit
out. |
| 10 |  | Lily Kershaw
Midnight In The Garden
Indie folk/pop. She has a good voice but sounds like a number of others in the
genre. "Tokyo" is by far the best song on here, but it's not really representative of
the rest of the album. |
| 11 |  | Night Terrors of 1927
Guilty Pleas
The new project from Jarrod Gorbel (ex-Honorary Title) and Blake Sennett (ex-Rilo
Kiley). It's indie rock with an electronic edge that leans to but never quite falls into the
realm of preppy white girl music. "Dust and Bones" is the my favourite song here. |
| 12 |  | Noein
Infection - Erasure - Replacement
Industrial death metal. Gets a bit samey at times but goes hard too. |
| 13 |  | Ocean Chief
Sten
Sludgy doom metal. Epic (as in the 15 minute song is the shortest) song lengths
made it hard for me to get through, but it was worth it. |
| 14 |  | The Privateer
Monolith
I think this was the first folk metal album I ever heard. It's great. Check it out. |
| 15 |  | Various Artists (Punk)
Punk Goes Christmas
The best Punk Goes? album since the early days of the series. Minimal chugging,
and mostly original Christmas songs. Lyrics can get repetitive (every single song is
a breakup song with maybe two exceptions), but it's different in a good way. |
| 16 |  | Smalls.
Expecting The Worst
Debut EP of a catchy female-fronted pop punk band that doesn't rip off Paramore.
High energy, brings the jams. Good summer album. |
| 17 |  | Thao With The Get Down Stay Down
We The Common
Extremely good indie folk. May be sound a bit weird to some but give it a chance if
you like the genre. |
| 18 |  | Tidal Arms
Tidal Arms
Alternative mixed with metal and just really good in general. |
| 19 | | Tides From Nebula
Eternal Move
Spacey post-rock. A very atmospheric album. |
| 20 |  | The Venetia Fair
The Venetia Fair... Basically Just Does Karaoke
Some pretty cool circuscore (?) covers of good songs. Excellent EP. |
| 21 |  | Twenty One Pilots
Vessel
Hometown heroes for me. Bright indie pop/rap with dark lyrics. It can be a bit
difficult to get into if you haven't seen them live first, though. Got my sister the UK
edition for the four bonus tracks (all re-recorded Regional At Best songs, but
they're really good and have some very different parts). |
| 22 |  | Witness
Beacons
Newest EP from a metalcore/post-hardcore band from my home state. Not the
most original music but it's catchy and enjoyable. Also the guys in the band are
pretty cool dudes. |
| 23 |  | Young London
Instincts
A husband and wife duo that does modern popular electronic music (no dubstep
here though) with a 90s pop throwback twist. |
| 24 |  | Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin
Some psychedelic post-metal. Album art fits the feel of the album perfectly. Which, of course, is not on Sputnik. |
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