Boney's Favorite Songs of 2018
A (relatively) brief taste of my 2018 favorites. Album list coming mid-January. Consider this a preview but not too spoilery - a lot of albums the songs here come from won't be listed on the album list and there will be some albums not represented here that will be there. Listed alphabetically, with lyrics selections (where applicable). |
1 | | Advance Base Animal Companionship
"Dolores & Kimberly"
The streets were so empty
You’d think it was the rapture
Our midnight world
Just me and you |
2 | | Amen Dunes Freedom
"Freedom"
You’ve got a beautiful guitar
And there's an ocean where you are
Wherever you run, there you are |
3 | | Anna von Hausswolff Dead Magic
"The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra"
You look at their faces and their meaningless loss
And you cry |
4 | | Beach House 7
"Drunk In LA"
Can't help seeking corners
Of dark and dead end rooms
Where the drinks keep pouring down
And the candles keep me warm |
5 | | Big Red Machine Big Red Machine
"Hymnostic"
I am not an apparition
But I’ll haunt you
You'll see |
6 | | Bill Ryder-Jones Yawn
"Mither"
Will you still play on my mind
When I'm proud of myself?
Know I only meant well |
7 | | Brandi Carlile By the Way, I Forgive You
"The Joke"
I have been to the movies, I've seen how it ends
And the joke's on them |
8 | | Calexico The Thread that Keeps Us
"Music Box"
Here's a little gift from me to you
A place to store your dreams and your secrets too |
9 | | CHVRCHES Love Is Dead
"Heaven/Hell"
Is it right if I'm a perfect actress
Playin' the princess in distress? |
10 | | Cloud Nothings Last Building Burning
"So Right, So Clean"
So right, so clean
But does it mean anything? |
11 | | Daughters You Won't Get What You Want
"The Reason They Hate Me"
You have a lot of fun playing grab-ass with the boys
Which one's going to give you a ride home?
Which one's going to walk you to the door?
Wonder which one's going to call? |
12 | | Dawes Passwords
"Crack the Case"
It's really hard to hate anyone
When you know what they've lived through
And once they've given you a taste |
13 | | Deafheaven Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
"Glint"
Imagining us clasping hands in holiday
Imagining you growing older
Growing somehow more beautiful |
14 | | Death Cab for Cutie Thank You For Today
"Summer Years"
And I wonder where you are tonight
If the one you're with was a compromise
As we're walking lines in parallel
That will never meet and it's just as well |
15 | | The Decemberists I’ll Be Your Girl
"Rusalka, Rusalka / The Wild Rushes"
Come down, my little darling, come closer to me
The water is warm; it is salty and free |
16 | | Dogwood Tales Too Hard to Tell
"Austin's Song"
It’s just one of those things
That leaves you wondering
That always brings the pain |
17 | | Eels The Deconstruction
"The Deconstruction"
The deconstruction has begun
Time for me to fall apart |
18 | | Field Report Summertime Songs
"Every Time"
There is someone where I go now who reminds me of how you looked
That morning in sunlight when I saw how you looked under glass
How many first days do we have the nerve to wait for? |
19 | | Glorietta Glorietta
"Lincoln Creek"
I guess he found Jesus
You might not believe this
But sometimes I wish that I did |
20 | | Hatchie Sugar and Spice
"Sure"
Do you even think about me? |
21 | | Hop Along Bark Your Head Off, Dog
"Look of Love"
I still dream of spiders crawling across my bed |
22 | | Jeff Tweedy Warm
"I Know What It's Like"
I keep turning back one page
I can't find the plot
Something else is taking shape |
23 | | Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour
"Love Is a Wild Thing"
Running like a river trying to find the ocean
Flowers in the concrete |
24 | | Kurt Vile Bottle It In
"Bassackwards"
I was on the beach, but I was thinking about the bay
Got to the bay, but by then I was far away |
25 | | Lucy Dacus Historian
"Night Shift"
The first time I tasted somebody else’s spit, I had a coughing fit |
26 | | Matt Maltese Bad Contestant
"As the World Caves In"
You put your final suit on
I paint my fingernails
Oh we're going out in style babe |
27 | | Melody's Echo Chamber Bon Voyage
"Quand les larmes d'un ange font danser la neige"
Find someone nice
Find somewhere to hide
Someone to be held by |
28 | | Gavin Clark Beautiful Skeletons
MICHAEL CLARK
"Something To Be Won"
They lay there, sparkling in the sun
They rot there, never to become
Symbols, something to be won |
29 | | Mitski Be the Cowboy
"Nobody"
I'm just asking for a kiss
Give me one good movie kiss
And I'll be alright |
30 | | Neko Case Hell-On
"Halls of Sarah"
You see our poets
Do an odious business
Loving womankind
As lions love Christians |
31 | | Paddy Hanna Frankly, I Mutate
"All I Can Say Is I Love You"
Never really one for the dancing
But that’s just what I’m gonna do |
32 | | Parquet Courts Wide Awake
"Freebird II"
Free, I feel free
Like you promised I’d be |
33 | | Phosphorescent C'est La Vie
"Christmas Down Under"
If you need to make a martyr
You got to take away the man |
34 | | Richmond Fontaine Don’t Skip Out on Me
"Night Out With Diego"
~sad horns~ |
35 | | Thom Yorke Suspiria
"Suspirium"
This is a waltz thinking about our bodies
What they mean for our salvation |
36 | | Tropical Fuck Storm A Laughing Death in Meatspace
"Chameleon Paint"
All this scot-free moralizing’s got
Me quite demoralized |
37 | | We Were Promised Jetpacks The More I Sleep The Less I Dream
"The More I Sleep The Less I Dream"
I lost all hope
I left it with someone some time, somewhere ago |
38 | | Wye Oak The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs
"You of All People"
I get the feeling to look up
At something larger than myself
And reach for what is not allowed
No matter how I love the ground |
39 | | Yo La Tengo There’s A Riot Going On
"For You Too"
I am just some guy with too much pride |
40 | | Yves Tumor Safe in the Hands of Love
"Licking an Orchid"
There's a pain deep inside, but I’m trying not to lose my
Only baby girl to a toxic world |
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