Tentative 2016 List
tentatively |
| 20 |  | The Gerogerigegege
Moenai Hai
hmm |
| 19 |  | serpentwithfeet
blisters
possibly |
| 18 |  | Matthew Revert / Vanessa Rossetto
Earnest Rubbish
we'll see |
| 17 |  | TVO
Installation Piece
not sure about this one |
| 16 |  | Sarah Hennies
Gather & Release
nor this one |
| 15 |  | Animal Collective
Painting With
if i can't commit to relationships or friendships how the fuck am i meant to commit to this |
| 14 |  | The Nativist
Various Options
various options? i'll bloody say! |
| 13 | | Michael Moser
Antiphon Stein
only God can give me guidance for this task, which I am clearly inadequately equipped to broach |
| 12 |  | Babyfather
BBF Hosted by DJ Escrow
please, make it stop, i simply cannot go on |
| 11 |  | 10tet
10tet
i can't even put 10tet in tenth position for maximum synchronicity. what the fuck |
| 10 |  | David Thomas Broughton
Crippling Lack
a crippling lack of confidence in this list more like! / no lyric has even pinned me quite as much as "open to suggestion but too timid to ask" |
| 9 |  | Vanessa Rossetto
The way you make me feel
...actually this one is pretty good. it can stay. |
| 8 |  | American Football
American Football (LP2)
argue with me i dare you. |
| 7 |  | Julius Eastman
Femenine
me too Julius, if you can say indecision is a feminine quality, which it isn't outside of societal coding, but you get the gist of this laborious set-up |
| 6 |  | Santiago Astaburuaga
Grado de Potencia #1
good |
| 5 | | Sun Kil Moon
God Bless Ohio
not an album but Mark does more in ten minutes than most people can do in quadruple that time so i'll fight my corner. richly cinematic and novelistic, i refuse to omit this in a year where Kozelek has provided me with so much comfort. Carry me Mark. |
| 4 |  | Graham Lambkin
Community
"Philip are you playing your depressed British monologue man music again" |
| 3 |  | Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
"Philip are you playing your depressed British banshee music again" |
| 2 | | Toshiya Tsunoda
Somashikiba
A horse graveyard, outlying areas, a biosphere of movement and history. The undisputed maestro of field recordings. Shh. Listen. |
| 1 |  | Reed Evan Rosenberg / Ethan Tripp
Medium Rude
The most thrilled, nauseated and ultimately moved by an EAI album I'd been in eons; mouth left agape at the daring climax; an insight into turbulent psyches, sure, but a return trip. Listened to in Wellington, Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin, in the sun and the snow. A timely reminder that solitudinous behaviour is not necessarily analogous to loneliness. Textures yielded I hadn't encountered. Confident this won't be usurped. Teach me to love, but first teach me the kind of bravery that makes this album possible. |
|
