Best Albums of 2013

I realise that we're a few days out of date now, but James Vincent McMorrow's new album is incredible. Early contender for album of 2014!
 
pumaz said:
Just discovered Etherwood thanks to this thread :)
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Just listened to a couple and sadly my take is that he's a great songwirter ruined by drum and bass why a beautifull set of lyrics like Begin 'By Letting Go' needs a dance beat I've no idea totally ruins the feeling of the song.

Hopefully someone will do a 'normal' cover!
 
This is an early 2013 album that I only discovered last week and I'm totally hooked the hauting melancholy in the recordings and the incredible lyrics just keep drawing me in!

Field Report by Field Report is an incredible debut and hopefully hints at a great future, the lead single was I am Not Waiting Anymore which as you'll see if you click the link below is beautiful and the associated video is top notch.

 
a1ex2001 said:
Just listened to a couple and sadly my take is that he's a great songwirter ruined by drum and bass why a beautifull set of lyrics like Begin 'By Letting Go' needs a dance beat I've no idea totally ruins the feeling of the song.

Hopefully someone will do a 'normal' cover!
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You better ask Etherwood seeing as he produced the album himself.
 
Janesy B said:
You better ask Etherwood seeing as he produced the album himself.
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I know, it's his choice but I just don't think the bass beat matches some of his stunning lyrics and the beautiful piano parts. If he ever decides do do non D&B versions of his tracks he's gotta sale here. Clearly a talented guy just directing his talent in the wrong direction for me!
 
a1ex2001 said:
I know, it's his choice but I just don't think the bass beat matches some of his stunning lyrics and the beautiful piano parts. If he ever decides do do non D&B versions of his tracks he's gotta sale here. Clearly a talented guy just directing his talent in the wrong direction for me!
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I suppose you want Steve Vai to take all the squeaky parts out too. Ridiculous. You must listen to nothing but Coldplay-like muzak. 'Normal' version indeed. More like 'package this in the boring way I'm used to' version.
 
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Robosapien said:
I suppose you want Steve Vai to take all the squeaky parts out too. Ridiculous. You must listen to nothing but Coldplay-like muzak. 'Normal' version indeed. More like 'package this in the boring way I'm used to' version.
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bit of a odd way to take issue with his comment. the drum and bass bit is the most formulaic stock part of the whole song and completely uninspiring, its like he's pressed "sample 4" on his roland. its a fair comment in my opinion but maybe just shines through a bit more because his lyrics/vocals are much better than most.

anyway, this is the reason i browse these threads so again, thanks for the heads up
 
Nutella33 said:
bit of a odd way to take issue with his comment. the drum and bass bit is the most formulaic stock part of the whole song and completely uninspiring, its like he's pressed "sample 4" on his roland. its a fair comment in my opinion but maybe just shines through a bit more because his lyrics/vocals are much better than most.

anyway, this is the reason i browse these threads so again, thanks for the heads up
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Fair enough. They fit perfectly for me, admittedly it's rare to have good piano and lyrics in a dance tune, but I don't find it a mismatch at all and find it all ties together nicely and the dnb is particularly upbeat and uplifting and well timed with the lyric, and ensures that the sentiment remains without getting bogged down in too much emotion. The whole album is incredibly well produced and refreshing to me, and it is predominetly dnb with only a few tracks being particularly choice piano/vocal cuts, but beyond Pendulum and their ilk I'm not exactly a dnb connoisseur, so even if it is drawing on tried and tested dnb foundations/stock loops I can't really tell.

I don't know exactly what a1ex2001 is imagining but I can tell you that if it was just him and a piano Jaimie Cullum style, or some boyband with backing strings, or some indie band guitar drivel, I would be put off immediately. The one-man band electronic style, aesthetic and image/kudos all fits together so perfectly that I find it abhorrent to pick out individual bits to dismantle and arrange in some sort of other, imaginary song or arrangement which somehow might be an improvement. I just don't understand why you can't accept it for what it is, the artists vision. I truly think it's incredibly well done, I wouldn't be opposed to an alternative, non-dnb version of Begin By Letting Go but I really can't fault the original as it is? :confused: I guess it's all subjective.
 
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Bought:-

Etherwood - Etherwood
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Arctic Monkeys - AM

Loving Etherwood so far, not listened to AM yet and Lorde is decent as well.
 
Just discovered:-

Minilogue - Blomma

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Very peaceful and hypnotic, loving it.
 
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Manics - Rewind The Film
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Sigur Ros - Kveikur
Eels - Wonderful Glorious
Biffy Clyro - Opposites
Suede - Blood Sports
Glasvegas - Later...When The TV Turns to Static
Placebo - Loud Like Love
 
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Robosapien said:
Fair enough. They fit perfectly for me, admittedly it's rare to have good piano and lyrics in a dance tune, but I don't find it a mismatch at all and find it all ties together nicely and the dnb is particularly upbeat and uplifting and well timed with the lyric, and ensures that the sentiment remains without getting bogged down in too much emotion. The whole album is incredibly well produced and refreshing to me, and it is predominetly dnb with only a few tracks being particularly choice piano/vocal cuts, but beyond Pendulum and their ilk I'm not exactly a dnb connoisseur, so even if it is drawing on tried and tested dnb foundations/stock loops I can't really tell.

I don't know exactly what a1ex2001 is imagining but I can tell you that if it was just him and a piano Jaimie Cullum style, or some boyband with backing strings, or some indie band guitar drivel, I would be put off immediately. The one-man band electronic style, aesthetic and image/kudos all fits together so perfectly that I find it abhorrent to pick out individual bits to dismantle and arrange in some sort of other, imaginary song or arrangement which somehow might be an improvement. I just don't understand why you can't accept it for what it is, the artists vision. I truly think it's incredibly well done, I wouldn't be opposed to an alternative, non-dnb version of Begin By Letting Go but I really can't fault the original as it is? :confused: I guess it's all subjective.
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It's all about opinions, if you buy that whole origional artist vision stuff then your saying there can never be a good cover or a gret re-mix which we all know isn't true all I would like is a remix where the producer takes the base line and replaces it with something that matches the tempo of the song and the lyrics.

Hey you like it I get that but there is no need to react like I just crossed some line of common decency I just expressed an opinion on something someone posted online no harm no foul. Feel free to disect the couple of artists I've posted in this thread I promise not to rant and rave.
 
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