Here is my rundown of albums and EPs that didn't make all the Best Of lists this year. Beginning with an album that has gone criminally underappreciated:
Bop English - Constant Bop
I tend to avoid ranking albums and movies and whatnot with absolute numerical values. But I can say without equivocation that Constant Bop is my absolute favourite record that isn't on all the other lists this year. The reviews it garnered are almost entirely positive and glowing, and yet I just don't see anyone going to bat for this release in their year end lists. This is album is so good that I want to yell at strangers on the street about how good it is and how they should stop what they're doing and listen to it. Luckily for said strangers, I don't get out much.
I'll just present the rest of my favourites in the usual fashion: no particular order, images linked to music, and without comment.
Young Ejecta - The Planet
Pond - Man It Feels Like Space Again
Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon
Everything Everything - Get To Heaven
Active Child - Mercy
Zero 7 - EP3
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Harmlessness
Majical Cloudz - Are You Alone?
Baio - The Names
Autre Ne Veut - Age Of Transparency
Jacques - Tout est magnifique
Danny L Harle - Broken Flowers
Various Artists - PC Music, Vol. 1
Sophie - Product
Kelela - Hallucinogen
Hop Along - Painted Shut
Chet Faker & Marcus Marr - Work
...and this isn't even an exhaustive list. I listen to a lot of music, and this is only a selection of what made it into my "Best Of 2015" playlist. Remember, I'm leaving the obvious choices out while trying to be somewhat concise.
The albums I was looking forward to in 2015 (mainly In Colour) certainly did not disappoint. And there were more than a few pleasant surprises along the way. Here's to another great year for music!
P.S.: Vinyl is bullshit.
