Thursday Album Release Hype Thread: 6/29/17
Jay-Z has taken his time recovering from the blunder that was Magna Carta Holy Grail and maybe that time is exactly what he needed to put together a great new album. There's been no singles and little info leading up to the album which makes it all the harder to pin this thing down. But there's always the hope that the man who gave us "Reasonable Doubt" can assemble a great rap project.
2. Beach House - B-Sides & Rarities
If there is one thing you can't deny Beach House has been, it's consistent. 6 Albums in they all meet a quality standard of deep and passionate dream pop. Even their most recent Amnesiac like follow up to Depression Cherry was fantastic and spawned fan favorite Elegy To The Void. There's no reason to expect this to be album of the year, it's just B Sides but if Untitled Unmastered tought us anything it's that the best artists have more good songs than just what we hear on the album.
Parquet Courts is overrated, but Sun Kil Moon is underrated, so hopefully this album will just be rated. Kozelek has been on a hot streak recently with a fantastic Sun Kil Moon album, a great solo EP and a nice follow up collab with Jesu. Now he's onto the Parquet Courts bassist Sean Yates. I don't expect a home run but I'm willing to give anything Mark touches these days a shot.
4. Avey Tare - Eucalyptus
Avey Tare has a shaky history with side projects. Usually a good single or two can be found but finishing out a great album has shown to be trouble for him outside of Animal Collective efforts. Judging based off of the past two underwhelming Animal Collective albums this will either be a further descent into mediocrity or all the creativity Avey has been saving up since Merriweather Post Pavillion.
