November 2019 Recap
As the year is slowing to a close so is the abundance of music released, but don't turn away yet because there are still a few worthwhile moments to hit from this month.
Hemlock Ernst & Kenny Segal - Back At The House
Sam Herring of Future Islands teams up with producer Kenny Segal for his first full length rap album and delivers a series of mostly successful highly lyrical hip hop tunes that should at least give fans of the genre something to chew on.
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Sunn 0))) - Pyroclasts
The legendary drone metal bands second release of 2019 isn't quite as thrilling as their first, but is still well worth hearing for fans of the genre and any experimental music at all.
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King Princess - Cheap Queen
KP's debut record flashes a lot of promise with some fantastic high points, but is most notable for just how many of its tunes are the pop music equivalent of brown wallpaper.
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Rex Orange County - Pony
Despite releasing some of the best singles of his career between this record and his last, Pony sees Rex sounding less creative than ever, and its lows are some of the worst tracks he has to his name so far.
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Cigarettes After Sex - Cry
Cry stays firmly in the ambient pop niche that CAS have all but cornered. Unfortunately the song pairs some genuinely beautiful tunes with some of the most meaningless and empty compositions you'll hear in 2019.
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Swans - Leaving Meaning
There is an album full of pretty solid material on Leaving Meaning, but unfortunately it is flooded with some of the worst tracks I've heard all year and almost every song on the record is stretched out minutes beyond it should have been, also known as "The Swans Special".
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Earl Sweatshirt - Feet Of Clay EP
Feet Of Clay doesn't quite hit the incredibly high bar of last years Some Rap Songs, but it does achieve the same brand of off kilter, experimental, and relentlessly dark rap stylings.
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Electric Light Orchestra - From Out Of Nowhere
From Out Of Nowhere is ultimately a pretty average record, but it is helped out big time by a few of the best songs ELO has written since their heyday in the 70's and 80's.
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FKA Twigs - Magdalene
The long awaited second record from FKA Twigs lives up to every possible expectation and delivers a stark and beautiful blend of genres that features some of the most stunning vocals you'll hear anywhere in 2019.
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Have A Nice Life - Sea Of Worry
Despite the bands history of groundbreaking experimental rock music, Sea Of Worry is a surprisingly tame 40 minutes of various indie genres not taken anywhere near their extremes.
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DJ Shadow - Our Pathetic Age
Pathetic has some great and worthwhile moments but getting to them requires swimming through a sea of mediocre to flat out bad tracks.
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Sam Herring of Future Islands teams up with producer Kenny Segal for his first full length rap album and delivers a series of mostly successful highly lyrical hip hop tunes that should at least give fans of the genre something to chew on.
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The legendary drone metal bands second release of 2019 isn't quite as thrilling as their first, but is still well worth hearing for fans of the genre and any experimental music at all.
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KP's debut record flashes a lot of promise with some fantastic high points, but is most notable for just how many of its tunes are the pop music equivalent of brown wallpaper.
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Despite releasing some of the best singles of his career between this record and his last, Pony sees Rex sounding less creative than ever, and its lows are some of the worst tracks he has to his name so far.
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Cry stays firmly in the ambient pop niche that CAS have all but cornered. Unfortunately the song pairs some genuinely beautiful tunes with some of the most meaningless and empty compositions you'll hear in 2019.
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There is an album full of pretty solid material on Leaving Meaning, but unfortunately it is flooded with some of the worst tracks I've heard all year and almost every song on the record is stretched out minutes beyond it should have been, also known as "The Swans Special".
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Feet Of Clay doesn't quite hit the incredibly high bar of last years Some Rap Songs, but it does achieve the same brand of off kilter, experimental, and relentlessly dark rap stylings.
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From Out Of Nowhere is ultimately a pretty average record, but it is helped out big time by a few of the best songs ELO has written since their heyday in the 70's and 80's.
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The long awaited second record from FKA Twigs lives up to every possible expectation and delivers a stark and beautiful blend of genres that features some of the most stunning vocals you'll hear anywhere in 2019.
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Despite the bands history of groundbreaking experimental rock music, Sea Of Worry is a surprisingly tame 40 minutes of various indie genres not taken anywhere near their extremes.
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Pathetic has some great and worthwhile moments but getting to them requires swimming through a sea of mediocre to flat out bad tracks.
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