My Top 10 of 2014, in order from 10 to 1 by Jonathan Pirro
10. Christian Fitness – I Am Scared Of Anything That Isn’t Me
9. DESTRAGE – Are You Kidding Me? No.
8. tUnE-yArDs – nikki nack
7. Broken Twin – May
6. Fink – Hard Believer
5. YOUTH CODE – A Place To Stand
4. Single Mothers – Negative Qualities
3. Closure In Moscow – Pink Lemonade
2. White Lung – Deep Fantasy
1. Swans – To Be Kind
It’s becoming incredibly difficult to pick records out of the formulaic acts of popular music lately; synth-driven indie-pop, fuzz-washed 2-chord garage rock, or “vintage” psychedelia that is so obsessed with its effects pedals that it forgets to use actual melody in the middle. For me, what always drives a record that will get into my top list is unending diversity and/or passion, and every record on my list fell into that category: the unrelenting noise blasts of Christian Fitness and Single Mothers; the furious screams of YOUTH CODE and White Lung; the delicate tones of Fink; the fragile notes of Broken Twin; the David-Bowie-rolling-down-a-flight-of-stairs delightful chaos of tUnE-yArDs; the genre-defying overjoyed madness of Closure In Moscow. Rounding out the list is DESTRAGE with absolutely the most incredible metal album I’ve heard in years, and Swans with possibly the loudest and most unyieldingly ferocious record of the last half decade.
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