Favourite Music // 2018 Edition

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	Mike Shinoda - Post Traumatic	Best Solo Artist Release Best Male Fronted Release Best 2018 Album Overall
	Architects - Holy Hell	Best Metalcore Release
	Silent Planet - When The End Began	Best Written Album
	Ex:Re - Ex:Re	Best Female Fronted Release
	Night Verses - From The Gallery of Sleep	Best Instrumental Release
	La Dispute - Fulton Street I	Best Single  Best Music Video
	Gris (Original Soundtrack)	Best Videogame Soundtrack

You?

Tagging. Mumford & Sons are releasing their new album on the 16th, which will hopefully be one of my favourites of 2018 (though the first two singles have been rather disappointing).

Best I can come with right now. Might add some later.

	Xenoblade Chronicles 2 original soundtrack - Various	Best VG soundtrack
	Kamikaze - Eminem	Best hip hop album
	DAY69 - 6IX9INE	Best newcomer mixtape

Uhh, I'm actually not sure. There are a number of albums I really liked that I thought were released this year but then realized all of them were actually from last year. The only one I can think of is The Sacrament of Sin by Powerwolf.

Not a good year for me. I usually do a top 5 albums but there weren't 5 good albums for me this year, so I'll go with top 4 songs instead:

4. Keep Shelly in Athens - Denial

One of my favourite discoveries in recent years, thanks to their tracks often showing up on my Spotify recommended list, is Keep Shelly in Athens, an indie/pop/rock/electronic duo with 'big' female vocals (think Florence + the Machine, but with a more electronic sound). They release tracks sporadically - seemingly at random - and one of the better ones from this year is Denial. It's not as good as some of their 2017 tracks but I've listened to it a fair bit over the course of the year nonetheless.

3. A Perfect Circle - The Doomed

From their new album, Eat the Elephant, which is no Mer de Noms but it's decent.

It's good to have APC back after a 15 year gap. Not sure the wait was worth it, but all of the tracks are at least ok-to-good.  This is one of the better songs - I like the dark lyrics, but as with most of the album it's a bit too slow-paced and not very powerful musically; there's no Judith or Magdalena on the album unfortunately.

2. A Perfect Circle - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

My favourite track from the new Perfect Circle album was actually the track that most fans thought was the worst one on the album - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. Fans didn't like the almost pop-rock sound, with an upbeat tempo and nostalgic-bordering-on-cheesy lyrics, but I've got quite an eclectic and unpredictable music taste, so I'm not opposed to bands exploring other genres.

1. Florence + the Machine - South London Forever

From Florence's worst album to date, and by quite some distance. 6 shit songs, 3 'ehhh, guess it's ok' songs, and 1 really good one. The good one is South London Forever, which is a beautifully nostalgic track.

Can't say I agree with the name though - fuck London, signed most of the rest of the UK :)

Well, Muse recently released a new album, The Simulation Theory. I'm digging a few songs, there are some I don't like, and some that are slowly growing onto me. So here's a few songs I like from that album;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2eKImKZviw&index=4&list=OLAK5uy_nZtSzZqAx_3NorqplUw-lYSzvG3l1b9fQ&t=0s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LgLcDg15SM&index=4&list=OLAK5uy_nZtSzZqAx_3NorqplUw-lYSzvG3l1b9fQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF31MTZdaD0&list=OLAK5uy_nZtSzZqAx_3NorqplUw-lYSzvG3l1b9fQ&index=5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ_3S-IQm38&list=OLAK5uy_nZtSzZqAx_3NorqplUw-lYSzvG3l1b9fQ&index=7

My top five of the year for now.

Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
Pennywise - Never Gonna Die
Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed
Outre-Tombe - Necrovortex

A few honourable mentions that didn't make it into my op but where still great albums just maybe either weaker than their predecessor or just lacked something to make them amazing.

• Pianos Become The Teeth - Wait For Love
• Dream On Dreamer - It Comes And Goes
• Emery - Eve
• Gatheres - We Are Alive Beyond Repair