A list

So, I’ve decided to make a list of albums. It’s in no order, and it’s under no category as such, just albums I have something to say about, it’s a geekfest, enjoy:

U2- The Joshua Tree

Not necessarily an album I listen to often, but it’s an album I grew up with. If its on, I find myself knowing all the words and all the music. Bullet The Blue Sky has one of the coolest bass riffs ever.

Glassjaw- Worship And Tribute

Would probably get flak for choosing this over EYEWTKAS, but what the hell, I think that sounds a bit dated these days, but I don’t think this album will ever get old for me, it still sounds fresh, original and more relevant that anything coming out these days. Always ahead of the curve, I’m fully believing the new album will be top notch.
Also, like U2, often imitated, never surpassed.

 
Fear Before The March Of Flames- Art Damage

Me being me, I hate bands that become diluted and sacrifice integrity and art for the big money. (probably meaning I’ll always be skint!) Fear Before’s first album was a bit, well, shit. but Art Damage is just pure ruin. No singing, no hooks, just skeletal, horrible riffs and screaming, brilliant.
Bands are annoying when they’re asked what they sound like, and they say something like, ‘Flaming Lips and Radiohead thrown into a blender, while Botch and Pelican turn it on, and Mogwai are all sitting there laughing.’ You just know thats bullshit, but with Art Damage, I remember checking Fear Before’s purevolume and it said, ‘For fans of Botch, The Blood Brothers and Converge.’
They were so right.

 
Radiohead- Kid A

Well, last year, Radiohead came out with their best album yet, maybe. But Kid A just does it for me, they alienated everyone after the success of OK Computer, and brought out a dense, inaccessible and suffocating album. How they did this, it becoming a number one album, and yet still be one of the biggest AND original bands in world, completely blows my mind.

Converge- You Fail Me

No, I haven’t chosen Jane Doe, and no, I don’t think this album is better than Jane Doe, but there’s just something about this album that when someone mentions Converge to me, it’s what I think of.
Although Jane Doe is more complete, I’d say the best tracks on this album are better songs.
 

Yourcodenameis:milo- All Roads To Fault E.P.

I’ve loved this band for so long, and I’m so distraught that they’re not together anymore. This reminds of when the british rock scene was so exciting, Biffy, Kinesis, Oceansize, Hell Is For Heroes, Hundred Reasons, Reuben, Million Dead… Amazing bands, and the only one still together and flying the flag for me is Oceansize, it’s so depressing.
Lets all go listen to Jack Penate and wear stupid pointy shoes ey? Cunts.

The Chariot- The Fiancee

What? Another second album I prefer over the first? The Fiancee was by far, my most listened to album of 2007. I can listen to it all the way through without skipping a track, which doesn’t happen often with me. It’s a completely different band around Josh Scogin compared the first album, so it was bound to be different, But I’d go as far to say that ‘Everything Is Alive…’ was often noisy for the sake of it, whereas this has an amazing punk rock vibe added to The Chariot’s sound.

Oh, and Josh Scogin is one of the best lyricists and vocalists around these days. Just sayin’.