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Topic	I need to tell you about my favourite songs and albums of 2017.
thundersheep 12/17/17 8:28:02 PM #6:	mcflubbin posted... Tag. It's been a busy busy year, so I haven't listened to as much music in 2017 as I would have liked. Hopefully I'll find some good new stuff in this topic. You definitely provided some of my favourites of the year (or at least things I discovered this year) so I'm hoping I can return the favour. Album #2 Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71U_qjHLM58 Though I've been listening to this album for months already, I still feel like I'm just beginning to understand the themes in each track and how they connect to one another. It's a concept album dealing with topics like love, suicide, murder and the wonder of childbirth and parenthood, shifting perspectives between a fictional narrative set in a South Dakota mining town and the lead singer Andy Hull's own real life and family. Somehow this album manages to move between all these characters and viewpoints while still being the most cohesive listening experience I've had this year. It sounds cliche, but this album really does feel like you're listening to a story. There is a captivating earnestness to the lyrics and the verses are filled with such specificity that it's possible to forget you're listening to actual songs rather than tales of someone's life, or death. That's not to say the music is forgettable either, just that it's so well-fitting it almost serves as a soundtrack to the storytelling. To circle back to the cohesiveness of the whole thing, if you're even remotely interested in hearing the album I'd implore you not to listen to any of the other singles first and just start from the beginning of the album. This thing is mixed better than most DJ compilations I've heard. The transitions are seamless and I don't believe I've ever stopped listening halfway or picked out single tracks to listen to. It's just a complete work of art and I find it just as amazing today as I did during my first exposure. --- http://soundcloud.com/thundersheep/these-beautiful-nightmares <cite>thundersheep posted [p:892405847] in I need to ... [t:76106177]...</cite> <quote><cite>mcflubbin posted...</cite> <quote>Tag. It's been a busy busy year, so I haven't listened to as much music in 2017 as I would have liked. Hopefully I'll find some good new stuff in this topic.</quote> You definitely provided some of my favourites of the year (or at least things I discovered this year) so I'm hoping I can return the favour. Album #2 Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71U_qjHLM58 Though I've been listening to this album for months already, I still feel like I'm just beginning to understand the themes in each track and how they connect to one another. It's a concept album dealing with topics like love, suicide, murder and the wonder of childbirth and parenthood, shifting perspectives between a fictional narrative set in a South Dakota mining town and the lead singer Andy Hull's own real life and family. Somehow this album manages to move between all these characters and viewpoints while still being the most cohesive listening experience I've had this year. It sounds cliche, but this album really does feel like you're listening to a story. There is a captivating earnestness to the lyrics and the verses are filled with such specificity that it's possible to forget you're listening to actual songs rather than tales of someone's life, or death. That's not to say the music is forgettable either, just that it's so well-fitting it almost serves as a soundtrack to the storytelling. To circle back to the cohesiveness of the whole thing, if you're even remotely interested in hearing the album I'd implore you not to listen to any of the other singles first and just start from the beginning of the album. This thing is mixed better than most DJ compilations I've heard. The transitions are seamless and I don't believe I've ever stopped listening halfway or picked out single tracks to listen to. It's just a complete work of art and I find it just as amazing today as I did during my first exposure. --- http://soundcloud.com/thundersheep/these-beautiful-nightmares</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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