Unsurprisingly to me, I'm on the fence about a lot of these albums. Knives Out! reminds me of Acid Bath or some other Dax band so that's good but I seem to only like portions of songs that you posted.
I'm always interested in what Testament is up to and I didn't realize they had made anything new but.. I'm not sure if I need anything new from them.
Those Susanne Sundfør songs sound kind of nice, better than Fiona Apple, but Fiona only sounds sort of okay to me. In this review you insulted me for hating Yes but liking Swans. So I'm kind of offended but I haven't listened to The Seer yet. I know I don't like Yes so now I'm even more reluctant to devote time to The Seer (thank you much) but I will say that I definitely like My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky despite my definite dislike of Yes.
Also, I hate every band that you mentioned in your review of The Night Flight Orchestra (Led Zeppelin's okay) but I still like the songs you posted. (I'll take a link, please
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I'm not sure I agree that The Panic Division made a better 80s pop revival record than any of the bands that tried in the past 10 or 12 years. But maybe.
As always, your taste is intriguing and your writing is good enough to beguile me. I just don't know what to think.
Great job this year
