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**Exo** · 01-11-2018, 01:07 PM

# 41

James Holden and the Animal Spirits
The Animal Spirits

This one squeaked on to the list at the very last minute.

If I gave this album a few more listens there is no doubt in my mind it would be seated MUCH MUCH higher on this list but here it sits. It's incredibly complex and layered. An electronic album that packs way more in terms of a musical arsenal than contemporary electronic albums today. You'll notice a theme in a lot of my album choices which is that I like a variety of sounds in an album. This has MANY. Electronic, jazz electro, lush psychedelics, krautrock, and what can only be described as spiritual vaporwave. Tracks like Each Moment Like The First just have this wonderful back beat to go along with all this sound coming at you. Just a driving bassline that intensifies as the song progresses.

He takes these simple beats and just turns them into wild compositions. I'm writing this right now wondering why I have it so low. It really is just a FANTASTIC album. I don't want to f*ck up the list any more than I did but I have a feeling after more listens this will be in my top 10.

01-11-2018, 01:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	# 41 James Holden and the Animal Spirits The Animal Spirits This one squeaked on to the list at the very last minute. If I gave this album a few more listens there is no doubt in my mind it would be seated MUCH MUCH higher on this list but here it sits. It's incredibly complex and layered. An electronic album that packs way more in terms of a musical arsenal than contemporary electronic albums today. You'll notice a theme in a lot of my album choices which is that I like a variety of sounds in an album. This has MANY. Electronic, jazz electro, lush psychedelics, krautrock, and what can only be described as spiritual vaporwave. Tracks like Each Moment Like The First just have this wonderful back beat to go along with all this sound coming at you. Just a driving bassline that intensifies as the song progresses. He takes these simple beats and just turns them into wild compositions. I'm writing this right now wondering why I have it so low. It really is just a FANTASTIC album. I don't want to fck up the list any more than I did but I have a feeling after more listens this will be in my top 10. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE*