The Official 2015 Music Banter Album of the Year List

The Batlord · 12-27-2015, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by mordwyr

Maybe I'll get there someday!

14232949 · 12-27-2015, 06:23 PM

11.

Album: Perpetual Motion People
Artist: Ezra Furman
Release Date: July 6th 2015
Genre: Indie Rock, Singer Songwriter
Place in Artist's Discography: 3rd LP
Highest Individual List Ranking: 3rd - Mordwyr

Overall Points - 19

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Originally Posted by mordwyr

Makes me remember how excited I was the first time I heard of Montreal.

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Originally Posted by mordwyr

This one blew me away.

10.

Album: Success
Artist: KEN Mode
Release Date: June 15th 2015
Genre: Post-Hardcore, Sludge
Place in Artist's Discography: 6th LP
Highest Individual List Ranking: 1st - Tristan Geoff

Overall Points - 20

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Originally Posted by Goofle

First track in and this piece of sludge infused noise rock is bringing me pure joy.

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Originally Posted by Justthefacts

I love how the artwork conveys what the record sounds like. I couldn't imagine this album being a twee pop record.

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Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

Cool work with fuzzy production.

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Originally Posted by Tristan Geoff

KEN mode is amazing and I'm ashamed to have forgotten about Success when I first wrote the list. Definitely my favorite from 2015. If you aren't familiar, they sound a lot like Shellac meets Acid Bath.

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It's like Slint, Bear Vs. Shark and Self Defense Family had some sort of weird, distorted and messy baby.
The term 'sludgy' is being thrown around a lot by people I've seen talking about this album and although I haven't the faintest clue what being sludgy musically entails, it seems an appropriate adjective to use.

Sounds like it was recorded in a basement with ear piercing guitars, some low fi fuzz, shouted male and female vocals and a general grotty dirty demeanor. The album cover portrays the sound better than my words will.

- Mankycaaant

9.

Album: Dasvidaniya
Artist: Stabbed in Back
Release Date: March 31st 2015
Genre: Skate Punk, Obscure
Place in Artist's Discography: Honestly, I have no idea.
Highest Individual List Ranking: 2nd - Fred Hale Sr.

Overall Points - 21

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The Stabbed in Back record is without a doubt the best skate punk record to come out since the genre's last popularity surge in the mid 2000's. Really solid, and the band have a great sound you don't hear often in punk. Also, drumming along with this record is an impossibility, as is most skate punk. This one in particular goes to extremes, however.

- Tristan Geoff

Okay, got very little on the Stabbed in Back and Ezra Furman records, what did people make of them?

Zhanteimi · 12-27-2015, 06:37 PM

Perpetual Motion People is the first time I'd heard of Ezra Furman.

14232949 · 12-27-2015, 06:40 PM

You mentioning Perpetual Motion People was the first time I'd heard of Ezra Furman.

**Frownland** · 12-27-2015, 06:41 PM

Based off of the tracks posted, Stabbed in the Back isn't really up my alley, but they sound like a really fun band to see live in an abandoned warehouse.

As for Ezra Furman, there's a very good reason why they didn't end up on my list.

14232949 · 12-27-2015, 06:43 PM

What is Ezra Furman? Is it like Patrick Wolf?

FRED HALE SR. · 12-28-2015, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Mankycaaant

11.

Album: Perpetual Motion People
Artist: Ezra Furman
Release Date: July 6th 2015
Genre: Indie Rock, Singer Songwriter
Place in Artist's Discography: 3rd LP
Highest Individual List Ranking: 3rd - Mordwyr

Overall Points - 19

10.

Album: Success
Artist: KEN Mode
Release Date: June 15th 2015
Genre: Post-Hardcore, Sludge
Place in Artist's Discography: 6th LP
Highest Individual List Ranking: 1st - Tristan Geoff

Overall Points - 20

- Mankycaaant

9.

Album: Dasvidaniya
Artist: Stabbed in Back
Release Date: March 31st 2015
Genre: Skate Punk, Obscure
Place in Artist's Discography: Honestly, I have no idea.
Highest Individual List Ranking: 2nd - Fred Hale Sr.

Overall Points - 21

- Tristan Geoff

Okay, got very little on the Stabbed in Back and Ezra Furman records, what did people make of them?

Really surprised to see Stabbed in the Back on the list. Bjork doesn't make the top twenty five but this did? Interesting. I'd say this album hearkens back to 90's skate punk in both quality of sound and bpm. It hits home with me because of the drumming and bass playing, I really dig when bass players take it to the next level and take the lead rather then quitar. The vocals could be better and are really my only issue at times with the record. I like to hear bands that have fun and you can tell they are throwing their record label under the bus and just rolling with what makes them happy. Its just a fun take on street/skate life and I can roll a joint and put it on in the background and just forget about life for a few minutes and thats the objective anymore.

14232949 · 12-28-2015, 12:10 PM

Bjork made the initial list, took three user's lists after the deadline (more the merrier) and those lists pushed her into 22nd place.

The things is the lists were in the large part all so different, that aside from like the Top 5, most albums that made the top 20 only appeared in like 2 lists. So ranking placement of albums made a lot more difference than number of appearances. Looking at the Top 10, there's a bigger gulf in points separating them from one another than 20-10 which were all within points of one another.

The Batlord · 12-28-2015, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Mankycaaant

Bjork made the initial list, took three user's lists after the deadline (more the merrier) and those lists pushed her into 22nd place.

The things is the lists were in the large part all so different, that aside from like the Top 5, most albums that made the top 20 only appeared in like 2 lists. So ranking placement of albums made a lot more difference than number of appearances. Looking at the Top 10, there's a bigger gulf in points separating them from one another than 20-10 which were all within points of one another.

So this list is largely arbitrary is what you're saying?

14232949 · 12-28-2015, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

So this list is largely arbitrary is what you're saying?

aren't they all?

p.s. sorry for lack of update tonight, went and got drunk, double post tomorrow.

12-27-2015, 06:41 PM	#105 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Based off of the tracks posted, Stabbed in the Back isn't really up my alley, but they sound like a really fun band to see live in an abandoned warehouse. As for Ezra Furman, there's a very good reason why they didn't end up on my list. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-27-2015, 06:37 PM	#103 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Perpetual Motion People is the first time I'd heard of Ezra Furman.

12-27-2015, 06:40 PM	#104 (permalink)
14232949 The Big Dog Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,989	You mentioning Perpetual Motion People was the first time I'd heard of Ezra Furman.

12-27-2015, 06:43 PM	#106 (permalink)
14232949 The Big Dog Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,989	What is Ezra Furman? Is it like Patrick Wolf?

12-28-2015, 12:10 PM	#108 (permalink)
14232949 The Big Dog Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,989	Bjork made the initial list, took three user's lists after the deadline (more the merrier) and those lists pushed her into 22nd place. The things is the lists were in the large part all so different, that aside from like the Top 5, most albums that made the top 20 only appeared in like 2 lists. So ranking placement of albums made a lot more difference than number of appearances. Looking at the Top 10, there's a bigger gulf in points separating them from one another than 20-10 which were all within points of one another.