As the end of the year is drawing close, The Alternative Tone is working its way through the bazillions of records released this year and as a precursor to our End of The Year lists, what better time to highlight a handful of releases that you all might want to give more consideration to before making your lists. So, without further ado, here are thre albums you may want to keep in mind before finishing up with the year.
1. Cave by Our Sunday Affairs
Cave, the debut and, sadly, final album from New Jersey indiemo kids, Our Sunday Affairs is an absolute credit to the short-lived career of one of the brightest bands of the recent emo resurgence. While it's inevitable that their music will go under everyone's radar, Cave's angular, sporadic discordance makes for one of 2013's most thrilling records. Filled with both noodly precision and the attention span of Kanye West eating Pop Rocks, Cave combines the best parts of modern emo and 90s indie-rock. Also, lyrically speaking, there are few emo albums that get better than this.
Best Track: "Fatter Wires"
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2. Lost Ships Sinking With The Sunset by Gillian Carter
Certainly the darkest record to grace this list, Gillian Carter's Lost Ships Sinking With The Sunset manages to intertwine anger and desperation with pure musical ability. The embodiment of what it means to be a 'post-hardcore' album, Lost Ships manages to capture isolation and loss in a way few bands since Saetia, pg 99 and their peers did back in the good old days. Despite its length (a brief fifteen minutes), Lost Ships is possibly one of the most accomplished albums of the year. If you desire beauty and ferocity at the same time, this is the record for you.
Best Track: "Time (All That Is Left Is Fading)
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3. These Are Good People by Little Big League
Melding together indie pop and punk rock, the Little Big League's debut LP, These Are Good People, is the type of record which should win hearts from all categories of music fans, Sounding a little like someone mixing Rilo Kiley and Sleater Kinney together, These Are Good People is a slab of 90s nostalgia communicated through nine tracks of catchy, discordant, pretty, poppy songs with just enough attitude to draw in those who like their music to pack a punch.
1. Cave by Our Sunday Affairs
Cave, the debut and, sadly, final album from New Jersey indiemo kids, Our Sunday Affairs is an absolute credit to the short-lived career of one of the brightest bands of the recent emo resurgence. While it's inevitable that their music will go under everyone's radar, Cave's angular, sporadic discordance makes for one of 2013's most thrilling records. Filled with both noodly precision and the attention span of Kanye West eating Pop Rocks, Cave combines the best parts of modern emo and 90s indie-rock. Also, lyrically speaking, there are few emo albums that get better than this.
Best Track: "Fatter Wires"
2. Lost Ships Sinking With The Sunset by Gillian Carter
Certainly the darkest record to grace this list, Gillian Carter's Lost Ships Sinking With The Sunset manages to intertwine anger and desperation with pure musical ability. The embodiment of what it means to be a 'post-hardcore' album, Lost Ships manages to capture isolation and loss in a way few bands since Saetia, pg 99 and their peers did back in the good old days. Despite its length (a brief fifteen minutes), Lost Ships is possibly one of the most accomplished albums of the year. If you desire beauty and ferocity at the same time, this is the record for you.
Best Track: "Time (All That Is Left Is Fading)
3. These Are Good People by Little Big League
Melding together indie pop and punk rock, the Little Big League's debut LP, These Are Good People, is the type of record which should win hearts from all categories of music fans, Sounding a little like someone mixing Rilo Kiley and Sleater Kinney together, These Are Good People is a slab of 90s nostalgia communicated through nine tracks of catchy, discordant, pretty, poppy songs with just enough attitude to draw in those who like their music to pack a punch.
Best Track: "My Very Own You"
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