Favourite Albums of 2014

St. Vincent - St. Vincent

Best Album of the Year

I fell in love with this album when I seen St. Vincent back in February. The album sounds incredible live and Annie Clark's in your face experimental performance style really transforms songs like Rattlesnake and Birth in Reverse. Personally I love songs like Prince Johnny and Huey Newton because they really show off St. Vincent's raw talent. On Black Friday, St. Vincent released a 10 inch single as part of Record Store. The two new songs Pieta and Sparrow may give us an indication of the sound of the next album but who knows what Annie Clark has in store for us next. 

Favourite Track: Prince Johnny

Dum Dum Girls - Too True

Favourite Album by the Dum Dum Girls

 Too True is a tribute to rock n roll, teen gangs and canonical poets like Rimbaud and Baudelaire. The Dum Dum Girls are moving in the direction of the rock n roll golden years, of idols, poster boys and star crossed myths. An album with the atmosphere of a lost generation. 

Favourite Track: Lost Boys and Girls Club

Haunted Hearts - Initiation

Cult Favourite

Haunted Hearts is a collaboration between Dee Dee Penny of the Dum Dum Girls and Brandon Welchez of the Crocodiles. Haunted Hearts would be at home in Studio 64, The Factory or anywhere where fur coats and tinsel are considered normcore. In Mojo, Dave Grohl described Haunted Hearts as a duet between Siouxsie Sioux and Lou Reed, which is everything you could ever want really. 

Favourite track: Initiate me

The Raveonettes - Pe'ahi

Best Sound

Seventh studio album by the Danish noise pop duo and they sound better than ever. I look to The Raveonettes when Im in need of some sophisticated noise. 

Favourite track: Sisters

Honeyblood - Honeyblood

Best Debut of 2014

Honeyblood is my favourite new musical discovery of 2014. The Glaswegian indie pop duo write songs about your life. Honeyblood as the perfect soundtrack to any teenager's daily existential crisis. 

Favourite track: Killer Bangs

Alvvays - Alvvays

Best Summer Album

Play this album when wandering around a dead end town in late July or alternatively on road drive along the West Coast (oh I wish I didn't fail at driving). Message from Alvvays: be happy in the haze.

Favourite track: Adult Diversion

Wolf Alice - Creature Songs

Favourite Upcoming Band

Creature Songs is the second EP by Wolf Alice and their most promising yet. Moaning Lisa Smile is such a great song and I can't wait for their studio album. 

Favourite Track: Moaning Lisa Smile

Karen O - Crush Songs

Favourite Solo Act

The first solo album from Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Crush Songs sounds like it has been written inside a music box. Lo-fi dreaminess and therefore perfect mixtape music.

Favoruite Track: Rapt

What are your favourite albums of 2014??

P.S. see how the descriptions get shorter and more vague, its called laziness haha