best of HONESTLY, 2018. - Albums Top 4 + Singles Top 10

[madonnas]

Han Jan is better than Itgehane!! OMG is IDK About You technically a 2018 single? I shoulda included it... eh. ohwell.

Me and Michael is a banger.

The Nasty music vid omg, she's amazing.

The Distance is great, wish more people were showing GML love though.

[Tom Vercetti]

yeah singularity was not really good. 

Me and Michael, catch it, Missing U  

 

Age Of is probably my least favorite opn album but I did like a few tracks from it. 

[Eeveelution]

You snapped with several of those track picks but my fave would have to be The Distance. Top 5 in her discography? Maybe so.

 

[JGibson]

Me and Michael ❤️ 

[potent]

The Distance and Missing U are both great tracks

Need to hear that one from Tove Styrke, I loved Say My Name.

[Pink Matter]

Albums: Downloaded the OPN album since I've seen their name thrown around in general. Chris and Negro Swan  

Singles: Lykke, Jon Hopkins, Robyn, and MGMT came through with the bops  

[TRF.]

21 hours ago, madonnas said:

Han Jan is better than Itgehane!! OMG is IDK About You technically a 2018 single? I shoulda included it... eh. ohwell.

Me and Michael is a banger.

The Nasty music vid omg, she's amazing.

The Distance is great, wish more people were showing GML love though.

Giving My Life is my fave on Caution I think! I put the Distance bc it was released as a single, sort of, lmao.

 

21 hours ago, Eeveelution said:

You snapped with several of those track picks but my fave would have to be The Distance. Top 5 in her discography? Maybe so.

 

You know what... maybe so.

 

[TRF.]

 

#20.

Tirzah – Devotion

Genre: Alternative R&B, Art Pop

Hypnagogic Pop, Ambient Pop, Neo-Soul, Glitch Pop

Country: UK || Label: Domino

 
English artist Mica Levi became known in the indie scene at the end of the 2000s with her avant-garde pop project Micachu, although perhaps her true breakthrough happened in 2014, when she was commissioned to play the movie Under the Skin, and two years later for Jackie. Both works were acclaimed by the critics and the last one received an Oscar nomination. Before this, however, she worked with her old friend Tirzah, and released two EPs, I'm Not Dancing and No Romance. Tirzah sang with a sweet, raspy and non-traditional voice based over music which was as danceable as abstract and unpredictable.

 

This same spirit can be found in Tirzah's debut album, Devotion. This record is much more structured and developed lyrically. Most of the songs are about love and the songs have an intimate atmosphere, compared to their previous works, which were more aimed at the dancefloor. The album itself is R&B and pop at its most experimental point. There are many elements that can be compared with some of her contemporaries, but nevertheless there is something about this record that makes it unique. It's an excellent debut album from an artist who has always aimed for greatness.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: "Fine Again", "Do You Know?", "Gladly", "Holding On", "Affection", "Devotion" (feat. Coby Sey), "Go Now", "Say When"

You’ll like it if you like: Jessie Ware, FKA twigs, Dean Blunt, Klein, Sampha

 

 

#19.

Low – Double Negative

Genre: Glitch Pop, Ambient Pop

Post-Industrial, Drone, Slowcore, Noise Pop

Country: USA || Label: Sub Pop

 

Low were a band that always had a strong, defined sound since their debut. They were one of the pioneers of "slowcore", a type of music that, as its name suggests, is a skeletal, slower type of indie rock, usually accompanied by melancholic lyrics and ethereal production and melodies. The band have always fit all these descriptions perfectly. Sure, they have added some external elements on occassion, especially noted in their 2015 album Ones and Sixes, but this was always something found at the core of their songwriting.

 

At least it was until now. Double Negative is a shift on the core of the band's sound that is almost entirely different from anything done before, not only by Low's standards, but in general as well. Mostly based around electronic proudction, complete with glitches, bursts of harsh noise, strange vocale effects, ambience and more, it's unlike anything released this year. It's extremely exciting to see a band 25 years into their career come up with a record as innovative as Double Negative is. It is the farthest thing from indie rock they have ever done, and one of their best releases as well. A proof of how great is the sound of a band reinventing itself.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: “Quorum", "Dancing and Blood", "Tempest", "Always Up", "Always Trying to Work It Out", "Poor Sucker", "Disarray"

You’ll like it if you like: Radiohead, Fennesz, Coil, Sweet Trip, Holly Herndon

 

 

#18.

Grouper – Grid of Points

Genre: Ambient Pop

Ambient, Ethereal Wave

Country: USA || Label: Kranky

 

The Californian musician Elizabeth Harris, better known as Grouper, is one of the most important and respected figures in ambient music, but to pin her down as an ambient artist exclusively doesn't fully explain the extent of her work. Not that being an ambient musician is band, not at all, but she is an artist whose strength is finding pleasant atmospheres in different context, with different instruments. Whether it is the more folky Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill or the piano-led Ruins, she has found a style of her own that one immediately associates her with, and no one can replicate.

 

Grid of Points, her most recent effort, is an example of her talents as a songwriter. It sounds like an extension of the previously mentioned Ruins, except that everything is condensed into seven songs and twenty-two minutes. Sure, its length might be a problem for those who want more, but Harris manages to deliver an emotive piece in its most raw way in that amount of time, making the listener feel more things than any album twice its length ever could.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: "The Races", "Parking Lot", "Driving", "Thanksgiving Song", "Breathing"

You’ll like it if you like: Julee Cruise, David Sylvian, Tim Hecker, Meredith Monk

 

 

#17.

Puce Mary – The Drought

Genre: Death Industrial

Dark Ambient, Spoken Word, Electroacoustic, Drone, Harsh Noise

Country: Denmark || Label: PAN

 

With her project Puce Mary, Danish sound artist and producer Frederikke Hoffmeier has created some of the most unsettling experimental music out there. She has released some of the most impressive noise records of the decade, under the label Posh Isolation, and made great works with contemporaries such as Loke Rahbek, Varg or Iceage's Elias Rønnenfelt. And shortly after collaborating with Yves Tumor on the acclaimed Safe in the Hands of Love, Hoffmeier released what is possibly her greatest work to date, The Drought, under the Berlin label PAN.

 

The Drought is, first and foremost, a noise record. But it is not a record that tries to be as aggressive as possible in order to generate fear or violent imagery, instead, it generates the exact same thing but working in a more subtle way. Long ambient passages, flutes and organs clash with bursts of static and martial percussion. Instead of screaming, Puce Mary recites disturbing poems in the most deadpan of vocals. The Drought is a really unique album in noise music because of the way in which the typical idea of what noise is subverted.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: "To Posess Is To Be In Control", "Fragments of a Lily", "Red Desert", "The Size of Our Desires", "The Transformation", "Slouching Uphill"

You’ll like it if you like: Throbbing Gristle, Pharmakon, Nurse With Wound, Ben Frost, Prurient, Damien Dubrovnik

 

 

#16.

Pusha T – Daytona

Genre: Hardcore Hip Hop

Gangsta Rap, Boom Bap

Country: USA || Label: G.O.O.D.

 

Kanye West produced 5 records this year, all highly publicised and hyped. These turned out to be a mixed bag. Some of them were O.K., some of them were... bad. But there was one album that easily rose above the rest. Pusha T's Daytona is an immaculately produced record, with ear-catching samples and great beats. And Pusha absolutely does them justice, spitting some of the sickest bars he has in years. I don't think that much else can be said about the record, but I'm loving the trend of artists making very short records with little to no filler in it.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: "If You Know You Know", "The Games We Play", "Come Back Baby", "Santeria", "Infrared"

You’ll like it if you like: Clipse, Kanye West, UGK

 

[TRF.]

 

 

#40. Oneohtrix Point Never - "The Station"

(art pop/glitch pop)

from 'Age Of'

 

Out of all the "pop" songs in Oneohtrix Point Never's Age Of, this is easily the best. Kind of sounds like a midpoint between Madonna's Music era and Charli's Pop 2, except a bit more avant-garde than that. It makes sense that this was an Usher demo of all things. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#39. Blood Orange - "Charcoal Baby"

(alt r&b/synth funk)

from 'Negro Swan'

 

It makes sense this was released as the first single from his album considering this the one of the few "pop" songs on it. It's really really really great though, one of my favorite songs of him perhaps?

 

 

 

#38. Lil Wayne feat. Swizz Beatz - "Uproar"

(hardcore hip hop)

from 'Tha Carter V'

 

It's great to see Wayne having as much fun and delivering a true, genuine bop as this is. The beat is legitimately insane.

 

 

 

 

#37. Yves Tumor feat. James K - "Licking An Orchid"

(hypnagogic pop/art pop)

from 'Safe in the Hands of Love'

 

Fun fact: I actually heard this song for the first time in Feburary this year! He played this track at a radio show he was in. @World Eater can verify this. Anyway... yeah I really think that this is an evolved version of the psych-pop sound he aimed at times on his Serpent Music album. James K's vocals really work well as a sort of call-and-response thing. It's genuinely beautiful. 

 

 

 

 

#36. U.S. Girls - "Rosebud"

(art pop/synthpop)

from 'In a Poem Unlimited'

 

Love the slight psychedelic and disco vibes this track has. More subtle than a lot of the songs on her album, but just about as good!

 

 

 

 

#35. serpentwithfeet - "bless ur heart"

(art pop)

from 'soil'

 

This is perfect. I love the way it builds and builds and builds. The production is perfect. His voice sounds great. I love this. A lot.

 

 

 

 

#34. Beach House - "Lemon Glow"

(dream pop/neo-psych)

from '7'

 

When Beach House dropped this, it immediately became one of my favorite songs of theirs ever. I think I maaaaaaay have overplayed this a liiiiiittle bit but like... come on, all those synths, that distorted guitar in the background, the vocal melodies. A stanning forever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

#33. Snail Mail - "Pristine"

(indie rock)

from 'Lush'

 

I know Snail Mail is very divisive somehow on this site. I'm not a huge fan myself, and I found her album a bit disappointing. But I'm having a hard time to find an indie rock song released this year I can emotionally relate to more than this. So... that. Drag me.

 

 

 

 

#32. Janelle Monáe - "I Like That"

(alt R&B)

from 'Dirty Computer'

 

I know people prefer Pynk and Django Jane over this but thankfully I'm contrarian enough I think this is the better one! Anyone thinks this kinda sounds like Ciara? You can say... I really like that.

 

 

 

 

 

#31. Kacey Musgraves - "High Horse"

(dance-pop)

from 'Golden Hour'

 

It's yeehaw disco time, bicth! Is this what the new Kylie album tried to sound like but failed? Discuss.

 

 

 

 

 

[JGibson]

High Horse ❤️ 

[Remmy]

I Like That and High Horse are good but actually in my bottom 3 from their albums  Both of those have verses that are significantly better than their hooks.

[Jorge]

Party For One is a great song ?

Sin Pijama is one of the best songs from 2018  

 

(Check out my countdown in Best Of 2018 ? ) 

[Vilppu]

three rly good albums, one i haven't heard and also tirzah whew!

 

also the complete 37-34 bathroom break 32-31 punching in songs

[potent]

I Like That and especially High Horse

Uproar is not really my cup of tea but it bops.

 

I should listen to US Girls, I'm seeing them on a lot of Best Ofs recently.

[-mUsIcLoVeR-]

High Horse is that perfect chill jam for me.  

[World Eater]

By looking at descriptions of Age Of and the list of collaborations, it seems like a potential aoty, shame it turned out to be really underwhelming. Technically I could say the same thing about Negro Swan, but it had some redeeming qualities (hence why it made my list). Tirzah snapped, oh yes she did. Honestly I'm surprised she has so many haters on here  Chris, Double Negative and Daytona are amazing as well.

Lykke, Mimi, Jon, Iceage, Shygirl, Fever Ray, MGMT Blood Orange, Yves, U.S. Girls, swf, Beach House and Kacey did not come to play 

 

17 hours ago, TRF. said:

@World Eater can verify this

I can confirm this  It looks like there's more to come btw

[TRF.]

 

#15.

Noname – Room 25

Genre: Jazz Rap, Conscious Hip Hop

Neo-Soul, Jazz Poetry

Country: USA || Label: self-released

 
Chicago rapper, poet and singer Fatimah Warner, mostly known as Noname, is one of the most exciting and interesting figures in rap music nowadays. Her debut mixtape, Telefone, showed an artist at its most humane, with very revealing lyrics about her own life experiences and her childhood, and was one of the better rap releases of 2016. Room 25, her proper debut album, feels like a logical progression from it.

 

The jazz-y instrumentation is present, in fact it is more upfront and "organic" than it was on her mixtape, resulting in something gorgeous. But what truly stands out from this record is the lyricism. Whether she's talking about her own experiences with mental health-related issues, her growing fame, stereotypes related to black people, the influence white politicians have over black lives or just simply about love, she makes you feel every single thing she's saying. There are great features as well, like Ravyn Lenae, Smino, Saba or Phoelix, who deliver great verses or hooks, but Noname herself, while not being in your face about it, makes you pay attention to what she's saying.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: "Self", "Blaxploitation", "Window" (feat. Phoelix), "Don't Forget About Me", "Regal", "Montego Bae" (feat. Ravyn Lenae), "Ace" (feat. Smino & Saba), "Part of Me" (feat. Phoelix & Benjamin Earl Turner), "no name" (feat. Yaw & Adam Ness)

You’ll like it if you like: Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper's jazzy stuff, Erykah Badu, Digable Planets, Solange

 

 

#14.

Julia Holter – Aviary

Genre: Art Pop, Ambient Pop, Progressive Pop, Experimental

Modern Classical, Chamber Jazz, Free Improvisation, Baroque Pop, Avant-Garde Jazz

Country: USA || Label: Domino

 

With her past couple of albums, Julia Holter slowly started aiming for music that was more and more accessible. This ultimately culminated in Have You In My Wilderness, which had the strongest pop structures you could possibly find in any of her records, and was one of her best records to date. So it was kind of strange to see Holter do such a huge shift back into her experimental roots with her most recent album, Aviary, but it still has a lot of what makes her music good.

 

The first thing one would notice about this record is how long it is. A double album, that is 15 tracks, an hour and a half long. And the music is not necessarily the most accessible either, often alternating between gigantic, maximalist arrangements and strange, minimal compositions that sat in the most experimental corners of music, taking inspiration from jazz, classical music, early electronic compositions, psychedelia and Occitan folk music. It is not an easy record for an average listener, and it probably isn't the best idea to listen to it as a whole in one sitting. But for every complex thing it has, there is also a lot of beauty. It's great how in such a huge length, Julia Holter still manages to come through with immaculately constructed music, with little filler in it, making Aviary's ambitiousness work.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: “Turn the Light On", "Whether", "Chiaitus", "Voce Simul", "Another Dream", "I Shall Love 2", "Underneath the Moon", "Colligere", "In Gardens' Muteness", "Les Jeux to You", "Why Sad Song"

You’ll like it if you like: Julia Holter's Tragedy, Meredith Monk, Animal Collective, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Jenny Hval, Kate Bush

 

 

#13.

U.S. Girls – In a Poem Unlimited

Genre: Art Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop

Space Disco, Hypnagogic Pop, Alternative Dance

Country: USA || Label: 4AD

 

Meghan Remy's U.S. Girls project initially started as a noise project. Eventually, it slowly started shifting into something that took inspiration from pop and R&B, but still was remarkably lo-fi, raw, noisy and uncanny. Her debut record for 4AD, Half Free, was proof of that, with bright pop melodies coexisting with heavy distorsion, strange samples and lyrics that treated themes such as violence, war and misogyny.

 

In a Poem Unlimited however, works much more directly as a pop record. There's little to nothing obscuring her voice, the instrumentals or anything of the sort, in fact this record is fairly accessible. The hooks are strong, clear and direct, her songwriting is as sharp as always, and the instrumentation is the richest and greatest you'd hear in a U.S. Girls album. But her lyrics still deal with all the issues that you'd hear before, being openly critical of a lot of oppressive systems that have a heavy effect on minorities and the world itself, but still having a glimpse for the future. It's one of the strongest "pop" records of the year, in that it redefines and repurposes what "pop" is.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: "Rage of Plastics", "M.A.H.", "Rosebud", "Incidental Boogie", "Pearly Gates", "Poem", "Time"

You’ll like it if you like: Ariel Pink, St. Vincent, Kylie Minogue's indie rock songs, Robyn

 

 

#12.

Amnesia Scanner – Another Life

Genre: Deconstructed Club, Electro-Industrial

Glitch Hop, Synth Punk, UK Bass, Progressive Electronic

Country: Finland || Label: PAN

 

Even though had initially performed music under the name Renaissance Man, since their actual formation in 2014, Finnish, Berlin-based duo Amnesia Scanner have been making some of the most exciting, aggressive experimental electronic music, which has always blurred the lines between stuff that is aimed at clubs and stuff that isn't, all while maintaining a sense of mystery. Some of their releases featured high-concept narration that could've been way too close to cross the line of "pretentiousness" but still managed to deliver its best from it, as did their releases that were rather "conventional", such as their debut EP from 2016.

 

Another Life, their proper debut album released under PAN, does everything that we knew Amnesia Scanner were able to from the beginning, but still manages to include interesting concepts and musical ideas into it. Featuring the vocals of an entity called "Oracle", which is unclear whether someone's actual singing distorted, a vocaloid-like entity or something of the sort, they make some of their most pop-like songs. But they still take their time to experiment with a wide variety of genres, spanning from gabber, nu metal, reggaeton, trap, industrial, punk, dark ambient, and twist it into their own signature way.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: "AS Symmetribal", "AS Unlinear" (feat. Pan Daijing), "AS Another Life", "AS Daemon", "AS Too Wrong", "AS Spectacult" (feat. Oracle), "AS Faceless", "AS Securitaz", "AS Chaos" (feat. Pan Daijing)

You’ll like it if you like: Oneohtrix Point Never, Holly Herndon, Rabit, Suicide, Death Grips, Brood Ma

 

 

#11.

Tim Hecker – Konoyo

Genre: Ambient, Electroacoustic, Drone

Glitch, Gagaku, Post-Minimalism, Noise, Dark Ambient

Country: Canada || Label: Kranky

 

Gagaku is a style of Japanese classical court music that gained notoriery in the 9th century, during the Heian period, in which string, wind and percussion instruments are used. This genre was one of the main influences for Canadian producer Tim Hecker's most recent album, Konoyo. Made in collaboration with the Japanese ensemble Tokyo Gakuso, it is one of the most remarkable efforts in his nearly two-decade long career.

 

This record features some of Hecker's most lengthy, extended pieces, despite the record being seven tracks long it is almost an hour long, with two tracks clocking in at over ten minutes. It's an ambient album that is constantly inventive in its usage of its sources, creating wonderful atmospheres and compositions with them. It's without a doubt one of the highlights of ambient music this year, and of Tim Hecker's career as well.

 

LISTEN

Highlights: "This Life", "In Death Valley", "In a Rose Petal of the Dying Crimson Light", "Keyed Out", "Across to Anoyo"

You’ll like it if you like: Fennesz, Jason Lescalleet, William Basinski, Michael Pisaro, Mary Lattimore

 

[Tsareena]

Tirzah did that on Devotion.. great debut
charcoal baby, rosebud, bless ur heart, 
no to snail mail ?
I like that  

yes high horse is what Kylie was trying to do
Noname's debut whew... so good
I liked a few aviary tracks but the album was too long for me
iapu so good 
 

[TRF.]

 

 

#30. Tommy Cash - "X-Ray"

(happy hardcore/euro-trance)

from '¥€$'

 

This made me change my opinion on Tommy Cash. I never was a fan of his stuff, but there's something about this that just demands your attention. The lyrics are just about as ridiculous as you'd expect, but within an euro-trance-revival context, they just work. Danny L Harle's production is one of his greatest to date. 2019 we need a trance and gabber revival right now!

 

 

 

#29. ROSALÍA - "PIENSO EN TU MIRÁ (Cap.3: Celos)"

(flamenco pop/alt R&B)

from 'El mal querer'

 

This song deals with the heavy topic of jealousy in a relationship, as seen from the point of view of the jealous person. It's a weird topic to sing about in a pop song, but it works. Maybe because it's also a weird pop song, not only because of its flamenco inspiration, but because of the strange structure or the odd time signature shifts in its hook.

 

 

 

#28. Tirzah - "Devotion" (feat. Coby Sey)

(art pop/alt r&b)

from 'Devotion'

 

Tirzah's debut album 'Devotion' has a strong heart to it, and its title track is the proof of it. A duet with Coby Sey, it's a smooth, trip-hop song about desiring someone's love, and it truly encapsulates that feeling more than anything.

 

 

 

 

#27. Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - "One Kiss"

(dance-pop/garage house)

 

2018 was a huge year for Dua Lipa, but she also proved to be quite divisive for some people. While some people praised her for being one of the most popular figures in the current pop music world, she also caught a lot of criticism for say, her lack of stage presence. But it doesn't matter, very few mainstream pop songs this year were as good as "One Kiss" was. With Calvin Harris' production taking it back to the early-00's era of Moloko-ish garage house, this is one of the sickest pop songs of the year without a doubt.

 

 

 

#26. Kero Kero Bonito - "Only Acting"

(noise pop)

from 'Time 'n' Place'

 

This song kind of changed it all for Kero Kero Bonito. This would represent their change from upbeat electropop into something darker and edgier. But more than a statement, it's an extremely great song. A strong powerful hook buried in distortion, that eventually just turns into distortion and noise, and honestly... that's as powerful as you can get.

 

 

#25. Amnesia Scanner - "AS Chaos" (feat. Pan Daijing)

(deconstructed club)

from 'Another Life'

 

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#24. Charli XCX - "Focus" and "No Angel"

(electropop/bubblegum bass)

 

Yes! Both! Both songs are Charli XCX at her best. "Focus" is a vaguely trance-influenced collaboration with A. G. Cook, and you can hear everything that made her 'Pop 2' mixtape so good in it. While "No Angel", a fan favorite, has lyrics that put Charli in both a vulnerable-yet-badass positions. The production is great too, with R&B vibes coming through, yet you can hear SOPHIE putting her own special touch in it. All in all, two near-perfect pop songs that will be remembered amongst Charli's best.

 

 

 

 

#23. LOONA - "Hi High"

(k-pop/dance-pop)

from '[+ +]'

 

Everything LOONA did since the announcement of "the first girl" in October 2016, amounted to this. "Hi High" is representative of everything LOONA is. With an impossibly hi-NRG production, charismatic performances and a sweet, sweet hook, this is as great as k-pop can get. This song is genuine euphoria.

 

 

 

#22. Bad Gyal feat. Jam City & Dubbel Dutch - "Internationally"

(alt R&B/reggaeton)

from 'Worldwide Angel'

 

This year was a huge year for Bad Gyal, and this song represents it well. If you can't dance to this it's because you hate fun!

 

 

 

 

#21. Let's Eat Grandma - "It's Not Just Me"

(electropop/synthpop)

from 'I'm All Ears'

 

If you want to know what my favorite music moment of the year was, it's the synth line that comes at the 2:32 mark. SOPHIE just... she is just that powerful.

 

Happy new year babes!

 

[Lazuli]

Devotion, One Kiss, Focus/No Angel, It's Not Just Me  

[Remmy]

One Kiss and Focus are both good bops  but No Angel is that GIRL  Her best 2018 release for sure.

[Vilppu]

noname and IAPU are really good. aviary has gorgeous moments but imo it's kinda a bit too ambitious for its own good

 

only acting, the charli songs, pienso, hi high  surprised you liked it's not just me this much, it's usually singled out as the one weak moment on the album

[madonnas]

OK there's a lot of good here.

I'm surprised It's Not Just Me made it over Falling and Hot Pink!  Internationally is very well produced.

HiHigh kinda pissed me off, tbh.  I expected more than AfterSchool rejects from them.

if you had to choose between Focus and NA which one would you?

 

 

I still haven't heard Noname   

[rvx]

One Kiss 

[Temporal]

One Kiss, No Angel, High Horse, Rosebud, I Like It  You have pretty diverse taste in music which is nice! Goals for this year tbh