best of Chapel's Best of 2018 | Songs 30-21

[Weed]

Yassssss for the Hayden Casey praise! People need to stop sleeping on him!

[Navyofbadgals]

Hunter, DC and PH are great

EIL is a cute gal but a pretty obvious decline in quality (for bey at least)

Sweetener also cute but it has a few... choices.

 

also that Freedom album is forgettable 

[World Eater]

Well, well, well, who would have thought a former OSH would put Sweetener here :somepoints: That, Freedun and Golden Year are my favorites from here

 

2 minutes ago, ChapelHooker said:

im a lazy bish too the ****? i don't even know how to do that tbh kfjdsg but I can try x

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[Unoriginal]

maybe Hayden Casey snapped 

[Sbbmsve]

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I'm a ****** sir, I'm a hole sir , I'm a hole I'm all hole sir only a hole , I'm a dumbass sir , I'm just a hole here to serve you sir ,

I'm a ****ing hole sir, I'm a dumb **** sir, I don't know anything sir, have to listen to you sir, vibrator, can I *** please sir? 

Please sir, please sir, your ****ing hole begs you sir, I'm losing precum sir, I really wanna *** sir, please sir, I'm a ****ing hole sir,

I only wanna serve you sir, please sir, I only wanna please you sir, can I *** sir please, I'm so horny right now sir , please sir,

I really really really want it sir, I'm just a hole sir , I'm just a *** sir.

 Hayden Casey, Grouper, Kimbra and Janelle Surprised at ionnalee tho, I thought it would be in your list for sure 

[Maddox]

EIL and Sweetener are... something

 

Lemme save the rest of these!

[enxe]

All the videos in your top 10 are great

[Tsareena]

 yeah get into Anna Calvi but I see some taste in hm's... 

[Vilppu]

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I loved this for two weeks and then I never listened to it again

i think we ALL loved this for two weeks and then never listened again

 

anna, ariana, carters, ionna, grouper and kimbra i enjoyed but HM seems about right

[Body Electrician]

Hunter and Freedom

 

I couldn't really get into Grid of Points  it's no Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill

 

I forgot EIL was even a thing  

 

perched for your lists 

[Tom Vercetti]

fair share of HMs. Another Life just didn't match up to AS Scanner or AS Truth.

 

DC magic didn't last long either. 

[Tsareena]

8 hours ago, ChapelHooker said:

Hayden Casey - Golden Year

Gorgeous, intimate lyrics set to simple folk pop. A very promising debut LP.

a f**kin serve

[potent]

Bloom, Big God, Apeshit, TIA, and Girlfriend on best MVs

 

Dirty Computer was the first Janelle album I heard and I kinda expected better, there are still some great songs though.

[ultraviolence.xx]

lots of talent in here

with one exception  

super grateful to you for introducing me to ionnalee   

[volition]

This is a great set of HMs! I loved Amen Dunes's album and I really liked Sweetener too. Dirty Computer, Primal Heart, EIL, and ionnalee's album seem like fitting HMs to me, they're decent. I think i listened to Devon Welsh but I can't remember it at all, Confidence Man does get tiresome I agree, Hunter was good, Grouper was pretty good, and Golden Year  an inclusion

[Remmy]

HMs: No complaints on Sweatener and Everything Is Hatred not making it, but welp @ Dirty Computer + Primal Heart

[Pink Matter]

Great videos list! After the Storm is probably my favorite from that list. I also enjoyed the Malamente video (but the purple KKK looking dude took me out of it  + TIA and Nodody and I remember liking the In My View video too.

 

HMs: Solid picks. Some of these were definitely HM material (Amen Dunes, The Carters, Grouper) but sucks to see Janelle and Ari already out  

[Vxspertine]

15 hours ago, ChapelHooker said:

Fischerspooner - Sir

The only reason you included this is for the writeup isn't it? 

[TheWayWeWere]

nnn not Sweetener and Dirty Computer on HMs  your list better slay  

Ionnalee's album was great, but her iamamiwhoami music >>> 

[K$Ellie]

Not Be The MITSKI Cowboy getting a mention in the Artwork and Design category  GGD and LEG tho

The Oil cover is amazing  Susanne top 10 last year  Charli and Kelela there as well

Make Me Feel is a VIDEO  Malamente and Nobody were pretty good too as far as I remember 

Dirty Computer not making the cut  ionna and Kimbra are nice but I can see why they didn't make it

[fossora]

Sweetener and EATBF hms? eaux WEAUX

[TRF.]

AS, Kimbra, ionna, Ari, Janelle, Grouper  wish some of these would have made it to the main list but oh well

[Uncatena]

 

 

Laurel Halo - Raw Silk Uncut Wood

The two long songs that bookend this are the obvious highlights but its very nice overall,

it can get a bit irritating during the middle, but the length saves it.

 

Lucrecia Dalt - Anticlines

I like the songs where she uses spoken word the most, but there aren't a lot of them. The

overall sound design and production is really nice though, very singular sound.

 

Melody's Echo Chamber - Bon Voyage

Quite an inch resting album, a lot of different things going on at the same time, which

sometimes works well... and sometimes not so much.

 

Neneh Cherry - Broken Politics

I only listened to it once but I remember really liking the vocal delivery, lyrics and

production (thanks Kieran) on this. 

 

Nicholas Krgovich - "Ouch"

The gay, overdramatic break up album we didn't think we need but we 

deserve. His soft vocals with the minimal production work so well.

 

Now, Now - Saved

This is a very solid album overall. Strong hooks, polished production, nice

melodies and textures. But it could use a bit more variation or a shorter

tracklist.

 

Rae Morris - Someone Out There

This would've made my list in the first half of the year and I still appreciate

it but it kinda aged on me too much. Still very solid though, and a fresh take

on what pop music should be in 2018.

 

Rhye - Blood

Quite a nosedive in terms of overall quality, the lack of Robin is felt. But

still has a bunch of nice tracks and beautiful moments.

 

Rival Consoles - Persona

Great production on this, this is probably the most solid vision of his sound

and aesthetic but it still lacks a little something to truly punch. 

 

Son Lux - Brighter Wounds

Probably their best work since Lanterns, I think Ryan expanding this to a full

band project worked in it's favor and added a lot of dimension. Bones was

a nice test run, this one nails it a bit better.

 

Steve Hauschildt - Dissolvi

A nice, pleasant listen. Worth revisiting too. But not nearly as beautiful or

engaging as Strands was.

 

Tropical F*** Storm - Laughing Death in Meatspace

This probably would've made my list if I had a little more time with it. Only

discovered this a few weeks ago and I haven't fully formed an opinion yet

other than "I like this".

 

Tommy Cash - ¥€$ 

This was much more experimental and weird than I expected but it's very

enjoyable. Fun and self-aware, but never really a parody. You can tell he has

a unique vision and the mixture of genres work out well for th most part.

 

TT - LoveLaws

The production on this is cool but it blends together, even after multiple listens

so that only a few songs really stick out. A nice side project though.

 

Tune-Yards - I can feel you creep into my private life

This is still a bit clumsy and awkward, but I really appreciate the change of pace

and there are lot of highlights on this. 

[Unoriginal]

A few of these deserved more than HM but this is cute :yas:

[Eeveelution]

A fitting HM list, nothing was robbed here.

 

I forgot completely about Tune-Yards.  Colonizer probs deserved a HM from me.