Friday, December 27, 2013

BOUND: The Albums, 2013.


modern vampires of the city.

05/Arctic Monkeys/AM

One day, at some point, love will come running for the fellas Arctic. Until then, they'll keep chasing it, and seek it out desperately, often in a hopeless place. AM resides exactly there, under numerous moons, where many of us work out our other job and personas: that of Lothario or Lolita on the prowl (This time in Los Angeles!). Locales have been switched and ages have gone up a little, but other than that, ain't shit much changed. Even the rockstars dressed to the nines with the accents from another place can't seal a deal. Or only muster up the courage to be more forward and confident when full of liquid courage or drugs of various names. This is all presented in vivid detail courtesy of Alex Turner, the masterful lyricist and storyteller up front, whose verses flip turn and move like the pages of a book; each song treated like a vignette and bird's eye view into these ongoing late night entanglements. You nearly miss all the blind faith/heartache/mind games/and mistakes cause throughout all this, these dudes fucking play the pain away, indulging in some of the tightest hard rock leaning/R&B & Blues gleaming tunes of the year. They just keep getting better. Here's hoping the ladies situation gets better, too. Until then, lean on we, fellas. We'll lend you our ears.
KEY TRACKS: Do I Wanna Know?/I Want It All/Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?

06/Arcade Fire/Reflektor

07/Justin Timberlake/The 20/20 Experience, Pt. 1

08/Janelle Monae/The Electric Lady

09/Chance the Rapper/Acid Rap

10/Haim/Days Are Gone

11/Danny Brown/Old

12/Deerhunter/Monomania

13/Foxygen/We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic



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