Monday, December 30, 2013

BOUND: The Albums, 2013.



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02/Toro y Moi/Anything in Return

Prior to the creation and eventual release of Anything in Return, Chaz Bundick relocated from South Carolina to Berkeley, California with and for a girl. His girl. Accompanying her as she embarked on a PHD program at this big name institution also in the area that you might have heard of before. And whenever the opportunity presented itself, Chaz would become Toro y Moi again and work on this, building the long player as he built his relationship. His very own self-described pop record, whose ultimate goal would be to show all and anyone who would listen that he and his Toro y Moi moniker are more than "just a kid behind a laptop." Eventually, once he was done writing, performing, and producing it all, Mr. Bundick wound up with what would become the most alluring and genuinely loving album of the year. Anything in Return is a deeply personal record dedicated to and inspired by the woman he's traveled across the country for. The one he'll wake up early for cause she needs a ride (even when it's cold outside). She who's changed his life into something he can't describe. The one he shares countless grown up calls with while out on the road. She who has to know that "he's gonna be her boy forever." And as focused as these songs are on the lady in his life, Anything in Return is also equally devoted to being a seductive and deceptively funky album on the music tip, where the indelible groove weaves in and out of each track with ease, gorgeously. It's the solo record we've always wanted Pharrell to go ahead and make already. It's confident without being ostentatious. Low-key and sexy. Speaking from the heart and a place of warmth. It's love songs for the lovers and the dreamers waiting their turn. Songs in the key of life. A truly beautiful thing.
KEY TRACKS: Harm in Change/Touch/High Living

03/Sky Ferreira/Night Time, My Time

04/Kanye West/Yeezus 

05/Arctic Monkeys/AM

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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