Tuesday, December 26, 2017

DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE ALBUMS, 2017.


07/priests/nothing feels natural


"Kneel at the feet of programming, I’m really not concerned with what you think/You are just a cog in the machine and I am a wet dream soft and mean/Thick line steam, slick and mean/You’re too pitiful to be obscene, too cowardly to be embarrassing..."
 
These words are uttered from the perch of "Pink White House", eight tracks in, in a world where nothing feels natural; Bullshit people, folks' sympathy, and their stances or poses. It can lead to a lot of tongue biting and haughty sighing, but not with Priests. They are not concerned with what you think, and on their debut album Nothing Feels Natural, the D.C. punk band bang the drum and bang their chests, shouting "Enough is enough already. Please, shut the fuck up!" And listen. Nothing feels natural, but they're going to try to make sense of it all. And making sense of it all requires fucking some shit up: earbuds, vocal chords, your stupidity, the patriarchy, and all these poses. All of the fucking posing. Nothing Feels Natural takes the head seat at the table, steering the conversation, leaving you no choice but to be polite and listen.
 
KEY TRACKS: jj/pink white house/suck

08/fever ray/plunge

09/sza/ctrl

10/ariel pink/dedicated to bobby jameson

11/miguel/war & leisure

12/ema/exile in the outer ring

13/charli xcx/number 1 angel

14/lcd soundsystem/american dream

15/lorde/melodrama

16/syd/fin


18/st. vincent/masseduction

19/cherry glazerr/apocalipstick

20/kesha/rainbow

21/vince staples/big fish theory

22/thundercat/drunk

23/kehlani/sweetsexysavage

24/palberta/bye bye berta

25/father john misty/pure comedy









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