#ex eye

I am an Old now and don’t listen to much new music because there’s...so much of it? all the time? let me instead listen to CHVRCHES for the 500th time. But here is a brief and very idiosyncratic list of my favorite songs of 2017 that were released in 2017. There is no genre through line, here. none.

The National - Walk It Back: lol obvsly. I love it despite how it makes me clench my jaw all too fuckin real, Matt.

I’m always thinking about useless things

I’m always checking out

Depeche Mode - Scum: lotta fucking shitbag pieces of scum filling the news this year! this song was great catharsis for that!

hey scum, what’re you gonna do when karma comes?

Ninet - Child: she’s got a hell of a voice. I also enjoyed singing along to this one in my car a lot. Runner up: Elinor, which goes pretty damn hard. Have mercy on me, girl indeed.

Bargou 08 - Roddih: Tunisian folk music + moog synths. I was very into this, I remain very into this. It is a legit banger.

Algiers - The Underside of Power: very catchy, very 2017 appropriate, #resist etc. Gospel + soul + punk.

I’ve seen the underside of power

It’s a game that can’t go on

Jlin - Holy Child: do you like Burial? you’ll like this. marginally less ghostly than Burial. a glitchy dance party in a cyber church.

Ex Eye - Anaitis Hymnal; the Arkose Disc: okay, yes, this is metal. But it’s post-metal, no screaming except for Colin Stetson howling into his saxophone (i am biased, i LOVE colin stetson howling into a saxophone). I think it’s astonishingly beautiful in an obliterative kind of way. Also, this is a Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier song. I would evangelize about that to Sebastian Stan himself if I could.

Tara Carosielli - Holloway Road: Apple Music stuck this on one of my weekly playlists, and Apple Music was very correct. A jam.