Time for my annual blog post! There was a lot of great music released last year, in contrast to 2014. No problem coming up with 10 albums I absolutely love, and I've had to include a lot of honourable mentions. Really I should just call this a top 17, as any of these records could, on any given day, take top place in my ever-shifting preferences.
Today, however, the list goes:
Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars
Shye Ben Tzer, Jonny Greenwood and the Rajasthan Express - Junun
John Carpenter - Lost Themes
Deerhoof - Fever 121614
Deerhunter - Fading Frontier
Moonsocket - Eurydice
Nap Eyes - Whine of the Mystic
Joanna Newsom - Divers
Sexwitch - Sexwitch
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
Honourable Mentions:
Beach House - Depression Cherry
Björk - Vulnicura
Dungen - Allas Sak
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
Grimes - Art Angels
Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete
Vulva Culture - In Vain