Music plays an important role in the socialisation of the youth. It is present almost everywhere and adults can listen to music on their smartphones while playing their favourite casino games. It’s impossible to listen to albums or songs that come out every single day. So, we have made a list of the best records that you might have missed in the summer of 2019.
75 Dollar Bill: I Was Real
I Was Real is the third album from the New York duo 75 Dollar Bill. Percussionist Rick Brown and guitarist Che Chen are working with an expanded ensemble in the album. If you’ve missed out on their 2016’s album, then it seems like the perfect time to jump onto the band’s sound. Their second album presented the quintessence of their sound with vivid clarity. Since then, the group has travelled and performed extensively, bringing their music to a wider audience. The album was recorded over a period of four years in four studios and in a range of different ensemble configurations. The additional players involved highlight the social aspect of the band and they all are some of the band’s closest friends and collaborators.
100 gecs: 1000 gecs
1000 gecs is the debut studio album by American duo 100 gecs. Released in May 2019, the duo in the album seems to break down pop music constructs and build them back up in their own wrapped version. It covers 10 tracks in 23 minutes and it’s the punkiest record released since Yeezus. Every song in the album is designed to make your parents scoff as if Laura Les and Dylan Rady have taken the elements of every embarrassing pop music trends and combined them into a vindictive freak femme Frankenstein. Laura and Dylan know that the nostalgia machine is moving faster than ever and they’re figuring out how to steer.
Anthony Naples: Fog M
Anthony Naples seems to have a distinct purpose in mind in each of his albums. His latest LP, Fog M is something different from his past endeavours. The exact impact of radio on the album is debatable, but there’s an intimate experience that calls to mind the often private experience of radio listening. The music has an internal quality that is geared towards fantasy. Although it is definitely music crafted for the club, it also recalls the kind of immersive techno explored in recent years by the likes of HVL. Tracks of the album are wonderfully executed and give a soothing experience. The melodic accents of “I’ll Follow You” have the right amount of emotional pull, while the exaggerated scaping on “Aftermath AM”s major parts brings the album to a perfect ending.
Bedouine: Bird Songs of a Killjoy
The muted, airy sound popularized by musicians in the early ‘70s is having a moment. The L.A.-based singer is now of the folk’s most remarkable voices. Two years after Bedouine wooed critics with her self-titled debut, she is back with one of the most purely pleasant albums you’ll hear in 2019.
