10. Bright
Eyes – Four Winds
Conor returns
to the top ten with this chunk of fiddle infused folk music.
9. The
Geraldine Fibbers – Fancy
All the best
songs tell a story. The pick of the bunch from the Rough Trade Country
compilation.
8. First Aid
Kit – The Lion’s Roar
The excellent
title track from the woodsy harmonic duo's latest album.
7. Sons and
Daughters – House in My Head
A fine return
to form from Scottish indie heroes.
6. Okkervil
River – The Velocity of Saul
Beautiful
lyrics and anthemic chorus meet in this offering from the criminally
under-rated Austin, Texas folksters.
5. Allo Darlin’
– Some People Say
Great album
and a great song from the lovely Elizabeth Morris. I wish that some things
would stay the same too.
4. Pantha du
Prince – Photon
Twelve
minutes of magic that turned bell ringing into something cool and wonderful.
3. Veronica
Falls – My heart beats
Almost a
number one from the indie combo that celebrate the joy of life everytime they
pick up their instruments.
2. Kacey
Musgrave – Merry Go ‘Round
From the
album of the year comes this piece of pure country perfection. One of the finds
of the year.
1. Intersys –
If U Could Be
Stealing the crown from the Mushrooms, Israeli duo
Intersys produce a psy-trance classic that could make you almost enjoy running.
Well make it more bearable anyway.
It's about time I commented on the final ten of last year's Festive 50. After much listen time these are my ratings:
ReplyDelete10. Bright Eyes - Not a big Bright Eyes fan but this is okay I suppose - 4/10
9. The Geraldine Fibbers - Would have been my number 2 out of this selection. The woo woos at the end let it down a tad in a Brit pop style but still, it's pretty great - 8/10
8. First Aid Kit - Again not too bad, this grew on me to give it a rating of - 6/10
7. Sons and Daughters - I've liked the Sons and Daughters entries from past Festive 50s but this one didn't click with me - 5/10
6. Okkervil River - not for me this kind of thing - 3/10
5. Allo Darlin' - Hate this with a passion. Basically due to the fact that I hate the overuse of the words 'amazing' and 'awesome' for things that barely scratch the surface of average. I can't even bear to listen to it - 1/10
4. Prince of Panthers - Great first seven minutes and then it goes nowhere. The last five minutes drags it down. But bell ringing has gone up in my estimations - 6/10
3. Veronica Falls - Quite acceptable in a Lush kind of way - 6/10
2. Kacey Musgrave - For once I feel quite sorry for Caitlin Rose not being number 2. I thought her entry was loads better than this - 4/10
1. Intersys - The number 1 is spot on. I prefer the bits without singing but nevertheless it's still great. Like you say, way better than the Infecteds this year - 9/10
So for the top ten that's five likes. More than I thought there would be on first listening.