The moody, distant darkness to the whole presentation despite the bright feel to so much of this, it's an album that just presents layers on top of layers, both thematically and musically. I dare you to listen to "Freewheel" and not be completely enamoured by this experience - the overdriven bassline straight out of Flaming Lips record, the catchiest chorus this year, the build to the post-bridge climax, the absolutely haunting backing vocals, the guitar work... it blew my mind when I first heard it, it blows my mind now. And the whole album is like this - there are so many special, deliberate choices throughout its 42 minute runtime that reveal themselves over the course of multiple listens. It's truly phenomenal.
The album is called Big Wave and it may as well speak of the rush of sound that washes over you with each track. The absolute weight of "Sufferer." The dreamlike "Are You Still Here?" Closer "The Ocean" that just makes me want to put the whole thing on repeat again. This was the album I put up against basically every other singer-songwriter record this year, and nothing even came close.
Songs of note: "Feathers," "Freewheel," "Sufferer," "Are You Still Here," "A Dream That Can Last," "The Ocean"
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