Halfway Point: 2015’s Standout Albums

Travis Bretzer – Waxing Romantic

Our decade’s equivalent of: 2000’s The Virgin Suicides by Air

Or the equivalent of: Couples coupling, and uncoupling. Coppola cinematography.

Lyrics that lodge in your mind: “Keep, keep my promises, true, to you”

Standout track: Promises

Get it on iTunes, or sample and get it on Bandcamp


Panda Bear – Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper

Our decade’s equivalent of: 2001’s Point by Cornelius

Or the equivalent of: Meditating with the depressed in 1960s California, Cola swimming in your bloodstream.

Lyrics that lodge in your mind: “No, you really shouldn’t bring that other guy”

Standout track: Butcher Baker Candlestick Maker

Get it on iTunes


Raury – All We Need

Our decade’s equivalent of: 2002’s The Headphone Masterpiece by Cody Chesnutt

Or the equivalent of: Hashtag activism and hashish.

Lyrics that lodge in your mind: “I made a friend in North Korea, she showed me how to meditate”

Standout track: Friends

Get it on iTunes


Jam City – Dream A Garden

Our decade’s equivalent of: 1995’s Pygmalion by Slowdive

Or the equivalent of: The city soundtrack to your therapeutic fake funeral.

Lyrics that lodge in your mind: “Tell me, are we unhappy?”

Standout track: Unhappy

Get it on iTunes


Giacomo’s ten best albums of 2015 in full:

  • Jam CityDream A Garden
  • RauryAll We Need
  • Panda BearPanda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper
  • Travis Bretzer – Waxing Romantic
  • Clarence ClarityThe No Now
  • Kelela – Cut 4 Me (Deluxe) 
  • Neon IndianVEGA INTL. Night School
  • GrimesArt Angels
  • Towa TeiCute
  • Tame ImpalaCurrents

giacomo lee

Giacomo Lee is a London writer. His new book Funereal is out now, a unique novel on death, k-pop & cultural technology in Seoul, South Korea. #한류 #doppelgängnamstyle

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