Albums turning 10 this year

Anesthetize

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective was released exactly 10 years ago on Sunday, and made me wonder where the past decade went to.

Granted that 2009 wasn't exactly a watershed year for music, it did mark a musical turning point for me in that I started paying more attention to modern indie and alternative music.

Some other albums turning 10 this year:

The Antlers - Hospice
The xx - xx
Fever Ray - s/t
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - s/t
Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
St. Vincent - Actor
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
The Horrors - Primary Colours
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns

Rothko

I wouldn't say that 2009 was one of the top years for that decade but there were some great albums released that year.

Embryonic - The Flaming Lips (among their best)
Post Nothing - Japandroids
Journal For Plague Lovers - Manic Street Preachers (again, one of their best imo)
The Eternal - Sonic Youth
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
Crack The Skye - Mastodon
And So I Watch You From Afar - And So I Watch You From Afar

Arghus

God it's sobering to think that Fever Ray s/t is 10 years old. It was a pivotal album for me. I absolutely hated it at first, I really hated anything with synths, but I stuck with it and I adore that album to this day.

S.M.B.

2009 may not have been the best year musically but it definitely was a pivotal moment in my music listening journey. Maybe the shift was more down to the ecosystem rather than the music itself.

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix and It's Blitz are two other big ones for me that I'd still return to today. Passions Pit's Manners less so.

RicketyCricket

Rothko wrote: »

I wouldn't say that 2009 was one of the top years for that decade but there were some great albums released that year.

Embryonic - The Flaming Lips (among their best)
Post Nothing - Japandroids
Journal For Plague Lovers - Manic Street Preachers (again, one of their best imo)
The Eternal - Sonic Youth
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
Crack The Skye - Mastodon
And So I Watch You From Afar - And So I Watch You From Afar

I absolutely love that Manic Street Preachers album. Second only to The Holy Bible, for me.

UrbanSprawl

Future of the Left released Travels with Myself and Another their second album in 2009.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAwliet2vqo

Birneybau

Have a pair of tickets for the Primary Colours anniversary in Royal Albert Hall in May, love that album.

Was only listening to St. Vincent's 'Actor' earlier, some cracking songs, much prefer that and 'Strange Mercy' to the latter stuff.

Arghus

Birneybau wrote: »

Have a pair of tickets for the Primary Colours anniversary in Royal Albert Hall in May, love that album.

Was only listening to St. Vincent's 'Actor' earlier, some cracking songs, much prefer that and 'Strange Mercy' to the latter stuff.

Absolutely. I think those two albums are fantastic and she's got less and less interesting since. I still she's great, but back then she was unbelievable IMO. Too much of a focus these days on image and playing the character of "St. Vincent".

Birneybau

Arghus wrote: »

Absolutely. I think those two albums are fantastic and she's got less and less interesting since. I still she's great, but back then she was unbelievable IMO. Too much of a focus these days on image and playing the character of "St. Vincent".

I'd imagine a song like this would alienate a lot of the newer fans:

Acosta

Birneybau wrote: »

Have a pair of tickets for the Primary Colours anniversary in Royal Albert Hall in May, love that album.

Class. Enjoy. Great album. Skying just pips it at the post for me though as their best album.

Also want to share in the love of Journal For Plague Lovers, the manics last great and second best album. Embryonic from The Flaming Lips was a excellent album that year too.

S.M.B.

Short Hospice 10 year anniversary acoustic tour announced today.

Sugar Club, Dublin
Tue, Apr 30, 2019

Tempted by London Union Chapel show a week beforehand.

Strumms

S.M.B. wrote: »

Short Hospice 10 year anniversary acoustic tour announced today.

Sugar Club, Dublin
Tue, Apr 30, 2019

Tempted by London Union Chapel show a week beforehand.

Union Chapel is a sublime venue, go for it.