Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan

9.0

inevitable death, voices as instruments, preternatural, shy crushes, chilly

Standouts:

"Swing Lo Magellan"

"Just From Chevron"

"Dance for You"

Deerhunter - Microcastle

9.8

suffocating, enclosure, depressed, breathtaking, long wait

Standouts:
"Agoraphobia"
"Neither of Us, Uncertainly"
"Little Kids"

Hole - Live Through This

8.5

fragile, fierce, untamed, broken apart, facade

Standouts:

"Miss World"
"Doll Parts"

"Softer. Softest"

Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time

9.2

fervor, glowing, big '80s, reaching for the heavens, city night

Standouts:

"Alive and Kicking"

"Ghostdancing"

"Sanctify Yourself"

Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

9.7

rising above, departed, consolation, missing, New York City

Standouts:

"Bridge Over Troubled Water"

"Cecilia"

"The Only Living Boy in New York"

Washed Out - Within and Without

8.9

passing by, sensuous, diffused light, soft moment, fluid

Standouts:

"Amor Fati"

"You and I"

"A Dedication"

The Verve - Urban Hymns

8.8

inner changes, drug daze, worldly inept, parksitting, set free

Standouts:

"Lucky Man"

"Bitter Sweet Symphony"

"Velvet Morning"

Jamie xx - In Colour

9.1

energy rush, other world, gone, transportive, crowded spaces

Standouts:

"Gosh"

"Loud Places"

"The Rest is Noise"