Fleet Foxes - Shore

8.6

blend into the next, on high, misty, lead the way, low tide

Standouts:

"I'm Not My Season"

"For a Week or Two"

"Featherweight"

Built to Spill - Perfect from Now On

8.7

heavy, swift kick, fall to earth, as you wish, solar eclipse

Standouts:

"Velvet Waltz"

"Kicked It in the Sun"

"Untrustable / Part 2 (About Someone Else)"

Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True

8.5

best laid plans, jaded youth, answered prayers, life as chore, stop the clocks

Standouts:

"Alison"

"Less Than Zero"

"Pay it Back"

Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis

8.8

special place in my heart, gift of love, more than words, body heat, alone time

Standouts:

"Just a Little Lovin'"

"Son of a Preacher Man"

"Just One Smile"

Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong with Love

8.3

center of everything, mixed emotions, different perspective, memory replay, before my eyes

Standouts:

"Distopian Dream Girl"

"Reasons"

"Big Dipper"

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis

8.9

going down swinging, worse before better, in God's image, stuck with each other, peacekeeper

Standouts:

"(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go"

"Move On Up"

"We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue"

The Avalanches - Since I Left You

8.1

jettison, hypnosis, island getaway, clear blue sky, crashing

Standouts:

"Live at Dominoes"

"Electricity"

"Two Hearts in 3/4 Time"

Julianna Barwick - Healing Is a Miracle

8.7

passage, biome, higher plane, rewritten, cleansing

Standouts:

"Inspirit"

"In Light"

"Healing Is a Miracle"

Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly

9.3

more to life, shock to the system, escape the pain, fool's game, the harder they fall

Standouts:

"No Thing on Me (Cocaine Song)"

"Pusherman"

"Think"