Well folks, this is it… my official last Charts & Adds post before I pass on the music director mantle. Despite everything wacky that has happened this year, I have so enjoyed writing these weekly posts — not-so-funny introductions and all. I hope they have brought some of you out there the same amount of joy. Without further ado, here is our final(s week) edition of C&A for spring 2020.
Top 5 Charts:
1.) Peach Pit – You and Your Friends
Peach Pit get emotional throughout the album with a sad-pop spin over bubblegum-surf rock melodies. Every song acts as an individual story with an individual world. Whether they’re detailing heartbreak, social distancing, or companionship, Peach Pit remain meticulous and descriptive.
2.) Yves Tumor – Heaven to a Tortured Mind
Few projects at the forefront of contemporary art truly push visceral sonic boundaries in the way that Yves Tumor does on Heaven To A Tortured Mind. Yves has steered the project into a whole new realm; piercing through contradiction, redefining expression through song, and catapulting the project into the next phase of illusion and evolution.
3.) Thundercat – It Is What It Is
One funky dude, Thundercat has created another deliriously groovy and hilarious odyssey of funk, R&B, jazz and hip hop, featuring Steve Lacy, Flying Lotus, Childish Gambino and more.
4.) Anna Burch – If You’re Dreaming
With recurring themes of isolation, weariness and longing, Anna Burch’s songs deliver an emotional arc with a delicate but uncompromising execution. Burch’s intrinsically catchy songwriting dials down the urgency of her debut a notch, taking a turn towards airy, jazz-voiced chords, floating reverb and an expansion of the sonic palate with unexpected instrumentation.
5.) Music Band – Celebration
The trust built between Music Band members Harry Kagan, Lee Putney, and Duncan Shea comes from a bond of friendship that feels rare among young rock and roll bands. They spent years self-booking, self-recording and self-promoting, creating an invaluable work ethic. And perhaps the most important factor is that je ne sais quoi: a mixture of sincerity and never taking themselves too seriously.
Top 30 Charts
Rank | Artist | Record | Label |
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1 | Peach Pit | You and Your Friends | Columbia |
2 | Yves Tumor | Heaven to a Tortured Mind | Warp |
3 | Thundercat | It Is What It Is | Brainfeeder |
4 | Anna Burch | If You’re Dreaming | Polyvinyl |
5 | Music Band | Celebration | Dine Alone |
6 | Crisman | Crisman | Topshelf |
7 | Buttertones, The | Jazzhound | Innovative Leisure |
8 | Methyl Ethel | Hurts to Laugh [EP] | Dot Dash |
9 | Why Bonnie | Voice Box [EP] | Fat Possum |
10 | Purity Ring | WOMB | Crystal Math/4AD/Beggars |
11 | Laura Marling | Song for Our Daughter | Chrysalis/Partisan |
12 | Vlossom | My Friend [EP] | Etc Etc |
13 | San Cisco | Flaws [EP] | Nettwerk |
14 | M. Ward | Migration Stories | Anti- |
15 | Ultimate Fakebook | The Preserving Machine | Sonic Ritual |
16 | Lila Blue | Leave Me Be | Self-Released |
17 | Thurlowood | Discontinue Normal Program | Day Before |
18 | Trace Mountains | Lost in the Country | Lame-O |
19 | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | Epic |
20 | Wares | Survival | Mint |
21 | Sweet Crude | Officiel//Artificiel | Verve Forecast |
22 | Jaunt | All in One | Self-Released |
23 | Stay Inside | Viewings | No Sleep |
24 | EOB | Earth | Capitol |
25 | JFDR | New Dreams | White Sun |
26 | Alex Nicol | All for Nada | Michel/Anniversary |
27 | Once and Future Band | Deleted Scenes | Castle Face |
28 | Day Wave | Crush [EP] | PIAS |
29 | Bugs | Self Help | Self-Released |
30 | Zelma Stone | Dreamland [EP] | Self-Released |
Top 3 Adds:
1.) STRFKR – Future Past Life
Recommended if you like: of Montreal, Neon Indian, Broken Bells, Phantogram
2.) Laser Background – Evergreen Legend
Recommended if you like: Ariel Pink, Part Time, Banny Grove, Locate S,1
3.) Nation of Language – Introduction, Presence
Recommended if you like: Video Age, Black Marble, Petrichor
Top 10 Adds
Rank | Artist | Record | Label |
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1 | STRFKR | Future Past Life | Polyvinyl |
2 | Laser Background | Evergreen Legend | Self-Released |
3 | Nation of Language | Introduction, Presence | Self-Released |
4 | Tijuana Panthers | Pull the Chute [EP] | Innovative Leisure |
5 | Gleemer | Down Through | Other People |
6 | Pure X | Pure X | Fire Talk |
7 | RAC | BOY | Counter |
8 | Annie Hamilton | Annie Hamilton [EP] | Inertia/PIAS |
9 | Lindsay | ASMR Love Letters [EP] | Self-Released |
10 | Arlo Parks | “Black Dog” [Single] | PIAS |