Top Albums 2014 Part I 50 - 41
50. Future Islands – Singles Like many this year I learned about Future Islands through their Letterman performance of “Seasons (Waiting On You)” and Samuel T. Herring´s stage antics . What started as a synthpop band playing pretty much revivalist tunes became a really interesting listen as Herring´s powerhouse performance was so over the top, I had to rewatch it to get that it wasn´t my speakers lagging. The duck-dancing aside, Herring stretched and drowned his voice, becoming guttural as singing for a metal act. And it is exactly in this guttural quality, where some might even say, it is pretty much amateurish, where the appeal of Future Islands is hidden. There are far more interesting bands instrumentally, but it´s the strange introspection and slobbish singing that keeps them in your mind and Singles a great listen from front to back. 49. S. Carey – Range Of Light When knowing that S. Carey is one of the musicians in Bon Iver, correlating...