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50. Mothers – When You Walk A Long Distance You Get Tired // Graveyard Lovers – Past The Forest Of The Fruitless Thoughts For the first spot, I couldn´t help myself and decided to let two records take the merit. There isn´t that much similarity between Mothers debut album and Graveyard Lovers sophomore release, musically. Mothers take a route of silent disruption and diminutive vulnerability, while GL change between subversive sucker punches against the system and introspective anecdotes and encounters of personal growth. Yet, they both share the spirit of thought-provoking rock / folk music, neither of them play music solely for entertainment purposes or to create music that just sounds good. The instrumental choices of both bands are reflected in their musical messages. In When You Walk , you´ll get the forlorn opener “Too Small For Eyes”, sounding almost like sung in solitude, more for Leschper herself, then for a crowd or microphone for that matter. But Mothers will step...

50. FAYE – Ancient Bones ( Faye ) Faye are one of the newest and youngest signees of the Tiny Engines imprint any their debut EP was a musical moment to behold this year. Clear stand out between their agile punk rock is the closer “Ancient Bones”. The band slows their tempo down on this unexpected left turn and lets the instrumental slow down between the breathy vocals of Sarah Blumenthal. This track alone carries more disarray and yearning than any flip out could ever deliver and hopefully serves as an indicator for a promising new band. 49. Frightened Rabbit - An Otherwise Disappointing Life ( Painting Of A Panic Attack ) Who do you sing your blues to, who will cover for the disappointments without becoming one itself? This is the basic premise of this broken ballad between hope and total surrender. The band is one of the greatest when it comes to charmingly saying that your life is fucked and there isn´t that much to look forward to, if you take a sobering look...