ADM 2014: The 1st quarter report
We're three months into 2014: it's time for our first look back at the most critically-acclaimed music so far this year
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8.6
St Vincent
St Vincent
Bold, poised, precise without sounding sterile, St Vincent seems
to be a straightforward triumph.
The Guardian
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8.4
The War On Drug
Lost In The Dream
It's no small feat to make rock music sound this fresh nowadays.
Amid the hordes of bands pulling the same old tired moves, thank
god for The War On Drugs.
Time Out
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8.2
Angel Olsen
Burn Your Fire For No Witness
It's her honest lyrics that carry the album, with heartbreaking,
insightful lines revealing themselves on each listen.
Consequence Of Sound
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8.2
Behemoth
The Satanist
You will be hard pressed to find another album that is as
essential and equal parts human and inhuman as The
Satanist.
Pop Matters
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8.1
East India Youth
Total Strife Forever
A remarkable album of astonishing scope and beauty, with an
effortlessly direct emotionality.
The Skinny
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8.1
Wild Beasts
Present Tense
They've pulled off possibly the most intelligent, involving and
profound record since OK Computer.
The Line Of Best Fit
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Young Fathers
Dead
The experience of listening to this record is beautiful, but
blurry - like watching the sun rise after staying up all night. An
experience not to be missed.
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8.0
Neneh Cherry
Blank Project
It's rare that you get an album by an established artist that
genuinely shocks and irrevocably repositions them. Blank Project is
one of those albums. This is a hugely significant return.
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7.9
Simone Felice
Strangers
This record confirms this drummer just so happens to be a
songwriter and frontman of the first order.
All Music
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7.9
Beck
Morning Phase
This is not a record of exceptional moments, rather one of
sustained ethereal meditation.
The Arts Desk
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And the next 40
11. Sun Kil Moon Benji
12. Perfect Pussy Say Yes To Love
13. Against Me! Transgender Dysphoria Blues
14. Future Islands SIngles