Definitely a lost classic. And the Barbarous English Fayre compilation is equally brilliant
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36. Danny Brown - Ain’t It Funny (2016)
To quote another song from this year, you want it darker?
Barely 😍
Simply one of the greatest records ever made #5debutalbums8589
Starting the day with some proper jangly indie-pop #5debutalbums8589
Splitting that Unthanks vote I see 😁
Saw them sing this on Saturday from approx. 2 feet away - goosebumps everywhere
Very true
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35. Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener (2013)
I’ve lost touch with her over the years but the double-EP this is from, and a good chunk of her first album, are wonderful. A really clever lyricist
It’s so good
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This will be right up there
Loved it. Can see me playing it a lot
First listen and this is really good
I’ve got loads of work to do otherwise I’d be spending the day on this.
This would be a cool place to live though
Close but not quite
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34. Half Man Half Biscuit - Old Age Killed My Teenage Bride (2014) non-single
“And yesterday at a hundred and one
She had a shower, cup of tea and a scone
And just as ‘Cash In The Attic’ came on”
An ode to the joys of a long, peaceful life, a song only Nigel Blackwell could write.
Wasn’t on my initial list but chanced upon it while looking for something else. Hadn’t played it in years but it sounds great
I love the singing weekends like nothing else, but I’ve remembered why I usually take the Monday off after. The late nights, drinking, and the drive to and from Northumberland have wiped me out. Today’s going to be a struggle.
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33. Azealia Banks ft. Lazy Jay - 212 (2011)
Still sounds as ridiculously brilliant as the
day it came out
Yeah, yer man at @iheartnoise.bandcamp.com has been banging the drum on this. And it’s very much in my bit of the venn 👌
Thought it might 😁
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32. First Aid Kit - Emmylou (2012)
More sisters with wonderful harmonies. Compulsory clip of them singing to the actual Emmylou
Pretty much as it says. Picking 5 favourite debut albums from 1985-89 (doing a different 5 year block every few weeks). Voting in a couple of weeks so just throwing out suggestions at the moment
Oh thanks a bunch 🤢
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31. The Unthanks - Mount The Air (live proms version 2018)
BONUS - 11 Points
Off to spend the weekend with this lovely bunch again so seems a good day to pick it. Was a single, but this version is the one.
The last few minutes ending with the clog dancing is as sublime as music gets
“I was more than usual pissed
Was first ashamed at bruise on wrist
Was then annoyed at skin patch on back”
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Spurs imploding like this is restoring my faith in football
I think that’s harsh, you need your 6/7 to contribute too. Biggest problem (apart from the size of the chase) was the early wickets though
