I Don't Hear A Single Albums Of The Year 2020 : 71-80

It's been difficult to get these choices down to 100. I'm also not a believer in saying one album is better than another. Most of the time you are comparing Apples To Oranges. I'm not a List person, I just think what's the point.

However, for the last few years I have compiled annual Best Of 's  because these posts seem so popular and the aim of this Blog is to get exposure (and Sales) for the artists. There is no meaning or judgement on an album that is Number 1, Number 100 or not on the list. Anything that I review on here, mention on Social Media or play on the Radio Show is as highly recommended.

I would also add that the Top 100 includes albums available as Download Only. To suggest that they are anything less than equal to a Physical release is grossly unfair, even more so in 2020 with all that has happened during the year. To qualify, an album has to be available for sale in any format.

For each album, I've posted a song from it and a link to where you can find further details on how to listen or buy the album. 

No 71 : Creem Circus - The Glitterest, Sladest,. Rockin'Est.Laidest, Overtime-Paidest, Boogiest Band In Town     IDHAS Review

No 72 : R.E. Seraphin - Tiny Shapes        IDHAS Review









No73 : Martin Månsson Sjöstrand Trio - Universum Faller        IDHAS Review








No 74 : The Sunchymes - The Sands Of Time           IDHAS Review

No 75 : Green Seagull - Cloud Cover       IDHAS Review

No 76 : The Black Watch - Brilliant Failures      IDHAS Review







No 77 : The Loft Club - Dreaming The Impossible     Review

No 78 :  The Vapour Trails - Golden Sunshine     IDHAS Review







No 79 : The Amplifier Heads - Music For Abandoned Amusement Parks     IDHAS Review

 



No 80 : Painted Doll - How To Draw Fire     IDHAS Review

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Green Seagull - Cloud Cover

We are fortunate to be in a time of great variety in the UK in record labels that cover new Sixties orientated Psychedelic Pop and Rock. Essentially coming out of Kent and Bristol, I can't recall a time as prolific for a long long while.

John Blaney's Megadodo label gets lost sometimes in this scene and that's sad because the label has been a long time supporter of the genre and in Green Seagull, the London based quartet, they have who are one of the best bands in this current explosion.








Cloud Cover is the band's second album and the band master what they do. This is essentially Pop Rock reminiscent of the second half of the second half of the Sixties with liberal dollops of Psych that rarely over shadow the melodic.

Largely Green Seagull inhabit a Fifth Dimension world, songs hook you in an all so gentle way with captivating harmonies and some wonderful organ runs. They can break out, but prefer you to stay in this confined, almost hippy, space that just captivates you.







Their sound isn't rigid. Dead And Gone is splendidly twee and Paper Cut is almost a shuffle. Made To Be Loved gives an indication of what they do best and is probably the standout inclusion, but a song like In The Morning Time edges into Village Preservation Kinks.

Simeon |Brown is wonderfully Toytown and Belladonna shows off those Organ licks to the fulkl extent. Cloud Cover really is a tip top album. Tune In and Chill Out, you deserve to be delighted and certainly will be by this album.







You can listen to and buy the album here. You can find out more about Megadodo here.


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