I Don't Hear A Single Albums Of The Year 2019 : 61- 70

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 couple of years I have compiled Best Of 2019, normally I just said what my favourite album of the year is. I've done it again, 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 patently nonsense and omits many wonderful albums.

I will compile a Top 20 of Reissues and Compilations combined after all this is complete. For each album, I've posted a song from it and a link to the review, where you can find further details on how to listen or buy the album.



61 Traffik Island - Nature Strip      IDHAS Review








62 Rainbow Danger Club - Treehouse Empire       IDHAS Review








63 Mannequin Pussy - Patience       IDHAS Review








64 Doug Tuttle - Dream Road       IDHAS Review








65 The Gold Needles - Through A Window       IDHAS Review

66 Big Eyes - Streets Of The Lost       IDHAS Review

67 Bottlecap Mountain - Dismayland      IDHAS Review 

68 Fangclub - Vulture Culture       IDHAS Review

69 The Greek Theatre - When Seasons Change       IDHAS Review

70 The Needs - You Need The Needs      IDHAS Review 








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Mannequin Pussy - Patience

Mannequin Pussy's third album still as some of the shoutiness, but beneath the noise, there is a tenderness itching to get out. The Philadelphia quartet certainly have the chops needed to break out and in Singer, Marisa Dabice, the band has an exceptional Front Woman.

There will be comparisons to the likes of Garbage, but the feel is far more Catatonia, particularly on High Horse. Those Cerys Matthews comparisons continue on Who Are You, although it sounds more like a Sleeper song.







Who Are You also has a wonderful change of pace part way through, it's a gem of a song. Fans of the previous up and at 'em direction, fear not there's still plenty here for you. F.U.C.A.W. is pure attitude. But it's those melodic moments that shine through most.

Drunk II, Patience and In Love Again are just oozing with charm, built on Riffs, they'll easily translate into Live faves. The one concern for newer listeners is that there is marked difference between the noisier rants and the calmer song structures. Get over that, there's plenty here to love.






You can listen to and buy the album here.


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