I Don't Hear A Single Albums Of The Year 2019 : 51 - 60

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.



51 Erk - When Night Meets Day       IDHAS Review








52 Big Nothing - Chris       IDHAS Review









53 Berwanger - Watching A Garden Die       IDHAS Review









54 Cabana Wear - Cabana Wear       IDHAS Review









55 Onesie - Umpteenth       IDHAS Review








56 Mike Adams At His Honest Weight - There Is No Feeling Better      IDHAS Review









57 Matthew Milia - Alone At St. Hugo      IDHAS Review









58 The Warhawks - Never Felt So Good       IDHAS Review








59 The High Strung - Quiet Riots       IDHAS Review







60 Wrinkles - Other Days       IDHAS Review







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Mike Adams At His Honest Weight - There Is No Feeling Better

I am NOT going to begin with the line, "There Is No Feeling Better Than Listening To This" as I can imagine it's already been cliched to death in other reviews. Fair to say, that Bloomington Indiana's Mike Adams At His Honest Weight offer up a splendid album.

What's more, Adams is another in the fantastic stable of artists that are on the Joyful Noises Recordings label. This is his fourth album and follows on from 2016's wonderful Casino Drone. The songs here sound as big as Casino Drone, but the arrangements seem fuller.









The collaborations on this album from those within the Honest Weight Circle make a big difference. It's not that previous offerings, that have been more solo affairs, are sparse, it just seems there is a harmonious feel to the whole album. That combined with the experience gained from being the fourth album in has provided an absolute winner.

There's a really laid back feel to the whole affair. At times, it's a bit like Bruce Hornsby without the piano, but there is far more here that. No Feeling Better includes an unexpected twee instrumental break to cover the Duane Eddy Guitar.








Datsun Dashes is a cracking Pop Song, a bit Michael Stipe with a Roy Orbison Backing Track Twang. Olivia is a big Ballad that again mixes the Sixties with IRS Indie. Do You One Better is pure Indie Pop. The general feel across these 11 songs is a more than pleasant Summer Jamboree. All this is Pretty, but the lyrics tell a different, political, story.

However, it's when the album steps away from the more mellow. Pressing Mesh is a biting wonder of a song and the magnificent closer, So Faded is one of the best things I've heard this year. It's almost like a US Pete Wylie with it's Big Chorus, it's a massive sounding joy.








There's so much to like here. There Is No Feeling Better will definitely be in IDHAS's End Of Year Best Of 2019. You can listen to and but the album here. You can find out more about Mike here. You can discover more about Joyful Noises's artists here.


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