Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)

Genre: Experimental / Freak Folk / Pop
Website: Soundcloud
For Fans Of: Panda Bear, Grizzly Bear, The Microphones
Track List:
- In The Flowers
- My Girls
- Also Frightened
- Summertime Clothes
- Daily Routine
- Bluish
- Guys Eyes
- Taste
- Lion In A Coma
- No More Runnin
- Brother Sport

Description:
Hey, so I posted the newest album not too long ago and it has the same line up (because apparently they switch it up for every album) as this album!  I mentioned that this was THE Animal Collective album to have if you like them and I stand by that completely.  Merriweather Post Pavilion is an absolutely masterpiece and if you don't have it you need to.  So, check it out and enjoy!

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Animal Collective - Painting With (2016)

Genre: Experimental / Freak Folk / Pop
Website: Soundcloud
For Fans Of: Panda Bear's other projects, Grizzly Bear, The Microphones
Track List:
- FloriDada
- Hocus Pocus
- Vertical
- Lying in the Grass
- The Burglars
- Natural Selection
- Bagels in Kiev
- On Delay
- Spilling Guts
- Summing the Wretch
- Golden Gal
- Recycling

Description:
A lot of great music comes out of my hometown in Baltimore.  Animal Collective might be the best, if anything the most well known.  Animal Collective formed in 1999 and since than have been putting out some of the most psychedelic freak folk out there.  I mean, these guys have released like 10 albums and they are all dope as fuck.  If I absolutely had to pick some stuff to jam out to, it would be Merriweather Post Pavilion, because I haven't even listened to this yet.  I could say anything at this point and I know you're going to download this anyway.  Kanye West is the greatest rapper of all time, The Room is the greatest movie ever made, I didn't read the Great Gatsby in school like every one else.  Enjoy!

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Japanese Breakfast - Psychopomp (2016)

Genre: Experimental / Indie / Pop
Website: Bandcamp
For Fans Of: Porches, Mitski, Krill
Track List:
- In Heaven
- The Woman That Loves You
- Rugged Country
- Everybody Wants to Love You
- Psychopomp
- Jane Cum
- Heft
- Moon on the Bath
- Triple 7

Description:
Michelle Zauner, who you may know from Little Big League has outdone herself and her peers.  Musically, this is the single greatest thing I have heard involving her.  A truly emotional roller coaster that leaves you speechless during the journey, and nearly breathless by the destination.  An album dedicated to her mother, you almost expect what would be coming.  Japanese Breakfast proves that the only thing you should expect is the unexpected.  This is the soundtrack to mourning, every song taking you further and further into the life of the lost, but at the end shines a light that is less overbearing and more welcoming than anything.  Japanese Breakfast's "Psychopomp" is the front runner for album of the year for me, and even though we are only in February, I can't imagine this leaving my top 5 for the year anytime soon.  Please check them out, and purchase whatever you can to support them.

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Nudes - Nudes (2015)

Genre: Lo-Fi / Indie / Emo
Website: Bandcamp
For Fans Of: Sonic Youth, Husker Du, Rites of Springs
Track List:
- Our Headache Years
- Drive Straight for the Black Hole
- The Dig
- Clarity
- Constant Summer
- Even With Broken Bones
- Promise You Won't Move Too Close
- Talk to Me in American

Description:
Nudes are a scrappy, shouty indie / emo band out of London who will sort of remind you of Husker Du.  Formed from members and ex-members of Saturdays Kids, Playlounge, and Breathe Out, it looks like they all finally found the sound they are looking for in their self-titled debut.  If you're anything like me, Nudes will produce a different sound then you are used to listening to on a daily basis.  So if anything, give them a chance just for that reason, if not for the fact that they are catchy as fuck.

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