2. Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
In the middle of last year, this band came onto my radar after I heard the demo of Space and the Woods somewhere, and after seeing them open for Hadouken! (yeah, I know) last November it only cemented my like for them. This was around the same time I heard Bathroom Gurgle for the very first time, the nu rave Bohemian Rhapsody which rounds out this album.
But let's start from the beginning, as Hot Tent Blues welcomes us into Fantasy Black Channel like a grand entrance into some sort of epic football game which leads into the frantic 80sish combo of Broken and Space and the Woods. The Bears are Coming sounds like the sound effects of some sort of alien computer game mixed with ... well, a backing beat. Yeah, I can't think of a good way to end that simile so just deal with it. And so it continues with what is by far the best indiediscostyleee album of the year, whether it be the sheer tempobusting-ness of Whitesnake, the mindtrip that is Focker or the slower six-minute almost Bowie-esque The Enemy Are The Future. Bathroom Gurgle and hidden track No Time see the album out in a euphoria/comedown contrast.
In fact, the only reason this isn't the number one album of the year is the fact that the majority of the album is reworked demos. Otherwise, it'd definitely be top. And I keep being told that my choice for #1 is from last year anyway. So really, this is kinda top?
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