MojoとRoughtradeの
2022年の年間ベスト・アルバム の中で
未チェック、もしくは気になったものから
Wu-Lu
Loggerhead
Mojo 64位
Teeming with dread, resilience, and vigor, and somehow both "Let's have some of that" thrown together and skillfully deliberate, Loggerhead is categorically uncategorizable. It's distinct from Wu-Lu's previous EPs and singles. Not even the range of the multi-instrumentalist, producer, and singing/rapping/screaming vocalist as a collaborator -- as part of the Touching Bass network, and with motley associates including Ras G, Ego Ella May, Zara McFarlane, and Tirzah -- provided an indication. The liner notes from Wu-Lu himself, seemingly transcribed from an interview granted immediately after the last song was recorded, give off the same rush of creative energy: "This record is something to hold onto...and a piece of work that hurts and heals...not to be taken too seriously but not to be taken lightly, a balance of both sides
Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - Recordings from the Åland Islands
Mojo73位
リアルタイムでも
77--90点
Ambient, Field Recordings なっているが、
環境系というか上記のジャンルの中間という感じ
Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer originally traveled to the Åland Islands, an archipelago in the Baltic Sea that looks like paint splatter on a map, to help two friends set up a small hotel. Once there, they were so entranced by the islands’ dreamlike atmosphere that they decided to settle in and capture their impressions. The music Chiu and Honer made on Recordings From the Åland Islands recalls Terrence Malick shots—endless golden-hour sunsets, slow-motion leaves rippling in the breeze, the whole bit. I have never been to the Åland Islands, but the place that Chiu and Honer depict on record is impossibly beautiful, the kind of fragile paradise that might be better left unspoiled by human observation.
Chiu and Honer met in the Chicago improvisational scene, and they’ve been playing together for so long that their disparate instruments—Chiu works mostly with modular synthesizers, while Honer plays viola—blur together. Honer’s long bow strokes and wide vibrato smooth her viola down to the same sleepy frequency as Chiu’s synthesizers, and field recordings (chirping birds, snatches of human voice, a few muffled clanks) add to the sense of unreality. Every sound feels either softened or melted; even the hand percussion has liquid edges.
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Peaness
World Full of Worry
Rough Trade (UK) が80位
リアルタイムでは、70--80点
気にはなっが、ごく普通の範囲で
名盤的に語られる部類ではないかな。
内容的には、インディ系ギターポップで
なんで Kerrang! が?という感じだけども。
https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-peaness-world-full-of-worry
Talk about long-awaited – Chester indie-punk trio Peaness have been one of the UK’s best-loved DIY prospects since 2015, playing with acts like Kero Kero Bonito and We Are Scientists and sporting undoubtedly one of the best band names to ever grace a T-shirt. But only now are they releasing their debut full-length, World Full Of Worry.
As the title suggests, it’s an album that’s lyrically full of anxiety, reflecting the personal and societal battering we’ve all taken over the last two years. But musically, Peaness offset it with sugary, beachy pop melodies that provide a perfect bit of escapism.
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あと
Eiko Ishibashi(石橋英子)
For McCoy
もMojoの70位に入っていた。
並びが見やすいので、Mojo は amassさんより
英MOJO誌 「2022年の年間ベスト・アルバム TOP75」発表
元
https://www.mojo4music.com/magazine/latest-issues/mojo-350-january-2023-blondie-the-best-of-2022/
