22, A Million is part love letter, part final resting place of two decades of searching for self-understanding like a religion. And the inner-resolution of maybe never finding that understanding. The album's 10 poly-fi recordings are a collection of sacre
If 'For Emma, Forever Ago’ was the crisp, isolation of a northern Winter; ‘Bon Iver’ the rise and whirr of Spring; and '22, A Million', a crazy energy Summer record, ‘i,i’ completes the cycle: a fall record; Autumn-colored, ruminative, steeped.
Kishi Bashi - Sonderlust LP (black vinyl). On his third album, Kishi Bashi pares violin flourishes into taut, synth-tinged orchestral pop; melancholic and wry, anchored by the standout 'Say Yeah'.
Austere and urgent, The Distillers' 2002 Sing Sing Death House LP (Hellcat) captures Brody Dalle's snarled lead across 12 concise punk cuts, including "Seneca Falls".