Most songs follow a gay parade character and their central issue – the silly xylophone and synth stories meet childlike whimsy with melancholic darkness.
Kantos is a work of exquisite duality: a party album about the possible end of humanity as we know it, at turns deeply unsettling and sublimely joyful.
Now, with it's 10th anniversary reissue, Sonderlust stands as a pivotal work-where Kishi Bashi's dazzling playfulness gave way to introspection and connection.
Godspeed You Black Emperor! make apocalypse feel architectural on Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven. This 2CD set preserves the Montreal collective’s towering, wordless crescendos in full.
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'.
Dead Boys' 1977 debut Young, Loud and Snotty; ten tracks of snarling riffs and Stiv Bators' sneer, including the punk classic "Sonic Reducer." LP (black vinyl).
Joyce Manor are California pop-punk legends and I Used To Go To This Bar is this epochal band operating at the top of their game. They deliver relentlessly satisfying rock music in a manner that makes it look simply effortless.