Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Skatterbrain's Top 15 of 2007! Woo! Hey! Alright!


The end is finally here! (Background photo by IdleType)

2007 was an awesome year for indiepop, and for most music in general. I've heard tons upon tons of fantastic stuff this year, but because list making is SO GOSH DARN FUN, I must widdle them all down to a mere fifteen. It was tough, but I feel pretty good about how the list eventually came out. Please leave your comments, as well as your own lists if you got em!!! Happy 2007!

15.
Tillmanns
A Careless Lifestyle
[Fraction Discs] [MP3]: Heavy Rotation

If there's one band out there right now absolutely nailing that 1980s Factory Records sound it's Göteborg's own Tillmanns. The Tillmanns lie somewhere between The Stockholm Monsters and The Wake, specifically around the Here Comes Everybody era.



14.
A Smile and A Ribbon
The Boy I Wish I Never Met
[Shelflife] [MP3]: The Boy I Wish I Never Met

The Boy I Wish I Never Met is as cute, concise, and charming as indiepop pop can get, blending the beautiful sounds of 50s and 60s girl groups with the carefree naivete of 90s twee. The record's title track "The Boy I Wish I Never Met" is one of the best pop songs of the year, I think.



13.
The Lodger
Grown-Ups
[Slumberland] [MP3]: Watching

The release of The Lodger's LP Grown-Ups not only marked the full-lenth debut from Leeds-based, The Lodger, but it was also the first full-length record Slumberland put out since 2003! Grown-Ups is a super-solid Wedding Present influenced indiepop gem, through and through.



12.
The Honeydrips
Here Comes The Future
[Sincerely Yours] [MP3]: (Lack of) Love Will Tear Us Apart

I first heard The Honeydrips at the very beginning of this year, and the single "Lack of) Love Will Tear us Apart" grew on me like moss on a rock(?). I finally heard the LP, Here Comes The Future, a few months later and it's the best baby that Saint Etienne and Felt could've created.



11.
The Royal We
The Royal We
[Geographic] [MP3]: All The Rage

Glasgow's The Royal We are a funny case. They release their debut record, a stunning non-stop indiepop dance party of a record – I might add, and then what do they do? They split up! What the HECK. Lots of winners on here, my personal favorites being "All The Rage" and "Willy."



10.
The Bridal Shop
From Seas
[Self-Released] [MP3]: From Seas

The Bridal Shop's calypso-flavored, dreamy indiepop was almost a weekly staple for me this year. Complete with breathy male and female vocals, jangly guitars, breezy synths, and the always reliable drum machine, From Seas recalled Sarah Records veterans Blueboy and Brighter – as well as the less-old Radio Dept. and Boat Club.



09.
Cats On Fire
The Province Complains
[Marsh-Marigold] [MP3]: The Smell Of An Artist

I don't think I ever mentioned Cats On Fire on the blog at all this year. I really should have. The Province Complains featured a lot of new songs paired with new versions of some tracks from last year's Drawn In The Reins EP, including a superior version of "The Smell of an Artist."



08.
Saturday Looks Good To Me
Fill Up The Room
[K Records] [MP3]: Make A Plan

I've been a huge fan of everything Saturday Looks Good To Me has ever done, and that includes their newest record, Fill Up The Room. Being the obsesser that I am, I would've liked to see more of Betty Barnes on the record, but Fred's the man and I'll love anything he does, period.



07.
Celestial
Dream On
[Skipping Stones] [MP3]: Dream On

Celestial's debut LP Dream On is a lazy, hazy pop record with the perfect balance of jangle and, of course, shoegazey guitar atmospheres. I ended up putting almost half of the tracks from this record on various mixes I've made throughout the year. It's a damn fine record.



06.
Club 8
The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming
[Labrador] [MP3]: Leave The North

"Whatever You Want," the first single from The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming, was the first to grab me, back in May. Then I the LP came and songs like "Heaven" and the incredibly beautiful "Leave The North" snuggled up in my head and stayed there for the rest of the year.



05.
Trembling Blue Stars
The Last Holy Writer
[Elefant Records] [MP3]: Idyllwild

I could say amazing things about this record all day long, but I feel like the stunning mysterious beauty of The Last Holy Writer can be best summed up by these lines from the incredible song, "Idyllwild": "Life was so open then, now it’s closing in / Life was wide open then, now it’s closing in / One by one, we’ve watched our dreams disappearing."



04.
Lacrosse
This New Year Will Be For You And Me
[Tapete Records] [MP3]: Sunshiner

Lacrosse is another band I didn't mention much on the blog this year, except for a quick video post the other day. This New Year Will Be For You And Me is basically a flawless indiepop record. It's instantly catchy and you end up knowing the words and singing along after one listen!



03.
Tullycraft
Every Scene Needs A Center
[Magic Marker] [MP3]: The Neutron

Tullycraft's new harmony-soaked, behemoth of an indiepop record, Every Scene Needs A Center, lived up to every expectation I could have had for it. Love em or hate em, Tullycraft are indiepop heroes and everyone should know it. I just hope they've got a few more records left in them!



02.
Pants Yell!
Alison Statton
[Soft Abuse] [MP3]: Tried To Be Good

Since hearing becoming addicted to Pants Yell's Recent Drama for the majority of last year, and consequently telling everyone I knew how it was the best record of the year, I had been dying for a new record, a new something, a new anything. Like I've mentioned previously, when I first heard news of original drummer Carly leaving the band, I was genuinely worried; you could even say crushed. They seemed to work together as such a cohesive unit, and I felt like a change could kill the charm forever. Well, upon nervously hearing the new record, Alison Statton, it became pretty evident that they had, infact, NOT lost that charm. It turns out these new sounds on the record like horn solos, waves of strings, and noticeably punchier drumming only add to the charm of a band that has never ever let me down – not even once.



01.
Love Dance
Result
[Marsh-Marigold] [MP3]: Losing Faith

For a band that I knew, seriously, nothing about, Love Dance surprisingly released what has ended up being my number one favorite record of the year. Result, released by the consistantly awesome Marsh-Marigold label in Germany, sounds like it should have been released at least ten years ago. It's easy to say that a record is great from beginning to end right when you hear it, but I've been playing Result for the past six or seven months or so and not only am I not even close to being tired of it, but it seems like the songs keep getting better. From the addictively catchy jangly guitar melodies and handclaps to the glowing synths, and even the occasional dabble in poppy shoegaze, it's just fantastic, period.



A Few Runners Up:
Lucky Soul :: The Great Unwanted [Ruffa Lane Records]*
The State of Samuel :: Here Come The Floods [Humblebee Recordings]
My Teenage Stride :: Ears Like Golden Bats [Becalmed Records]
Vells :: Integretron [Imputor? Records]
Electrelane :: No Shouts, No Calls [Too Pure Records]

* It's entirely possible that this shoud be in the top ten. For some reason it isn't. I don't know why really, let's just call it poor planning... oops. ¯\(º_o)/¯

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52 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Question #1: Where is the new Jens Lekman album? Question #2: How on earth is the Pant Yell! album higher than the Tullycraft album?! Wrong!!!!!

12:14 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hawt shit

12:23 AM  
Blogger Matt said...

the new jens lekman didnt even compare to "youre so silent..." and i listened to it very little this year. pants yell! are higher than tullycraft because as much i love tullycraft, pants yell! are a very special band to me. probably the way tullycraft are to you.

12:29 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

regarding Saturday Looks Good to me

who is Frank?

1:31 AM  
Blogger Matt said...

OH GOD did i write frank?

2:00 AM  
Blogger Matt said...

FRED FRED FRED

2:00 AM  
Blogger Matt said...

thank you for pointing that out :[

2:01 AM  
Blogger Paul said...

Alison Statton is such a fantastic record! I just wish it wasn't released so late into the year (freaking today!). Otherwise, I would easily put it on my list. I just haven't had enough time with it :(

Trembling Blue Stars, Tullycraft, Club 8 = awesome choices!

8:53 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm glad to see you included Club 8 & A Smile and A Ribbon. Those are both terrific cds. Correct me if I'm wrong but Oh You're So Silent Jens was a compilation composed of previously released eps wasn't it? I don't think that counts as a true album does it? I agree. Both the Pants Yell! & Tullycraft cds are end of the year toppers for sure. Great list.

9:50 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think i'd have found room for lucky Soul in the Top 1 - but some fine choices nevertheless, pleased to see Honeydrips and Club 8 in there.

Might also have mentioned Bearsuit, Butcher Boy, Pelle Carlberg and especially Darren Hayman but i guess it's all a matter of opinion.

1:58 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great list! Hmm, for some reason SLGTM & Lodger links aren't working. Did I miss something? Anyway, LOVE that Honeydrips song!

2:51 PM  
Blogger Dan-onymous said...

Nice list! A couple other good '07 ones that come to mind for me:
The Clientele-God Save the Clientele
The Hat Company-Fair Weathered Friends
Little Name-How to Swim and Live
and I'm sure a lot more that I can't think of right now.

9:43 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

where is that manhattan love suicides shit man?

9:52 PM  
Blogger Matt said...

they didnt release an album this year. i plan to do a best EPs/singles of the year post, as well. and you can bet your ass theyll be on that, probably at the very top.

10:35 PM  
Blogger mieza said...

I love Electrane...

why the hell is it not even in the top 15- total injustice.

4:23 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

mahattan love suicides weren't in your 2006 list either.

12:07 PM  
Blogger Matt said...

thats because i didnt hear their album until early 2007...

is it really bothering you that much??

1:17 PM  
Blogger Matt said...

ham-ie-ziah,

you probably love electrelane more than i do, i would venture to guess thats why i didnt make my top 15

1:18 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great list !

As for the Jens Lekman album, you should really give it another try. I like it more and more, although I must admit I'm missing the more melancholy songs of "you're so silent" a bit.

I would also include the Clientele album (it is my number 1 album of the year) and certainly also the debut album by the Dreamers and the last Louis Philippe album.

Oh, and the Little Name album too !

And the band to look forward too in 2008 is the Finnish Burning Hearts. They are superb. If and when they release an album in 2008 it should be very special indeed.


Bart (Belgium)

2:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i don't really care if you put mls on the top ten i guess i get annoyed when year end lists come out before the year is over.

it did make me look at your previous years lists and notice you have come over from the mainstream indie to a straight indie pop list. which is awesome since there are not enough indie pop blogs.

anyway i don't think love dance will be on any other bloggers top ten which is pretty cool.

5:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Where's Kanye?

5:50 PM  
Blogger Matt said...

wouldve definitely been #16 for sure

8:42 PM  
Blogger Matt said...

SO CLOSE

8:42 PM  
Blogger Dan-onymous said...

I don't think Fiddy's gonna take it so well when he finds out that he came in at #47.

10:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What a great list! I haven't made my top ten list for 2008 yet but I'm pretty sure Pants Yell!, Tullycraft and SLGTM will end up on it. As well as Lloyd & Michael! Have you heard their record on States Rights? It's the new band by Katy Davidson and Marianna Ritchey of DEAR NORA. I think you might like it.

2:05 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You forget "Night animal" by BURNING HEARTS

http://www.myspace.com/burningheartsmusic

Please put this sweet song in your blog

10:45 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My Top Five of 2007

Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Tullycraft – Every Scene Needs a Center
Pants Yell! - Alison Statton
Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block

6:31 PM  
Blogger BROWN RECLUSE SINGS said...

the dirty projectors ruled my ears this year. "rise above" is so amazing and i've seen them three times, four tonight. we actually opened for them last weekend! it ruled.

also, i think the jens album is more of a grower. i got so much more into it after seeing him live.. especially the songs on the second half of the album.

5:09 PM  
Blogger BROWN RECLUSE SINGS said...

yeah i'm listening to this lucky soul album for the first time. it's pretty awesome.

7:41 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

yeah, the new jens definitely grew on me, and seeing him live made me looooove it

2:01 AM  
Blogger Dirk said...

now this was a real treat: thanks ever so much! I just knew 4 tracks before, but all of the rest were just marvellous!

Take care!

Dirk from Sexyloser.blogspot.com

8:50 AM  
Blogger Anonymous said...

five groups from sweden on the list!
im so proud =)

10:06 AM  
Blogger Matt said...

i guess i just didnt listen to the new jens lekman enough :(

10:15 AM  
Blogger LindseyBee said...

Great list Matt!

5:06 PM  
Blogger larryhag said...

thanks for including celestial, makes me proud.

will post my own list on indie-mp3 soon, but will wait another week or two.

/andreas

7:34 PM  
Blogger Jeff Elrod said...

i seriously love that tillmans track. i listened to that, of montreal's "oslo in the summertime," and "victory" by ivan ives... seriously, nothing but those three songs, for about four days in august.

2:27 AM  
Blogger mp3hugger said...

Thanks Matt, lots of new ones to gorge over.

5:19 AM  
Blogger Matt said...

i'm glad most of you are discovering stuff from this :D thats the whole point of it!

10:59 AM  
Blogger Moka said...

I like your approach to music, Matt and your year-end list reflects sincerely the very essence of your blog and I love that.

I've only heard 5 of this records and most of them are located around the last numbers of your ranking, so i'd also like to thank you for giving me some records to look for on the following weeks.

2:26 AM  
Blogger Matt said...

thank you! i'm really glad you got something out of it! :)

2:19 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Butcher Boy!!

8:44 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i think your list is splendid (: my favorite album that missed your list was the brunettes. thanks for the musics and happy christmas eve!

5:15 AM  
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no Au Revoir Simone? really?

-lurker extraordinaire named jessica.

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