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Album isn't out yet but will musically blow most everything else away in terms of musicianship and technical proficiency once it does. Until then, it's got to stay hidden. Texas.[
With only the song Playing God released but with a tour coming up, Polyphia will put out a whole album this year. It will immediately be musically better than the entire Stereogum list combined (haha), but it's complicated. Since New Levels New Devils was released a few years ago, I love that they've been working guitar shred over hiphop producers. They work with some of the best of the best. Who knows if they'll release anything else before the album, but the layers of flamenco they put in (which isn't something they usually do), shows that they're continuing to explore every crack and crawlspace in instrumental.
Recent Tim Henson interview: It’s been a hot minute since Polyphia last unleashed their fiery juggernaut instrumentals into the world. But following 2018’s New Levels New Devils, the Texas four-piece have been tinkering away on their mythical fourth album. A seemingly gargantuan task, the fearsome band have been creating more than ever, with guitarist Tim Henson even branching out into the YouTube world to offer up sharp, minute-long daggers of potential new songs, all while building a new home studio. 2022 is indeed just the beginning of Polyphia’s expansive and prolific new chapter.
Read more: Are the 2000s back? How Avril Lavigne, Chris Carrabba are uniting Gen Z and millennials How are you feeling about this year? TIM HENSON: Incredibly excited because with the pandemic and everything — I’m sure lots of people can relate — it just felt like life was standing still for a bit. Now, with touring coming back in the last year or so, it’s like, “Let’s put out this record.” We literally just finished it last night. So that feels very good. I’m very excited for 2022. It’s been since 2018 we’ve been working on this record, and it’s been the most difficult thing to make because there’s so many different things that we’ve done that are new to us. It’s been a challenge for sure, but we finally did it.
Do you thrive when challenging yourself? Looking back at it, I can’t believe we did it because there’s so many far-fetched ideas that just seemed like super-far stretches. In terms of collabs, there’s so many cool things, like bucket-list stuff that we’ve wanted to do and got to do.
Can you give anything away about the collaborations? We’ve got one OG goat guitar player on the record. Just one, and he’s like the OG goat. Then [we] got an OG goat rock singer, and we’ve got a few pretty well-known rappers and then lots of incredible instrumentalists. So that’s the hints that I’ll give.
Going into this year, do you feel Polyphia are stronger than ever? Yeah, it’s weird because we’ve been so stagnant. We haven’t put out a full record since 2018. We’ve done one tour just in October of this year, and before that, our last one was in early 2019. Because it’s been taking so long to finish this record, we just wanted to be relatively quiet about it. We hardly post on social media anymore.
The only hints that we give towards it are printed on merch drops with little texts on hoodies and stuff. It’ll say something like “album four is a myth,” just to mess with people because they’ve been waiting so long, but it’s really interesting to watch our Spotify and our socials grow without us doing anything. Obviously, we’re doing a ton of things behind the scenes, but not putting anything out for anyone to grasp on to when they’re just rallying together with all the old stuff, it definitely feels good to know that we have a very starved fanbase waiting for us to drop [songs].
How do you feel about Polyphia reentering the musical landscape proper in 2022? I think it’s very opportune. I think this whole revival we’re experiencing right now with the MGKs and Olivia Rodrigo and all that, we’re starting to hear drums and guitar in mainstream music again…and it’s not necessarily my cup of tea. But you know, it’s a start. It’s great that the masses, the new Gen Z and everybody on TikTok, are being exposed to instruments. And that’s come at the correct time. It’s definitely helping bridge the gap between the very specific niche type of music that we do to more of what the masses listen to, so it’s easier to make that connection now than it was in 2018. I think kids these days are less concerned about genres. [It’s] more about, “Is it a bop?”
Given your last album was in 2018, breaking the ice like this, has it made you want to create more? The last three years, I did not like [going] that long without putting out music. The nice thing is that we’ve pretty much made two albums. We made 24 [songs], and we whittled it down to 12. So there’s 12 other songs that we’d need a little more time to work on, and then that’s a whole other album or EP, but also in the meantime, there’s other music that we’ve been working on with other artists for their projects that will be coming out all at once.
Is it going to feel overwhelming? I very much like that feeling of showing the world what I’ve been working on, and during the pandemic, I got a little bit of that every time I would drop a one-minute-long clip on my YouTube or something. I would always look forward to release days, and of course, lots of other music that I worked on for other artists came out during the pandemic, too.
So release days were nice for me, but of course, there’s nothing as close to my heart like a full-on Polyphia release. I very much can’t wait to get that out and feel that overwhelmed feeling because it’s awesome. It’s motivating to just keep making stuff because I’ll read my mentions for a second on Twitter when we drop something, and it’s just people expressing so much love, and it just feels great, and it’s motivating to continue making more stuff.
What’s the Polyphia mission statement for this year? Normally, I’d have some stupid tongue-in-cheek nonsense to say. I think through the past years, and especially this last two, the current theme that we experienced among ourselves in this recording was friendship. We just really started to appreciate and value each other’s friendship a lot because this is our 10th year as Polyphia, and it’s crazy to be doing this for a decade. Personally, I’m just so grateful for everything. The fact that I can build a studio in my house, it’s incredible. The fact that our fans fucked with us throughout a pandemic and we didn’t drop anything, it’s incredible. I’m just grateful, and I know that’s not really a mission statement or anything, but peace and love, baby.
Well, it's almost mid-year, and here are some of my favorites from the first half:
Top 8
Charli XCX - CRASH Beach House - Once Twice Melody Rosalía - MOTOMAMI Sharon Van Etten - We've Been Going About This All Wrong Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter King Hannah - I'm Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me mor ve ötesi - Sirenler
I didn't bother to rank the rest of my favorites:
Aldous Harding - Warm Chris Angel Olsen - Big Time Axel Boman - LUZ / Quest For Fire Batu - Opal Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There Bonobo - Fragments Daniel Rossen - You Belong There Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez, See Your Future Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever HAAi - Baby, We're Ascending Hikaru Utada - BAD MODE Iceboy Violet - The Vanity Project Jenny Hval - Classic Objects Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers Kilo Kish - American Gurl Kim Petras - Slut Pop Moderat - MORE D4TA Porridge Radio - Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky Rafael Anton Irisarri - Sacred Hatred Röyksopp - Profound Mysteries SASAMI - Squeeze Soccer Mommy - Sometimes, Forever Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention
No particular order (and there's album that came out the past couple weeks that haven't gotten to yet)
WESTSIDE BOOGIE - MORE BLACK SUPERHEROES Quelle Chris - Deathfame Ravyn Lenae - HYPNOS BENEE - Lychee Lupe Fiasco - Drill Music In Zion Vince Staples - Ramona Park Broke My Heart The Hics - HARMINE TOPS - Empty Seats Hikaru Utada - BAD MODE Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers Nilufer Yanya - Painless Moonchild - Starfruit FKA twigs - CAPRISONGS Earl Sweatshirt - Sick!
Do you want to dance while also thinking about all the ways you've failed as a human?
UPCOMING SHOWS 5/14 - Neil Young & Crazy Horse @ Forest Hills 8/17 - King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard @ Forest Hills 9/4 - Pearl Jam @ MSG 9/7 - Pearl Jam @ Wells Fargo Center 9/11 - St. Vincent @ Brooklyn Paramount 9/13 - Lucius/The War on Drugs/The National @ Forest Hills
Post by Nathan Fieldcяab on Jun 29, 2022 21:36:28 GMT -5
Very loose order here beyond the top 10 or so but here's my mid-year check-in:
1. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain... The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention ROSALÍA - MOTOMAMI Yard Act - The Overload Hatchie - Giving the World Away Father John Misty - Chloë and the Next 20th Century Charli XCX - CRASH Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There Mitski - Laurel Hell 10. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
11. CMAT - If My Wife New I'd Be Dead Beach House - Once Twice Melody Confidence Man - TILT Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful Cécile McLorin Salvant - Ghost Song Destroyer - LABYRINTHITIS Foxes - The Kick Animal Collective - Time Skiffs Soccer Mommy - Sometimes, Forever 20. Saba - Few Good Things
21. Tomberlin - I don't know who needs to hear this... Charlotte Adigéry/Bolis Pupil - Topical Dancer Leikeli47 - Shape Up Vince Staples - RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART Let's Eat Grandma - Two Ribbons Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa FKA twigs - Caprisongs Goose - Dripfield Hikaru Utada - BAD MODE 30. Bartees Strange - Farm to Table
31. Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity Pusha T - It's Almost Dry MUNA - s/t The Weeknd - Dawn FM S.G. Goodman - Teeth Marks The Range - Mercury GUPPY - Big Man Says Slappydoo Wilco - Cruel Country Grace Ives - Janky Star 40. Black Flower - Magma
Post by setlistvulture on Jun 30, 2022 10:59:17 GMT -5
Don't yell at me lol. I list everything now and have positively absurd ranking systems.
In the past I've capped it off at 25, but this year is so goddamn stacked I expanded and frankly I could probably do a full 100.
1)Florence +The Machine - Dance Fever 2)Silvana Estrada - Marchita 3)Los Bichos - Let The Festivities Begin 4)Arcade Fire - We 5)SG Goodman - Teeth Marks 6)Lucius - Second Nature 7)Kilo Kish - American Gurl 8)Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You 9)Ya Ya Bey - Remember Your North Star 10)Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity 11)Oceanator - Nothing’s Ever Fine 12)Orville Peck - Bronco 13)Sharon Van Etten - We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong 14)Ibeyi - Spell 31 15)Camp Cope - Running with the Hurricane 16)Shamir - Heterosexuality 17)Otoboke Beaver - Super Champon 18)Hikaru Utada - Bad Mode 19)Sault - Air 20)Sigrid - How To Let Go 21)Imaad Wasif - So Long Mr Fear 22)Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future 23)Mitski - Laurel Hell 24)Todrick Hall - AlgoRhythm 25)Obongjayar - Some Nights I Dream of Doors
26)Pedro the Lion - Havasu 27)William Basinski & Janek Schaefer - on Reflections 28)Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale and the Big Steppers 29)EarthGang - Ghetto Gods 30)Linda Lindas - Growing Up 31)Porridge Radio - Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky 32)Daniel Rossen - You Belong There 33)Craig Finn - A Legacy of Rentals 34)Mary Lattimore and Paul Sukeena - West Kensington 35)Faye Webster - Car Therapy Sessions 36)TV Priest - My Other People 37)The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention 38)Omar Apollo - Ivory 39)Pusha T - Pharrell vs Ye 40)Muna - Muna 41)Foxes - The Kick 42)Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia 43)Matt Fell - Flashbulb Memories 44)Andrew Bird - Inside Problems 45)Trixie Mattel - The Blonde and the Pink Albums 46)Joan Shelley - The Spur 47)Royksopp - Profound Mysteries 48)Drake - Honestly, Never 49)Beach House - Once Twice Melody 50)Mandy Moore - In Real Life
he/they '12 - Firefly '13 - Firefly, Made In America '14 - Firefly, Made In America '15 - Mountain Jam (Sunday), Firefly, Pitchfork, Made In America '16 - Boston Calling, Firefly, Osheaga, Made In America, Roots Picnic NYC '17 - Boston Calling, Gov Ball, Firefly (Sunday), Pitchfork, Day For Night '18 - Boston Calling, Mountain Jam, Osheaga '19 - Form, Firefly (Sunday) '22 - Boston Calling, Firefly
1.Angel Olsen- Big Time 2.Florence & the Machine- Dance Fever 3.Denzel Curry-Melt My Eyes See Your Future 4.Sharon Van Etten- We’re Going About This All Wrong 5.Kendrick Lamar- Mr.Morale & the Big Steppers 6.Charli xcx- Crash 7.King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard- Ice, Death, Planets, Mushrooms, Lava 8.Spoon- Lucifer On The Sofa 9.The Smile- A Light For Attracting Attention 10.Black Country, New Road- Ants From Up There 11.Porridge Radio- Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky 12.Pup- The Unraveling Of Puptheband 13.Fontaines DC- Skinty Fia 14.Mitski- Laurel Hell 15.Big Thief- Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You 16.Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Cool It Down 17.Lizzo- Special 18.Beyonce- Renaissance 19.Little Simz- No Thank You 20.Rosalia- Motomami 21.King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard- Omnium Gatherum 22.Open Mike Eagle- Component System with the Auto Reverse 23.Ethel Cain- Preacher’s Daughter 24.Wet Leg- Wet Leg 25.SZA- SOS 26.Taylor Swift- Midnights 27.Weyes Blood- And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow 28.Alvvays- Blue Rev 29.SG Goodman- Teeth Marks 30.King Hannah- I’m Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me 31.Sault- 11 32.Nas- King’s Disease 3 33.Orville Peck- Bronco 34.The Comet Is Coming- Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam 35.Cate Le Bon- Pompeoi 36.Vince Staples- Ramona Park Broke My Heart 37.Sasami- Squeeze 38.Warpaint- Radiate Like This 39.Jockstrap- I Love You Jennifer B 40.Pusha T- It’s Almost Dry 41.Julia Jackin- Pre-Pleasure 42.Plains- I Walked With You A Ways 43.Stella Donnelly- Flood 44.Yard Act- The Overload 45.Bjork- Fossora 46.Dry Cleaning- Stumptown 47.Nilufer Yanya- Painless 48.Earl Sweatshirt- SICK! 49.Sudan Archives- Natural Brown Prom Queen 50.Billy Woods-,Aeithiopes 51.Barrie- Barbara 52.Hatchie- Giving The World Away 53.Perfume Genius- Ugly Season 54.The Mars Volta- The Mars Volta 55.Spiritualized- Everything Was Beautiful 56.Clutch- Sunrise On Slaughter Beach 57.Osees- A Foul Form 58.Beach House- Once Twice Melody 59.Daniel Rossen- You Belong There 60.Destroyer- Labyrinthitis 61.FKA Twigs- Caprisongs 62.Soccer Mommy- Sometimes, Forever 63.Father John Misty- Chloe and the next 20th Century 64.Nikki Lane- Demim & Diamonds 65.Viagra Bpys- Cruel World 66.TV Priest- My Other People 67.Arduous Harding- Warm Chris 68.Anais Mitchell- Anais Mitchell 69.Aofe O’Donovan- Age Of Apathy 70.Hurray For The Riff Raff- Life On Earth 71.Joan Shelley- The Spur 72.Jenny Hval- Classic Objects 73.Zola Jesus- Arkhon 74.Kikagaku Moyo- Kimuyo Island 75.Ibeyi- Spell 31
Post by gibsonguy20 on Dec 1, 2022 22:03:07 GMT -5
Here’s my top 50 list for the year!
1. Rosalía - Motomami 2. Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity 3. Beyoncé - RENAISSANCE 4. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention 5. HAAi - Baby, We’re Ascending 6. Nilüfer Yanya - PAINLESS 7. Gabriels - Angels & Queens Part I 8. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers 9. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There 10. Wet Leg - Wet Leg 11. Angèle - Nonante-Cinq La Suite* 12. The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta 13. Danger Mouse, Black Thought - Cheat Codes 14. TSHA - Capricorn Sun 15. Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future 16. Alex G - God Save the Animals 17. Special Interest - Endure 18. Nas - King’s Disease III 19. Charli XCX - CRASH 20. The Soft Pink Truth - Is It Going to Get Any Deeper Than This? 21. Alvvays - Blue Rev 22. Shygirl - Nymph 23. Big Thief - Dragons New Warm Mountain I Believe In You 24. Cate Le Bon- Pompeii 25. Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems 26. Weyes Blood - And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow 27. Daniel Avery - Ultra Truth 28. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down 29. Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupuli - Topical Dancer 30. Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful 31. Yard Act - The Overload 32. Perfume Genius - Ugly Season 33. Duval Timothy - Meeting With a Judas Tree 34. Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen 35. Beach House - Once Twice Melody 36. Honey Dijon - Black Girl Magic 37. Stromae - Multitude 38. Let’s Eat Grandma - Two Ribbons 39. Fred Again.. - Actual Life 3 40. Nova Twins - Supernova 41. SAULT - 11 42. Mitski - Laurel Hell 43. Björk - Fossora 44. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia 45. FKA Twigs - CAPRISONGS 46. Arcade Fire - WE 47. The Weekend - Dawn FM 48. Oliver Sim - Hideous Bastard 49. Sylvan Esso - No Rules Sandy 50. Santigold - Spirituals
*Angéle technically released at the very end of 2021, but I didn’t hear it until 2022 and really liked it so it’s making the list.