Favourite non-HH albums of 2023

[auslander]

Anyone out there with tastes that expand outside typical HH fare, whether into the pop, urban or extreme fields etc.

What is your favourite album that doesn't appear in Heavy Harmonies in 2023 so far?

[lettard]

Yeah guilty pleasure so to speak  

Jamiroquai

Galantis

The Midnight , At 1980 , Wolfclub , Dance With The Dead ...and stuff like that

also a bitta Trance (classic 90's stuff) more so when gettin' gathered for a night out with my wife cause it's what is usually playin' in the bars etc  

[auslander]

I quite like about half of the Depeche Mode album, especially the track "Ghosts Again" which is outstanding.

The EMF "Go Go Sapiens" album is very good.

I love the Greta Van Fleet "Starcatcher" album. They get better with each release.

But my favourite so far (non HH) is definitely Foo Fighters "But Here We Are". I think it is actually their best since "The Colour and the Shape" and I wasn't expecting to get another classic from them, so it has been a pleasant surprise. "The Teacher" is a phenomenal track.

[lettard]

Seems mine are a bit more far removed from the HH stuff that I love  

But as for a favourite of 2023...LeBrock - Gone E.P and The Runaway Wild 

[Jez]

 

All of these are top notch releases, and all will feature highly come end of year. 

Einar Solberg - 16

Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden

Nothing But Thieves - Dead Club City

Riverside - I.D Entity

Periphery - Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre

Haken - Fauna

Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars

Mono Inc. - Ravenblack

[KarpetRydOFunk]

On 8/30/2023 at 3:35 AM, lettard said:

Yeah guilty pleasure so to speak  

Jamiroquai

Galantis

The Midnight , At 1980 , Wolfclub , Dance With The Dead ...and stuff like that

also a bitta Trance (classic 90's stuff) more so when gettin' gathered for a night out with my wife cause it's what is usually playin' in the bars etc  

Jamiroquai didn't release an album this year... did they?

[Mr.AOR]

In no particular order...

The Anix - Nightvision

Asking Alexandria - Where Do We Go From Here?

September Mourning - Volume IV

Saliva - Revelation

Sevendust - Truth Killer

Escape The Fate - Out Of The Shadows

RAVDINA - Rau.Di

The Motion Epic - Saturday Night Motel Music

Fury Weekend - Afterglow

Shadow Smile - Signed In Blood

Leaflet - Something Beyond

Motive Black - Auburn

All Time Low - Tell Me I'm Alive

Cavo - The Shakes

Nouveau Arcade - Dead Hearts

Caskets - Reflections

LAU - Circumstance (Take Two)

Bunny X - Love Minus 80

Coastal - Heartbeats

Yota - Room 412

New Arcades - Leave Something Behind

The Maine - The Maine

Fly By Midnight - Fictional Illustrations

 

[lettard]

On 9/1/2023 at 12:23 AM, KarpetRydOFunk said:

Jamiroquai didn't release an album this year... did they?

Naw...I misread the original topic title   completely overlooked the 2022 part

[KarpetRydOFunk]

11 hours ago, lettard said:

Naw...I misread the original topic title   completely overlooked the 2022 part

And the 2023 part. 

[lettard]

7 hours ago, KarpetRydOFunk said:

And the 2023 part. 

Yeah...that part also  had/having a Homer moment...doh!

Edited September 11, 2023 by lettard

[warrenamos01]

Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! (pop/dance)

Ava Max - Diamonds & Dancefloors (pop/dance)

Tanya Tucker - Sweet Western Sound (country) Meet Me @ The Altar - Past // Present // Future (punk-pop) Hot Mulligan - Why Would I Watch (punk-pop) Spanish Love Songs - No Joy ("emo")

[Captain Howdy]

On 8/30/2023 at 1:25 PM, auslander said:

I love the Greta Van Fleet "Starcatcher" album. They get better with each release.

 

They are in the HH database though.

[Captain Howdy]

To be honest most of the stuff I have bought this year is either in the HH database or in the BM database, so not really sure if I have purchased anything outside of that.

If we are just talking HH, then only bands I can think of that I have bought are Avenged Sevenfold and Metallica.

Metallica was a decent album and A7X was a bit of a let down as it was a bit too experimental for me, especially considering how long we waited for a new album.

I do like a lot of styles of music, but generally only buy singles or individual songs rather than whole albums.

A couple of singles I bought that I really liked and dont belong here are Electric Callboy - Everytime we touch and Fallout Boys cover of We didnt start the fire (not normally a fan of theirs but really liked their take on this with updated lyrics)

[Glen]

maneskin & Lebrock 

[Geoff]

On 9/10/2023 at 8:43 PM, Mr.AOR said:

In no particular order...

The Anix - Nightvision

Asking Alexandria - Where Do We Go From Here?

September Mourning - Volume IV

Saliva - Revelation

Sevendust - Truth Killer

Escape The Fate - Out Of The Shadows

RAVDINA - Rau.Di

The Motion Epic - Saturday Night Motel Music

Fury Weekend - Afterglow

Shadow Smile - Signed In Blood

Leaflet - Something Beyond

Motive Black - Auburn

All Time Low - Tell Me I'm Alive

Cavo - The Shakes

Nouveau Arcade - Dead Hearts

Caskets - Reflections

LAU - Circumstance (Take Two)

Bunny X - Love Minus 80

Coastal - Heartbeats

Yota - Room 412

New Arcades - Leave Something Behind

The Maine - The Maine

Fly By Midnight - Fictional Illustrations

 

A few I've heard and like, a few I've heard and not liked, and a few I need to check out. 

Ones that stand out most of all is I can't believe I've missed the dropping of another Motion Epic album... always late to the party with these guys, whom I love. 

But the other main one is Cavo. Have they been having a whole career I'm not privy to? Looks like they at least have a lot of single songs I never knew about. Heard the title track to this one and it's definitely the most wanted on this list. Must check that one out. 

The Maine never disappoint. All Time Low and Asking Alexandria doing what they do well. Couple of killer cuts on the Saliva one, and probably a bit better than I expected. Caskets super solid but a fair way off the previous great album, and I think I might have reached my limit with Escape The Fate. Haven't been into the last few albums much at all, and couldn't find anything I liked on this one at all. It's not like they've drastically changed... just struggle to find songs I really dig anymore. 

Some pretty cool albums / EPs I'd add to the list this year would be;

The Word Alive     -    Hard Reset

Hot Milk     -    A Call To The Void

Holding Absence     -    The Noble Art Of Self Destruction

Point North     -    Prepare For Despair

The Band Camino     -    The Dark

Atreyu     -    The Moment You Find Your Flame

Nonpersona     -    Note to self

From Ashes To New     -    Blackout

Kala     -    Diary of a Depressed Creative

This Is Falling     -    TIFwave

Disciple     -    Skeleton Psalms

Cyan Kicks     -    I Never Said 4ever

Through Fire     -    Devil's Got You Dreamin'

The Hara     -    Survival Mode

nothing,nowhere.     -    Void Eternal

All Faces Down     -    AWOL

Dead Lakes     -    daydreamer

Self Deception     -    You Are Only As Sick As Your Secrets

Awake At Last     -    The Balance

Solence     -    Hope Is a Cult

 

[Eric3]

Hammock - Love In The Void (post-rock/ambient/shoegaze)

Really beautiful stuff.