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Music I liked in 2011 – Atlas Sound takes the cake

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There were all sorts of albums that struck my fancy this year. And in the past month the discovery overload has been in high gear as more and more best of lists get published by my favorite music bloggers.

But I don’t think any of the new music I’ve come across in these past few months is going to knock off what has been THE album for me – Atlas Sound’s Parallax. Bradford Cox has honed his craft and it’s shining brighter than ever on this latest release.

Here are the rest of the albums that caught my fancy this year

Artist | Album
Real Estate – Days

Girls – Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Youth Lagoon – The Year of Hibernation

Washed Out – Within and Without

Smith Westerns – Dye it Blonde

Cut Copy – Zonoscope

Sonny & The Sunsets – Hit After Hit

Pure X – Pleasure

Ducktails – III: Arcade Dynamics

Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing

Kurt Vile – Halo is my Smoke Ring

Julian Lynch – Terra

M83 – Hurry Up We’re Dreaming

Quilt – Quilt

The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient

Cass McCombs – Humor Risk

A.A. Bondy – Believers

Givers – In Light

More new Atlas Sound music – Modern Aquatic Nightsongs

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Bradford Cox’s side project, Atlas Sound, is releasing a new album on November 8th called Parallax but that isn’t stopping him from sharing his new tunes with the world right now. So far there have been roughly 4 tracks that you can either download or stream. This is a slightly different approach for Brad who’s typically more anti pre-release and prefers to hold his precious music tight to his vest. He’s even gone as far as create an entirely new B-side for an album that was widely leaked just to show up the people who leaked and downloaded the album that he, the artist, still has some control over when and how his music should be heard. Perhaps this new approach is a way for Brad to continue reaffirming the public that he does things on his terms and if he wants us to hear his music creations now, then so be it.

Download other released tracks:
Terra Incognita
Te Amo
Oh, Ricky

Atlas Sound and the magical vamp of Bradford Cox

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Slowly but surely Bradford Cox has become one of my favorite artists over the past couple of years. Ever since I saw Deerhunter at the ICA down on the Boston Waterfront I’ve been craving any and everything that Brad puts his hands on.

I just picked up the new album, Logos, from Atlas Sound, Brads other outfit. I’ve completed one full cycle of the album but the songs “Walkabout”, which I first heard on the Mondo Boys Weird Summer mix that I picked up from Aquarium Drunkard earlier this summer, and the Laetita Sadier vocal track, “Quick Canal”, have been on repeat for the entire week. Those two tracks alone are vaulting this album clearly into my favorite albums of the year list.

“Walkabout”, the Noah Lennox (aka Panda Bear) guest vocal track on the album, was a quick favorite among bloggers back in the summer.  And “Quick Canal” is quite possibly one of the most beautiful songs I’ve heard in a long time.  The opening vamp envelopes you in comfort and the beat keeps you from falling into a coma while Laetita’s voice seduces your brain waves.  But that underlying keyboard vamp stays with you.  I’m a big Dogtown and Z Boys fan and the vamp that surfaces throughout the soundtrack, that vamp that emulates the “dreams come true” phenomenon of those kids, is a powerful sound.  One that Brad uses masterfully on this track.

And how can you not love an artist who frequently gives away his work for free.  Head over to the Deerhunter blog where Brad posts mixes of his favorite music and also gives away b-sides from both Deerhunter and his Atlas Sound projects.

Download Atlas Sound covering Fleetwood Mac cover -  “Walk a Thin Line”

Download – “Walkabout” (ft. Noah Lennonx)

Buy Logos