The Sun’s Tirade is an album that is steeped in despair, but bounded by an underlying strength to carry on. It is no secret to hip-hop heads that Isaiah has been grappling with an addiction to painkillers and alcohol while struggling with depression since the release of his debut, the brilliant Cilvia Demo, and this anguish is so readily apparent on The Sun’s Tirade, one of the most honest records to be released all year. Isaiah Rashad’s pain is palpable in the Chattanooga Tennessee rapper’s second studio release, The Sun’s Tirade. Their recent album finds Animal Collective immersed in deep sonic expeditions and the high point of the album, “Lying in the Grass,” behaves like an echo, provocatively potent at first and then dancing off into a blissful nothingness as the track comes to its throbbing conclusion.Įssential Tracks:“ Lying in the Grass,” “ FloriDada,” and “ Golden Gal.” It is safe to say that there is no band out there that sounds quite like Animal Collective and the confounding soundscapes they craft are simultaneously buoyant and intoxicating. Both albums masterfully and meticulously weave together a lush collage of vocal harmonies and innovative sounds. It is triumphantly apropos that Animal Collective chose to record their latest album Painting With at the same studio (EastWest Studios) where the Beach Boys recorded their famed album Pet Sounds. The album wasn’t released until months later but when it finally dropped, what had once drifted through the airspace in an airport terminal manifested itself as one of the most unique and pulsating albums to be released all year. So, let’s get into it and drop the needle…Īs over forty-eight million travelers bounced around the States on Thanksgiving weekend of 2015, Animal Collective – in a unique but true to their outlandish ways style – debuted their latest album over the speakers at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Whittling down this year’s bounty to just a choice fifty was challenging to say the least, but we are proud to present to you the albums which got the most play over here at Across the Margin. But while 2016 stole from us an abundance of legendary musicians and re-introduced us to a version of America we thought we had moved well beyond, the music released this year was absolutely astounding. While the last thing we want to do is wish away the days in a life that is fleeting, we here at Across the Margin are very much looking forward to closing the books on this year.
Let’s face it, 2016 was a son of a bitch. Across the Margin presents its choices for The Top 50 Albums of 2016…
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