2017 Top 10 AOTY PART 2
Okay okay okay... the wait has been long enough... and if you’re reading this I’m sure it’s totally killing you. Don’t fret Walt! I’m back for part 2 of my top 10 albums of 2017 review!
Part 2 here is going to be albums 5-1 so if you missed 10-6 I would recommend you jump on over to my blog and look at my last post. There are some complete bangers on there. I know I know... they’re not as good as the albums I’m about to share but they are pretty darn close. So check em out or.... OR ELSE okay.
Let’s get to business.
#5 Paradise by Seaway
This album was an extremely strong follow up to what I considered their break out album colour blind. I feel like Seaway is starting to fine craft their sound and has really been drawing out the nostalgia by borrowing influence from past pop punk legends like sum 41, blink 182 and third eye blind. My favorite song on the album ‘Day Player’ gives me such a 90′s punk vibe that I just can’t get enough. Seaway is definitely one of the current bands of their genre that just GETS IT. Anyways... if you don’t do anything else today you should at least watch this video one of the albums best ‘Lula On The Beach’, if not for the music, for the cutest little wiener dog you will ever see.
# 4 The Peace and The Panic by Neck Deep I won’t lie... this album didn’t quite live up to the magic of their debut, Life’s Not Out to Get You, but it came close enough to please any real pop punk fans. For the same reason I just complimented Seaway, I’m going to turn the tables and criticize Neck Deep. Not that it’s the worst thing in the world... but most of the songs on this record bleed of their influences... even down to specific songs. Although I would consider ‘In Bloom’ Neck Deep’s best song ever released, it reminds me an awful lot of of Blink 182′s, 2003 mega hit, I Miss You. There’s some other songs that remind me a hell of a lot of Greenday as well, Parachute specifically. I actually think Neck Deep has an opportunity to surpass bands like Blink, Greenday, Sum etc... and just needs to hit out more original bangers. In my opinion songs like Can’t Kick Up The Roots, Lime St., Serpents and more do this a little better than what we find on the Peace and the Panic. I actually think ‘Motion Sickness’ is one of the best tracks on TP&TP for this reason. It seems like true Neck Deep through and through. But let’s be real... it’s a Neck Deep album so obviously it’s unreal... and like I mentioned... I think it has their best track ever, check it out:
#3 Come Out Your Hiding by Flor
This album was just one that got stuck on repeat for me. Maybe it’s because it’s a pretty new sound for me? or maybe that’s because their isn’t much like it. But Flor puts together an effortless airiness that will just put a smile on your face and some pep in your step. I don’t know what else to say but, these guys are gunna hit it big time... I’m gunna call it now. So check em out b4 they’re cool:
#2 Last Young Renegade by All Time Low
Oh wow it’s been a while since All Time Low would have been on my Top 10 Albums of the Year List... if ever actually. I think the only ones which would have ever made the cut were So Wrong It’s Right & Don’t Panic which both may have been b4 this blogs time. BUT Last Young Renegades is something totally different. They dug deep and combined the classic ATL sound with some super sick 80′s synth and I love it. I’d say Dirty Laundry is the best song they’ve ever written and Afterglow is easily my favourite song of the year. The play count on that song is through the roof for me. Through in some other mega hits like Drugs & Candy, Life of the Party, Nightmares, Ground Control... I could just name the whole album... and you get what would be a #1 album of the year any other year. This is easily one of my favorite albums of all time and might even be in the conversation for desert Island Album if I had to pick 1.
#1 Lovely, Little, Lonely by The Maine
Yup you guess it... The Maine takes top spot again... no surprise if you know me. Although I considered giving the top spot to ATL I just couldn’t do it. Between the amount of Mega hits on this album and the shorter interlude songs that tie together the album like a perfect story... I was just too impressed to give this a #2... I recommend giving this beauty a listen from beginning to end because that is where the beauty is.... but if you’re short for time here’s one of my favorite tracks
