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StarF’s Top Ten Albums of 2019

here it goes here it goes here it goes again

Welcome to the end of the decade! Well we’re already here in 2020, but for me that means it’s time to check out the albums of yesteryear. I know you’re all always so eager to get your lists out in early December, but guess what dummies, December is still part of 2019!

Ahh, you know I love you though. And 2019 was kinda weird. Usually I find myself having some pretty heavy hitters at the end of the year, sometimes even up into mid or late December, but 2019 was extremely front loaded. While I think only one of them made the top ten, there were a good handful of albums I was debating that came out all the way back in January. Crazy.

Anyway, enough talking about the process. Let’s get to the albums!

10. Laura Stevenson - The Big Freeze

Laura Stevenson returns to a more ethereal and atmospheric sound on The Big Freeze, and it definitely sets a mood and establishes a tone. True to its name, putting this album on in the dead of winter is an experience that can really take you to some other unworldly place.

9. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

I was surprised that I liked this album as much as I did. I kept hearing her name and thinking “yeah I’ll get around to checking her out, I guess.” And then one day my girlfriend put on “Bad Guy” and I was immediately intrigued by Billie’s vocal style. Upon listening to the entire album I was blown away by how interesting and innovative a mega-hit pop album could be.

8. Hobo Johnson - The Fall of Hobo Johnson

For some reason I guess this is a controversial pick? But I don’t get it, this is just a cool album. I understand the general gripe some people have with Hobo Johnson based solely on “Peach Scone,” but if you haven’t even given this new album a chance I would suggest that you at least give it that much. This album feels like a more unhinged and eccentric Watsky, but in a really good way. It also has one of my favorite closing songs I’ve heard on an album in awhile.

7. Microwave - Death Is A Warm Blanket

In 2016 Microwave put out an album called Much Love which was my introduction to them as a band. I immediately fell in love with that album and even had it on my top ten that year. So naturally I was super stoked to hear their new album, and boy, it did not disappoint. What it did do however is surprise me beyond my wildest expectations for this band. When I thought they would zig, they zagged hard. Death Is A Warm Blanket is a much noisier, harsh, and visceral record from the band. And they wear the look well.

6. Chris Farren - Born Hot

There’s some sort of weird formatting error happening here so excuse that. Anyway welcome to another perfect album from none other than punk celebrity Chris Farren. Born Hot really takes everything Chris Farren has built up in his brand the last few years and cranks it up to the logical extreme. From the wacky title and identity of the album itself, to the non conventional merchandise accompanying it (an oven mitt, “Born Hot Sauce,” etc.) to the method of teasing the album before its release (hearing an entire song via the “1-800-BORN-HOT” line), this is an album that tackles serious themes under the veil of comedy. And the tunes are pretty great, too!

5. FIDLAR - Almost Free

I feel like I’m going to catch flak for this choice as well, but I don’t care. It’s my list and I’m going to do what I want. Seriously though, Almost Free is a good album and I feel like those who don’t like it are the same type of people who can’t handle change in music. FIDLAR adds a bit of pop influence on this album, but I think it works beautifully. Almost Free is instantly catchy, but still raucous and juvenile in every way I would want to hear from FIDLAR.

4. Malibu Ken - Malibu Ken

Hip Hop’s GOAT is back with another fantastic side project. This time Aesop Rock has teamed up with Tobacco to create an album that is as fun to listen to as its album cover is gross. Aes comes through, as usual, with dense and sometimes coded lyrics that are a thrill to comb through and decipher. The difference is that on Malibu Ken they’re laid over some buttery smooth synth laden beats that create a wonderful backdrop to everything that’s happening here.

3. Telethon - Hard Pop

Telethon’s last album was an absolute beast, a five act rock opera that spanned an hour and a half and told a winding story that won my heart (and ears) immediately. Unfortunately not everyone is me, and the energy of creating such an epic album is probably not easily replicated, so Telethon has peeled back on their latest offering of Hard Pop. Of course, that’s just the breath of air I think we all needed from the band after such a densely packed album as The Grand Spontanean. This new album features the band truly coming into their own brand of sound and owning it, all the way down to the title of the album. It’s catchy, it’s verbose, and it’s absolutely worth your time.

2. K.Flay - Solutions

I’ve been following K.Flay’s music career for nearly a decade now and I’ve got to say, it’s been a wild ride and such a pleasure to see her grow and find her audience. Solutions is perhaps the most upbeat and optimistic album from her, and it’s not only nice to see an artist break out of a rut, but it’s just a damn good and fun album. Solutions is a fun time, and an amazing collection of summer jams.

1. PUP - Morbid Stuff

You know I wasn’t sure if this was going to be my album of the year, but the more and more I thought about it the more it made sense. Morbid Stuff is an album that I feel like I’ve had in my collection for years, despite being less than a year old at this point. PUP comes through on their “difficult third release” and crafts an album that only continues to elevate their signature sound. I’m ecstatic to see them on an upward trajectory and hope that they only continue to impress.

i was amazing — chris farren

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I will wake up fine through another night. It gets so loud sometimes, but I will stay alive.

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Chris Farren ONCE Ballroom, Somerville, MA 30 January 2020

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Chris Farren: Born Hot

“He’s a pop mastermind”

--A text from my good buddy Gary, re Chris Farren

As a self proclaimed “punk rock celebrity” Chris Farren’s whole persona explodes with charisma. Even aside from his music, he should be known as a public figure--the way he jumps around stage like a rockstar and ends every show by exclaiming, “ANOTHER PERFECT SET!!!”, he’s just an incredibly likeable and goofy person. Thankfully that charisma extends to his music. On Born Hot, Chris looks inward at his anxieties in a way that’s entirely sincere, yet he never takes things too seriously. This duality is perfectly captured by the song “Search 4 Me”, in which he sings, “I’ll be panicking in the Starbucks in the Target across the street, wishing I was someone else or just myself with a slightly nicer body.”

Born Hot is a solid set of high energy powerpop tunes in which every instrument, from the synths and glockenspiels to the buzzy guitar solos, feels very precisely orchestrated. Chris’s whole thing works best when he sticks to the fast tempos, as the slower songs don’t quite pack the same punch (maybe he doesn’t have the sort of voice to be doing ballads). Nonetheless, Born Hot is an incredibly fun album which, despite the loneliness and ennui inherent in much of it, will leave you grinning like an idiot.

Grade: B+

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