2017: Music In Review - The Fourth Quarter

The fourth (and last) part of GABEindie's special compilation "2017: Music In Review" with music that was NOT shared on this blog during this year but worth reviewing...

September

Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister - Neptune (Official Music Video)

The official music video for "Neptune" by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister. Taken from the album "Planetarium", vía 4AD. Directed by Deborah Johnson / CandyStations.

Blue Hawaii - No One Like You (Official Music Video)

"No One Like You" is taken from Blue Hawaii's LP "Tenderness", vía Arbutus Records. Directed by Blue Hawaii.

Beck - Up All Night (Official Music Video)

The official music video for "Up All Night" taken from Beck’s album "Colors". Directed by CANADA.

The Fluids - Creatures

"Creatures" is taken from The Fluids' debut album "No Kidding!" vía Axis Mundi Records. The Fluids are here to take a sonic poleax to the clean cut rock vibe that dominates Brooklyn. The project was born from the premortal sludge that is post-collegiate malaise, unrequited lust, and endless consumption of reality TV. Trapped between corporate angst and young stoner life, the band honed their sound over the past few years, which is inspired by Talking Heads' unhinged art punk jukebox and Berlin-era David Bowie.

Dinner - Siren Song (Official Music Video)

"Siren Song" appears on Dinner's album "New Work" vía Captured Tracks. Directed by Pierce McGarry.

Goldfrapp - Everything Is Never Enough (Official Music Video) (NSFW)

The official (and NSFW) music video for "Everything Is Never Enough", taken from Goldfrapp's seventh studio album "Silver Eye", vía Mute. Direction & Art Direction: Alison Goldfrapp.

Monogold - Feelers

“Feelers” is taken from Monogold's album "Babyfood", via Chill Mega Chill Records. Monogold has been incubating since the release of their last album "Yolk" in late 2016, with their style and lyrical content developing and slowly evolving into something more than single-celled. “Feelers” shows what it would be like to see sunshine for the first time, if you were a newly born bug.

Lou Rebecca - Fantôme (Official Music Video)

From her self-titled album Austin based pop artist Lou Rebecca's official music video for "Fantôme", vía Holodeck Records. Directed by Lou Rebecca.

NØMADS - Autophøbia (feat. Brian Wolfe)

“Autophøbia” is taken from NØMADS’ synth-driven "Phøbiac" album. Autophobia is the fear or being alone or isolated, and is perhaps the most prevalent and human fear of all clinical phobias in modern psychology. The fear of being alone colors everything from our behavioral patterns to our concept of what constitutes a happy, organized life. Many of us are afraid of being obsolete, and/or of dying without companionship. Autophobia is the feeling of being the last person on earth. In the song, the post-punk duo envisions a young narrator gazing into the future at a photograph of himself as an old man, sitting alone in a chair; his reflection is the knife dividing a picture of a life alone, nearing its end, and a present tense image of his own youth. NØMADS' frontman Nathan Lithgow (also of My Brightest Diamond) and the infinitely talented drummer Brian Wolfe (David Byrne & St. Vincent, The Dap Kings) filmed the video as part of their Live In Pittsburgh series, which was shot in the cavernous shadows of an abandoned Catholic school's furnace room, executed in one full take with no edits.

Daddy Lion - Storm

"Storm" is a powerful single taken from Columbia, SC based Daddy Lion's album "Learn to Have Nothing and You Will Have Everything".

Molly Burch - Wrong For You (Official Music Video)

"Wrong for You" is taken from Molly Burch's debut album "Please Be Mine", vía Captured Tracks. Directed and Edited by Jordan Moser.

ELLIOTT BROOD - 2 4 6 8 (Official Music Video)

"2 4 6 8" is taken from Elliott BROOD's "Ghost Gardens" album, vía Paper Bag Records.

TORRES - Helen In The Woods (Official Music Video)

The official music video for "Helen In The Woods" by TORRES, taken from "Three Futures" vía 4AD. Directed by Ashley Connor.

The Dears — I Love You Times Infinity (Official Music Video)

"I Love You Times Infinity" is taken from the short film "The Dears: Times Infinity" and from "Times Infinity Volume Two", vía Dangerbird Records. Shot by Richard Lam.

Com Truise - Propagation (Official Music Video)

The official music video for "Propagation", taken from "Iteration" LP by Com Truise, vía Ghostly International. Directed by Will Joines & Karrie Crouse.

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Deadly Valentine (Official Music Video)

"Deadly Valentine" is taken from Charlotte Gainsbourg's album "Rest", produced by SebastiAn, featuring Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Paul McCartney and Owen Pallet.

The Dig - People Take Pictures Of Each Other (The Kinks Cover) (Official Music Video)

The incredible animated video for The Dig’s official cover of The Kinks’ classic “People Take Pictures of Each Other”, taken from "Bloodshot Tokyo" album, vía Roll Call Records.

The song is a fun rework of the original, not to mention a fitting, hilarious take on narcissistic #selfieculture, and the video was animated by the immensely talented, acclaimed visual artist James Kerr / Scorpion Dagger.

According to The Dig on their choice to cover the song, "The best songs tend to feel current in any age. They seem to only get stronger and more relevant as time goes by. The Kinks released "People Take Pictures Of Each Other" about 50 years ago, but the line "people take pictures of each other, just to prove that they really existed," sounds like it could have been written as a commentary on pop culture in 2017.

October

Spoon - I Ain't The One (Official Music Video)

"I Ain't The One" is taken from Spoon's album "Hot Thoughts", vía Matador Records. Directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard.

U.S. Girls - Mad As Hell (Official Music Video)

The official music video for the single "Mad As Hell" performed by U.S. Girls, vía 4AD. Video made by Emily Pelstring and Meg Remy.

Reptaliens - If You Want (Official Music Video)

"If You Want" is from Reptalien's debut album, "FM-2030", vía Captured Tracks. Directed by nesto.

Tove Lo - Disco Tits (Official Music Video)

Official music video for "Disco Tits" from Tove Lo's "BLUE LIPS (Lady Wood Phase II)" album. Directed by Tim Erem.

Introverted Dancefloor - When I'm Lonely (Official Music Video)

The official music video for "When I'm Lonely" single by Introverted Dancefloor, vía Carpark Records. Music video directed by Rowan Pierce.

Bevan Smith (Introverted Dancefloor) on the video: "For this video, Rowan Pierce (the director) and I wanted to use dance to represent a person being overwhelmed by loneliness and crushed by the weight of the world. Something light and breezy. We wanted it capture the attention of the viewer, but also be very minimal, voyeuristic and creepy. In essence, it is a study of a dancer’s body in motion. We worked with Kosta Bogoievski to develop the concept. We started from a place of stillness and built up to repetitive movements to represent Kosta being compressed by immense weight. When filming, Rowan focused on the details of his body in motion to show muscles and skin through a plain and objective lens".

Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Legend Of The Wild Horse (Official Music Video)

"Legend of the Wild Horse" is taken from the album "Choir of the Mind" by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, vía Last Gang Records. Directed by Justin Broadbent.

A Giant Dog - Lucky Ponderosa (Official Music Video)

The official music video for "Lucky Ponderosa" taken from A Giant Dog's album "Toy", vía Merge Records. Directed by Sean Daigle.

Cut Copy - Standing In The Middle Of The Field (Official Music Video)

The official music video for "Standing in the Middle of the Field" single by Cut Copy. Immerse yourself in “Haiku From Zero” via Cut Copy's experiential website and listen to commentary on each track from the album.

John Maus - Touchdown (Official Video)

Official music video for "Touchdown", taken from the John Maus' album "Screen Memories", vía Ribbon Music. "Screen Memories" is also a part of a career-spanning limited edition 6 LP box set being released in April 2018. Directed by Jennifer Juniper Stratford.

School Damage - The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down (Official Music Video)

Official music video for "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down", from self titled debut album, "School Damage", vía Chapter Music. Directed by Paradise Structures.

BORN RUFFIANS - Love Too Soon

The official music video for BORN RUFFIANS' "Love Too Soon" single. Directed by Leah Fay Goldstein and Peter Dreimanis of July Talk.

NØMADS - Thassophøbia (Official Live Video)

“Thassophøbia” from NØMADS’ "Phøbiac" project. "Thassophøbia" is based on the fear of boredom and was filmed as part of their Live From Pittsburgh series. In our hyper-connected modern society, we are constantly stimulated. New lives enter the world bombarded by more light and sound than ever before. We are now challenged by the prospect of sitting alone in a room in silence. Without an LED glow or the dull ping of a text message, how do we measure a day in a life? This is the new reality. Technology, and the real-time availability of boundless, immeasurable information, has come to replace the silence and tranquility of a still moment. It's becoming harder and harder for human beings to hold attention.

Everything happens, everyday. Everything is news. Everything is packaged for maximum attention and impact. There is no such thing as boredom anymore. But if we are to be constantly stimulated, what does boredom even mean anymore? We are bored now not by our lack of access to excitement, but rather to its ubiquity. We are bored by stimulation. The Thassophobic personality is one that is constantly moving, constantly shifting, constantly searching for the next shiny object. Something happens when nothing happens in our lives.

CCFX - The One To Wait (Official Music Video)

The official music video for CCFX's "The One To Wait", from "CCFX" EP. Directed, edited by Matt Shanafelt & CCFX.

November

*repeat repeat - Girlfriend (Official Music Video)

Official music video for "Girlfriend" from the *repeat repeat album "Floral Canyon", vía Dangerbird Records. Directed by Jason Lee Denton & Schuyler Howie.

Lake Jons - Colors (Official Music Video)

The incredibly innovative, psychedelic music video for the self-titled debut album’s lead single “Colors", vía AntiFragile Music. Lake Jons is an exciting new soulful indie/psych trio out of Helsinki, Finland. Lake Jons has been cultivating their sound since 2014, using the diverse, tight-knit music scene in Helsinki as their petri dish for inspiration. Utilizing samples, simple driving rhythms, delicate guitar progressions and powerful, soulful vocals as pillars, this is clearly reflected in the band's sound.

Sunflower Bean - I Was A Fool (Official Music Video)

Official music video for "I Was A Fool" single, performed by Sunflower Beam. Directed and Edited by Andy DeLuca.

Essaie Pas - Futur Parlé (Official Music Video)

Official music video for "Futur Parlé" single by Essaie Pas, vía DFA Records. Directed by Christophe Royal King.

Wolkoff - I Keep This Heart(beat) (Official Music Video)

Taken from the incredibly talented and prolific Brooklyn artist Wolkoff's [SURPRISE!] "Who Wouldn’t Fall" EP, the music video for its stand-out track “I Keep This Heart(beat)”. The grippingly strange and fierce video features Wolkoff (literally) rolling through the streets, public attractions and farmlands of Northern Italy, regardless of pedestrians, vehicles and plant life standing in her way.

Filmed over the course of one day by the innovative all-female production team Era Ora Ivana Gloria in Milan, the video captures a candid slice of pop-meets-performance art that captures the ethos of Wolkoff's Who Wouldn't Fall EP: no matter who you may have to startle or confront, there's nothing to do but keep rolling forward. The video captures the haphazard nomadism behind the track "I Keep This Heart(beat)" and the entirety of the Who Wouldn't Fall EP.

Toro Y Moi - No Show (Official Music Video)

Official music video for "No Show", taken from Toro y Moi's album "Boo Boo", vía Carpark Records. Produced by Company Studio Hidden.

BORN RUFFIANS - Forget Me (Offical Music Video)

Official music video for BORN RUFFIANS' single "Forget Me", vía Paper Bag Records. Directed by Leah Fay Goldstein + Peter Dreimanis.

Shy Luv - Lungs (Official Music Video)

Official music video for Shy Luv's "Lungs", from "Lungs" EP, vía Black Butter Ltd-

Sufjan Stevens - The Greatest Gift (Official Music Video)

The official music video for Sufjan Stevens' "The Greatest Gift", vía Asthmatic Kitty Records. "The Greatest Gift" is a mixtape of outtakes, remixes and demos from Sufjan’s 2015 album Carrie & Lowell. The mixtape includes a few alternate and/or demo versions of songs from the original album. The digital release also contains an iPhone demo of the song “Carrie & Lowell.” The mixtape features four previously unreleased new songs, “official” outtakes from Carrie & Lowell (they were recorded at the same time as the album). These include “Wallowa Lake Monster,” “The Hidden River of My Life,” “City of Roses,” and “The Greatest Gift.” This new material, in its investigation of love, life, death, God, and the beautiful state of Oregon, serves as a contemplative companion to the original album. Music video animated by Sufjan Stevens.

OK Go - Obsession (Official Music Video)

This video has a lot of flashing colors. If you're susceptible to seizures, be careful, please. The official music video for OK Go's "Obsession", taken from the album "Hungry Ghosts". Directed by Damian Kulash, Jr. & Yusuke Tanaka.

Daddy Lion - Future Tense

"Future Tense" is another awesome single taken from Daddy Lion's album "Learn to Have Nothing and You Will Have Everything".

Sigrid - Strangers (Official Music Video)

Official music video for "Strangers" single, performed by Norwegian pop singer/songwriter, Sigrid.

December

Father John Misty - Leaving LA (Official Music Video)

Father John Misty's official music video for his song "Leaving LA" from the album "Pure Comedy", vía Sub Pop Records and Bella Union. Directed by Grant James & Josh Tillman.

MGMT - When You Die (Official Music Video)

Official music video for MGMT's "When You Die" single. Directed by Mike Burakoff & Hallie Cooper-Novack.

Zola Jesus - Siphon (Official Music Video)

Official music video for "Siphon" from Zola Jesus' "Okovi" album, vía Sacred Bones Records. Directed by Zia Anger.

"The song Siphon was written about a family member who attempted suicide multiple times last summer. Making a video for this song felt nearly impossible. The subject matter is so personal, I wasn’t sure there could be a way to visualize it beyond what my family and I had already lived through. In the end, I think the video could have only existed in the way you will see it: raw, grotesque, vulnerable, ugly. The video’s a representation of the struggle to reach someone with depression. The more you try to reach out, the further it pushes you away. So you push harder. You grab on and lock hands with the person you’re trying to save. You’ll do anything to save them from the stupor they’re losing themselves to. As the haze between you grows thicker and more impenetrable, the desperation to save them becomes just as all-consuming. You hold tighter and tighter, refusing to lose your grip." -Nika Roza Danilova, October 2017

Allie X – Casanova (ft. VÉRITÉ) (Official Music Video)

From the "COLLXTION II" album, the official music video for "Casanova" by Allie X, featuring VÉRITÉ. Directed by India Sleem.

With this we have reached the end of a year, which has been difficult, but that we certainly could not enjoy without music.

I hope you enjoyed this little selection of music that was NOT SHARED in this blog but that was worth taking into consideration for a special annual recount.

We update next year.