Eventually this list is really going to be insane. But for now it’s manageable. Mostly. And we know we have control over it but something just clicks when the number of titles in the list is the same as the year, ya know? But anyway! We start a draft of this list essentially the moment we start getting promos for the next year… Actually, scratch that. The moment we get a promo that really resonates so by the end of the year, if the music world is doing its’ job then our list is pretty long which makes our job even harder and 2023 was no different.
[Read more…]Poison Ruïn Readies What May Be Your Most Favorite Record Of The Year With Harvest
Our favorite kind of “favorite record” is the one we weren’t planning for. In fact, the majority of our “Year End” lists tend to be built from that. Not anticipated at all. Not on any sort of new year preview. Just a record that seemingly comes out of nowhere and knocks our socks off. Like Harvest by Poison Ruin did.
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