Pssh, Sonder is still the album of the year
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I conceded that these may be 'album of the day' for the day they were released, that is all.
At least tell us your AOTY so we can shit on that
I really have to listen to Phanerozoic again tbh, only times I listened to it was on a shitty record player at work. I remember it didn't sound quite heavy enough to be as satisfying as Precambrian and not intricate/complex enough to be as satisfying as Pelagial, kind of an awkward inbetweener. It didn't quite click with me, I still thought it was pretty great at times, but maybe it's a grower.
Listened to the new Daughters album today! Weird and incredibly dark, but cool. Will revisit. My colleague called it male Chelsea Wolfe, I'll agree with that.
Also checked out new Helios, it's nice and relaxing but nothing beyond that.