This is kind of between St Vincent and Gang Gang Dance for me, both of which were v v strong, but the deciding factor is that the new St Vincent album is actually even better than the last one, while the GGD one is just ever so slightly not as good.
I'm not gonna be an Old Skool 4AD fan and kmt at some of the releases - 4AD were always kind hit and miss, that when they failed they failed spectacularly, which is always more interesting than just releasing safe and boring records. But I guess that's what's disappointing, the dullness of the failures rather than the "WTF was that?" but y'know blah blah it's not the 80s any more.
― Sheaths of ClammyCloth (Fotherington Thomas), Saturday, 31 December 2011 10:03 (twelve years ago) link
I had thought Mountain Goats were still on 4AD...? When did they switch? Fwiw I would've still voted for GGD since that has my favorite song of the year on it but All Eternals Deck probably would have made me think twice...
― ~connecticut~ (henrietta lacks), Saturday, 31 December 2011 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
st. vincent
― your voice of treason, Saturday, 31 December 2011 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
Genuinely agree with everything lex has said itt
― Turangalila, Saturday, 31 December 2011 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
holy fuck 4AD were the worst label ever in 2011
― vaclav harbl (fart), Sunday, 1 January 2012 04:14 (twelve years ago) link
Zomby album by some way from Gang Gang.
― ineloquentwow, Sunday, 1 January 2012 04:48 (twelve years ago) link
Mountain Goats are on Merge now
― ilxor, Sunday, 1 January 2012 05:09 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 8 January 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 9 January 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link