Time again for your monthly recap of what's been pleasing the earholes and eyeholes of Wet Thud. Here's our favourite 5 albums, 17 songs and 16 videos that dropped during October. Enjoy!
#ALBUMS
FEVER RAY / GORD DOWNIE / JULIEN BAKER / KING KRULE / ST. VINCENT
#SONGS
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN / THE BREEDERS / CCFX / DESTROYER / DVSN / FIRST AID KIT / FRANZ FERDINAND / THE GO! TEAM / IBEYI / KEHLANI / KEVIN MORBY / LINDSTRØM X JENNY HVAL / SHOPPING / SLEIGH BELLS / TEARS FOR FEARS / TUNE-YARDS / U.S. GIRLS
#VIDEOS
ANGEL OLSEN / FAUX / FISCHERSPOONER X CAROLINE POLACHEK / HAIM / HAMILTON LEITHAUSER X ANGEL OLSEN / JAY SOM / MGMT / MORRISSEY / THE NATIONAL / NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS / PORCHES / SOPHIE / SPOON / THUNDERCAT X MICHAEL MCDONALD X KENNY LOGGINS / TOVE LO / THE WAR ON DRUGS
#ALBUMS
ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Fever Ray Plunge (Rabid)
Standouts: "To The Moon And Back", "IDK About You"
Gord Downie Introduce Yerself (Arts & Crafts)
Standouts: "Bedtime", "Snowflake", "The North"
Julien Baker Turn Out The Lights (Matador)
Standouts: "Appointments", "Turn Out The Lights"
King Krule The OOZ (XL)
Standouts: "Czech One", "Dum Surfer", "Half Man Half Shark"
St. Vincent MASSEDUCTION (Loma Vista)
Standouts: "New York", "Los Ageless", "Pills"
#SONGS
Belle And Sebastian "I'll Be Your Pilot" (Matador)
From the forthcoming EP set How To Solve Our Human Problems, out December 8, January 19, and February 16
The Breeders "Wait In The Car" (4AD)
Digital single out now
CCFX "The One To Wait" (DFA)
From the CCFX EP, out now
Destroyer "Cover In The Sun" (Merge)
From the album ken, out now
dvsn "P.O.V." (OVO Sound/Warner)
From the album Morning After, out now
First Aid Kit "Postcard" (Columbia)
From the forthcoming album Ruins, out January 19
Franz Ferdinand "Always Ascending" (Domino)
From the forthcoming album Always Ascending, out February 9
The Go! Team "Semicircle Song" (Memphis Industries)
From the forthcoming album Semicircle, out January 19
Ibeyi "When Will I Learn" (XL)
From the album Ash, out now
Kehlani "Honey" (TSNMI/Atlantic)
Digital single out now
Kevin Morby "Baltimore (Sky At Night)" (Dead Oceans)
Digital single out now
Lindstrøm x Janny Hval "Bungl (Like A Ghost)" (Smalltown Supersound/Feedelity)
From the album It's Alright Between Us As It Is, out now
Shopping "The Hype" (FatCat)
From the forthcoming album The Official Body, out January 19
Sleigh Bells "Rainmaker" (Torn Clean)
From the forthcoming mini-album Kid Kruschev, out November 10
Tears For Fears "I Love You But I'm Lost" (Virgin/EMI/Mercury)
From the forthcoming compilation Rule The World, out November 10
Tune-Yards "Look At Your Hands" (4AD)
From the forthcoming album I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life, out January 19
U.S. Girls "Mad As Hell" (Royal Mountain)
Digital single out now
#VIDEOS
Angel Olsen "Special" (Jagjaguwar)
Faux "Take Back Time" (One Two Many)
Fischerspooner X Caroline Polachek "Togetherness" (Ultra)
HAIM "Little Of Your Love" (Polydor)
Hamilton Leithauser X Angel Olsen "Heartstruck (Wild Hunger)" (Glassnote)
Jay Som "The Bus Song" (Polyvinyl)
MGMT "Little Dark Age" (Columbia)
Morrissey "Spent The Day In Bed" (BMG)
The National "I'll Still Destroy You" (4AD)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds "Holy Mountain" (Sour Mash)
Porches "Country" (Domino)
SOPHIE "It's Okay To Cry" (MSMSMSM)
Spoon "Do I Have To Talk You Into It?" (Matador)
Thundercat X Michael McDonald X Kenny Loggins "Show You The Way" (Brainfeeder)
Tove Lo "Disco Tits" (Island)
The War On Drugs "Nothing To Find" (Atlantic)