Wednesday 1 November 2017

10/17 RECAP


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)