Every year I waffle back and forth around this time trying to decide if I’m going to do a year-end list. This year, it really wasn’t until I saw Knute’s from Eardrums Music wonderful month-by-month lists that I decided to put one together.
There was a lot more really great music this year than I had originally thought. Some standouts for me were The Go! Team, who I’d never really listened to before this year. Cozy Catastrophes, who we released an EP with last year, put out a great full-length this year on Jigsaw Records. Boston’s own Funeral Advantage had one of my favorite albums this year.
Here, in (mostly) no particular order are fifteen of my favorite releases from 2015. Kristin will be posting her’s later this month. — Danny
The Go! Team – The Scene Between
(Check out the track “Catch Me on the Rebound”)
Funeral Advantage – Body is Dead
(Check out the track “You Sat Alone”)
Tigercats – Mysteries
(Check out the track “Wheezer”)
The Fireworks – Switch Me On
(Check out the track “Runaround”)
Mammoth Penguins – Hide and Seek
(Check out the track “When I Was Your Age”)
Tiny Fireflies – The Space Between
(Check out the track “Youth”)
Lost Tapes – Lost in Youth
(Check out the track “Slumber Party”)
Joanna Gruesome – Peanut Butter
(Check out the track “Honestly Do Yr Worst”)
Wild Honey – Sleep Through It
(Check out the track “Sleep Through It”)
Space Daze – Capture a Thing
(Check out the track “Was Never”)
Cozy Catastrophes – Have You Ever Heard of Cozy Catastrophes?
(Check out the track “Hideaway”)
Big Quiet – Big Quiet
(Check out the track “Punk Floyd”)
Alpaca Sports – When You Needed Me the Most
(Check out the track “Just Like Them”)
Virgin Suicide – Virgin Suicide
(Check out the track “There is a Glace Over my Eyes”)
Seapony – A Vision
(Check out the track “Everyday All Alone”)