Apologies for the thread which may well lend itself to posts that contain video links and/or lists of favourite musicians/ albums (although many at KVR seem to quite like lists!).
But are there any really exceptional albums (in your opinion), of any genre, that you've bought during the past 5 years and which you like so much that you play them regularly on repeat?
3 'repeat play' albums that I've bought in the past few years are:
1) the rather funky and soulful 2019 "Kiwanuka" record by London-based multi-instrumentalist Michael Kiwanuka.
Great arrangements and percussion (imo) and also a Mercury Prize winner:
2) the surprisingly rockier album (compared to most of his pervioius crooning ones) called "Further" by Sheffield balladeer Richard Hawley.
Still got several mellow, soulful and almost rockabilly type songs on the alubm however:
3) "Mordechai" by Texan 'fusion' band Khruangbin:
TBH, any of Khruangbin's albums appeal to me as they combine excellent (often dubby) bass guitar lines, hypnotic percussion and extremely catchy (surf ?) guitar noodlings.
But I'll go for the most recent full album from 2020
Also, unlike the first 2 nominations on my list (Michael Kiwanuka and Richard Hawley) which I think make great driving music, the Khruangbin albums are lovely at home when chilling (imo).
Then again, each to their own...
And so, are there any exceptional and recent albums (past 5 years or so) that you often have on repeat?
Cheers,
