December 30, 20186 yr Author #5 14U+14ME The Presets HpZAtLJftQE Album: Hi Viz Although the music of Australian duo The Presets helped to formulate my own musical tastes back in 2008 with songs like "Talk Like That" and "This Boy's In Love", in the intervening years I haven't listened to them that much. Until this year that is, when I heard their single "14U+14ME" (pronounced "one for you and one for me, confusingly enough), and fell back in love with them for a second time. It's an heavy electronic track that hooks you in from the moment the beat drops 62 seconds in, and doesn't let up the rest of the song. Previous chart positions: 2008 Talk Like That - #34
December 30, 20186 yr Author #4 Don’t You Know I’m In A Band Confidence Man RHomPCvHxbM Album: Confident Songs For Confident People The Australian group make a 2nd appearance in this year's countdown with "Don't You Know I'm In a Band". The song sees Sugar Bones take a rare step up to lead vocals, and is filled with the same playful vibes and cut & paste pop that the band have become known for, with lyrics skewing the stereotype of what life as a high-flying musician is like. Previous chart positions: 2017 Bubblegum - #2 2017 Better Sit Down Boy - #10 2018 Out The Window - #15
December 30, 20186 yr Author #3 Dreamer Ciara O’Neill Album: Arrow The song "Dreamer" by Ciara O'Neill, which listeners to The Metaphorical Boat podcast will undoubtedly know, was inspired by a Sylvia Plath short story from the collection "Johnny Panic & The Bible of Dreams", which is about a woman who is consumed by her inability to share the vivid dreams of her husband. It a a song that I've heard Ciara play live for a few years, although it wasn't until this year that we got a studio recording of it, and boy, it was worth the wait. The string-swept dark folk song got right under my skin, and stayed with me throughout the year. It's the only song released this that brought me to tears. And I don't have tear ducts.
December 30, 20186 yr Author #2 Girl Brand New Friend rhQbdN5ViaQ Album: Seatbelts For Aeroplanes "Girl" by Brand New Friend is the kind of song that doesn't mess around, and doesn't have a bit of fat on it at all. In less than two minutes, we get two verses, two choruses, a guitar solo, and then both the verse and chorus simultaneously. It is an infectious slice of youthful pop-punk that never outstays its welcome.
December 31, 20186 yr Author And my favourite song of 2018 is.... #1 Today Is The Day Eels qx3sKPoeOis Album: The Deconstruction And my favourite song of 2018 goes to a song from one of my favourite all-time bands. "Today Is The Day" is a song that falls on the 'hopeful' side of the Eels musical catalogue, and is a joyous, uplifting song that really perks you up at the time when you really need it. The music video's pretty great as well, it's a little ball of sunshine, in embedded form. Previous chart positions: 2009 Fresh Blood- #16 2014 Parallels - #10
December 31, 20186 yr Author Full list: 1 Eels - Today Is The Day 2 Brand New Friend - Girl 3 Ciara O'neill - Dreamer 4 Confidence Man - Don't You Know I'm in a Band 5 The Presets - 14U+14ME - Single Edit 6 George Ezra - Paradise 7 The Fratellis - Starcrossed Losers 8 Snow Patrol - Life On Earth 9 Suede - Life is Golden 10 isaac gracie - last words 11 Crossfaith - Wipeout 12 Kelsea Ballerini - I Hate Love Songs 13 EGOISM - Sorry 14 Manic Street Preachers, Warm Digits - Hold Me Like a Heaven 15 Confidence Man - Out The Window 16 Blue October - I Hope You're Happy 17 Fjokra - Evening Lights 18 Spring King - Animal 19 Pizzagirl - gymnasium 20 New Atlas - Dizzi 21 Matt Edible & the Obtuse Angels - Nightclubbing 22 Jealous of the Birds - Plastic Skeletons 23 The Hector Collectors - Overton Window 24 George Ezra - Shotgun 25 Jorja Smith - Blue Lights 26 The Wombats - Cheetah Tongue 27 Franz Ferdinand - Feel The Love Go 28 Bad Wolves - Zombie 29 Boston Bun, DVNO - Spread Love (Paddington) 30 Ciaran Lavery - To Chicago 31 Astræa - You're Not Alone 32 Spray - Anthologised By Cherry Red 33 Nathan O' Regan - Moving Closer 34 ONR - AMERICAN GODS 35 Gizmo Varillas - Losing You 36 Benin City - Final Form 37 Joshua Burnside - A Man of High Renown 38 Ten Tonnes - Lay It On Me 39 Toto - Hash Pipe 40 George Ezra - Pretty Shining People 41 Owen Denvir - Human Touch 42 Public Service Broadcasting - White Star Liner 43 Town of Saints - Up In Smoke 44 King Cedar - Hard Luck Anodyne 45 Seazoo - St Hilary Sings 46 Déjà Vega - Eyes of Steel 47 Straw Bear - Be Prepared 48 De Staat - KITTY KITTY 49 Son of The Hound - The Also Rans 50 Hugh Jackman - The Greatest Show
December 31, 20186 yr loving the Confidence Man, George Ezra and Presets tracks in the top ten! i hadn't heard Snow Patrol's new album but Life On Earth was easily the best single from it
January 1, 20196 yr Gymnasium was another great UP discovery, if it was you who sent it (we still haven't got results :o ) Starcrossed Losers was a big his in my Personal Chart and will be high up in my End of Year as well, nice to see I Hope You're Happy and 14U+14ME here as well!
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