So its season where we look back at the year that’s been to think was it really any good?
From game changing debuts, to instant classics from old favourites it really would be impossible to deny that 2013 has been a stunning year for music lovers.
And here are winners, a round up of the best music 2013 had to offer.
Peace - In Love
Arctic Monkeys - AM
Jake Bugg - Shangri La
From game changing debuts, to instant classics from old favourites it really would be impossible to deny that 2013 has been a stunning year for music lovers.
And here are winners, a round up of the best music 2013 had to offer.
Peace - In Love
Arctic Monkeys - AM
Jake Bugg - Shangri La
In Love - Peace
From the first psych guitar swirl In Love the debut offering of Birmingham’s Peace takes the listener on a rollercoaster ride through the heady heights of wild sex and toxic love. Perfectly recreating every desperate heart wrenching moment with each jangly note and crashing beat. From the dizzying heights (Higher than the Sun), to the crashing lows (Lovesick) it charts the dangerous paths of relationships, making you feel you’re not that alone. Its psychedelic almost eerie tone emulates the drug like hook of love; the sounds calming ebb and flow come surging power it dangerous uncertainty. With infectious tones and fierce reality who wouldn’t fall In Love with Peace?
From the first psych guitar swirl In Love the debut offering of Birmingham’s Peace takes the listener on a rollercoaster ride through the heady heights of wild sex and toxic love. Perfectly recreating every desperate heart wrenching moment with each jangly note and crashing beat. From the dizzying heights (Higher than the Sun), to the crashing lows (Lovesick) it charts the dangerous paths of relationships, making you feel you’re not that alone. Its psychedelic almost eerie tone emulates the drug like hook of love; the sounds calming ebb and flow come surging power it dangerous uncertainty. With infectious tones and fierce reality who wouldn’t fall In Love with Peace?
Shangri La - Jake Bugg
Shangri La, Jake Bugg’s follow up to 2012s self title debut shows the beginnings of a new direction for the 19 year old. While maintaining many of the qualities which made his debut distinctly his own, the raw honest lyrics, nasal tone and acoustic guitars Shangri La develops an increasingly rocky element . Opening track There’s a Beast and We All Feed throws you right into the deep end with rock and roll feel and powerfully punchy lyrics, all over in under 2 minuets, leaving you hungry for more! The rocky feel continues with singles Slumville Sunrise and What doesn’t Kill You delving you further into the album, with heavy guitar riffs and catchy beats. But he doesn’t stop there. For any lovers of Bugg’s country and acoustic side, gems Songs About Love and Simple Pleasures offer a calming rest bite from frantic defiance of the early tracks, showing an artist who can turn his talents to any topic he chooses. More attitudes, more power, more experience and more grit, who wouldn’t want more Bugg?
Shangri La, Jake Bugg’s follow up to 2012s self title debut shows the beginnings of a new direction for the 19 year old. While maintaining many of the qualities which made his debut distinctly his own, the raw honest lyrics, nasal tone and acoustic guitars Shangri La develops an increasingly rocky element . Opening track There’s a Beast and We All Feed throws you right into the deep end with rock and roll feel and powerfully punchy lyrics, all over in under 2 minuets, leaving you hungry for more! The rocky feel continues with singles Slumville Sunrise and What doesn’t Kill You delving you further into the album, with heavy guitar riffs and catchy beats. But he doesn’t stop there. For any lovers of Bugg’s country and acoustic side, gems Songs About Love and Simple Pleasures offer a calming rest bite from frantic defiance of the early tracks, showing an artist who can turn his talents to any topic he chooses. More attitudes, more power, more experience and more grit, who wouldn’t want more Bugg?
AM - Arctic Monkeys
If there’s one thing we have learnt about the Arctic Monkeys over the past 7 years its that they are never afraid to make an impact, and with the release of 5th album AM earlier this year they did just that. Taking influences from the whole musical spectrum from 70s rock to hip-hop the album saw the band creating a style which is distinctly their own. Oozing sex appeal, from the first pulsating base line to the final falsetto the album takes us on a sweeping journey through the dirty nightlife we all secretly crave. Parties, girls and booze something’s about the Monkeys never change, but now there’s an unashamed glamour and decadence, which makes the album a little more illicit and a lot sexier. One thing that has remained a constant throughout the Arctic Monkeys ever developing sound however is the wit and originality of Alex Turners lyrics. Stand out moments include “she’s got a helter-skelter round her little finger and I ride it endlessly” (Arabella) and “been wondering if you’re heart’s still open / and if so I wanna know what time it shuts" (Do I Wanna Know?) proving that for Turner making music isn’t just a job its an art form.
If there’s one thing we have learnt about the Arctic Monkeys over the past 7 years its that they are never afraid to make an impact, and with the release of 5th album AM earlier this year they did just that. Taking influences from the whole musical spectrum from 70s rock to hip-hop the album saw the band creating a style which is distinctly their own. Oozing sex appeal, from the first pulsating base line to the final falsetto the album takes us on a sweeping journey through the dirty nightlife we all secretly crave. Parties, girls and booze something’s about the Monkeys never change, but now there’s an unashamed glamour and decadence, which makes the album a little more illicit and a lot sexier. One thing that has remained a constant throughout the Arctic Monkeys ever developing sound however is the wit and originality of Alex Turners lyrics. Stand out moments include “she’s got a helter-skelter round her little finger and I ride it endlessly” (Arabella) and “been wondering if you’re heart’s still open / and if so I wanna know what time it shuts" (Do I Wanna Know?) proving that for Turner making music isn’t just a job its an art form.
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