These days, everyone makes lists with “the best” of the year. We, here at Pink Motel Records, don’t believe in the term “best” when it comes to music, we believe in favourite. So, we decided to make a list with our favourite of the year.Here it comes, just some lists with our fave albums, songs and reissue of 2014!
albums
#1 Future Islands - Singles
Well, even though we’ve been fans for some years now, we have to admit that this was their year. With the release of their album “Singles” and their infamous Letterman performance of their song “Seasons”, Future Islands broke into the spotlight and actually got credit for their amazingly good job! This album is amazing, it has many (soon to be) classic songs like (of course) “Seasons”, the romantic “Like the Moon”, the personal “Lighthouse” and many more. We loved each and every song on this album and we trully believe that Samuel T. Herring is the frontman that our generation was waiting for so patiently!
#2 Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
What do we need to say about this album? It is so good and so fresh. Just like every new Damon Albarn album is, up to date, stylish and tasty!
#3 Beck - Morning Phase
Everytime Beck releases new music, the best thing to do is, get a couple of days off from your job, school or uni and get into his world! This is one of his most mature albums and one of his “softer” ones. It won’t change your life or the way that you listen to music (like some of his oldest ones) but, it is a really good album and it deserves to be in this list because it always made our day!
#4 The Raveonettes - Pe'ahi
They know how to make good albums and they never stop impressing us with their songwriting skills! Their greatest superpower is that they keep it classy no matter what.
#5 The Drums - Encyclopedia
They managed to get to our top 5 favourites because we love it when bands try hard to work on new sounds and succeed! The Drums took a darker approach even though noone would have bothered if they didn’t. “Encyclopedia” is not the easiest album but it has some amazing moments awaiting to be discovered.
songs
#1 Paul Orwell - Tell me Tell me
Already a classic! It’s just amazing and cool. Almost cooler than anything new out there!
#2 THE KVB - Heavy eyes
A Pink Motel Records favourite, The KVB released their EP “Out Of Body”
EP in June and since then “Heavy Eyes” is heavily played in our car and office!
EP in June and since then “Heavy Eyes” is heavily played in our car and office!
#3 The Soft Moon - Black
Dynamite. Can’t wait for the new album… Amazing…
#4 Mani Deum - Summer Ocean Death
They have just released their new album “When Beauty Ends” and we couldn’t help but fall in love with this amazing song! We couldn’t find a studio version of it so, we put this live performance which is pretty good too!
#5 Future Islands - Like the Moon
“And I wanted you to know
I was thinking about you
And you look like a rose
Especially, when I’m a long way from home”
I was thinking about you
And you look like a rose
Especially, when I’m a long way from home”
- Reissue of the year
Well, it has to be American Football’s 1999 debut (and only) album which came out again this year. There are four reasons why we chose this one.
1) Polyvinyl records is one of our favourite record labels which always puts out quality goods (records, cd’s, packages, cassette tapes, merch e.t.c.) and great music
2) We had never even imagined that American Football would re-release their album and reform to play shows again!
3) It’s a great album that was so underated and burried deep inside music industry’s closet.
4) Polyvinyl like we said above, did a great job with this one. It comes in two coloured vinyl’s which contain the record and some amazing rarities like live recordings, lost demos and many more. You can also buy it on CD and Cassette tapes which is always a big plus!
5) They finally made a video for this song! At the very same house, you know which house.
1) Polyvinyl records is one of our favourite record labels which always puts out quality goods (records, cd’s, packages, cassette tapes, merch e.t.c.) and great music
2) We had never even imagined that American Football would re-release their album and reform to play shows again!
3) It’s a great album that was so underated and burried deep inside music industry’s closet.
4) Polyvinyl like we said above, did a great job with this one. It comes in two coloured vinyl’s which contain the record and some amazing rarities like live recordings, lost demos and many more. You can also buy it on CD and Cassette tapes which is always a big plus!
5) They finally made a video for this song! At the very same house, you know which house.