The No-Skip Album Vault

I think this is one of my more longer albums that I have on here, which I am surprised with because it's not usually the case where I am able to not skip a song within an album. I especially love the instruments used during this album and especially the lead singers vocal quality. It feels very wavery and screechy at times but it's so fun to listen to. The harmonies in this are also very brain satisfying to me, the songs being in the good middle of noise-filled but not complete noise.

Pang is one of those albums that I have great satisfaction in listening to every different sound that runs throught the album. I also just enjoy the continuing narrative of love that runs through the entire album, where the first part of the album deals with the lead up to a heartbreak, and the second half leads up to an intense love and joy coming back. It's a very cyclical album!

I literally have so many words for this album and also just a complete lack of words in order to describe it. Genuinely one of the top albums of this year, as it literally encapsulates all that Caroline has been working on throughout her sound journey. At first, I was worried that her newer music, from the singles that she released, would be not to my taste because they are more processed than her previous work. But no, this album actually takes me back to her Moth Chairlift days? It's just like an upgraded version of it and wow, I think if you love pop you absolutely need to hear this album! It's mandatory pop listening!

I recently fell back into listening to this album with no-skipping and I am in shock about how well this album holds up after it's release in 2019! It gives such a good scratch to the brain itch of noises needed, and it's pretty easy listening honestly! An overall fun and bright album that expands their use of samples and their very iconic vocals. Less electro-swing than their robot album, but the musical identity is still there!

You just had to be there when Lone Digger first came out. Jokes aside, this album really embodies the electro-swing era that 2015 kinda had, now that I think back on it! This is a solid album with a solid set of songs that just brings up the mood! Also this makes for really good car music to just put on and not think about skipping either.

An incredible 90s-esque R&B album that is sensual, soft and moving. This album is when you want to have a day all to yourself under the moonlight and with a bunch of nice smelling candles. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants a chill-out album that focuses on relationships and love.

My comfort album. I feel like this is peak Girlpool, and knowing that one of the singers is also a trans guy brings this album closer to my heart. This album not only is beautiful with their soft vocals against picky guitars and drums, but it also serves for me something to look forward to. Listen for the great guitar, stay for the powerful lyrics.

My first ever CD was for this album. Literally the most perfect album out there, if I am able to call anything perfect. It holds a lot of special memories for me, as well as having such a classic dreamy synth pop sound that molded my tastes for the rest of my life. Lights' voice is also in the same key as mine, so that was another reason why baby me absolutely loved this album. I know every single lyric to every single song as well as I am able to sing the entire album in one go. There is no other album like this. If you need some uplifting synth-pop, I highly recommend this album. Lights has grown as an artist and her sound has definitely matured since this album, but I think it still keeps a small part of The Listening with it.

The ultimate culmination of Alvvays sounds. It has the whole spectrum and it is such a refined version of their previous albums, all of which I adored. It's like they put all their sound in a blender and made an amazing smoothie. I simply love this album and listen through it all because it all fits coherently with each other. Simple!

No words for this album. It is meant to be listened through. Roar literally hit a homerun with this album. Every song relates to another song on the album, which makes my brain explode in 100 ways. I have this habit where when I listen to songs I tend to hum other songs that are in the same key or have the same melody because they are similar, so the fact that this album works off the concept of various motifs is so very satisfying to me!

I feel like Cape God embodies everything that I love in pop. The soft quality of her voice plus the various instruments she uses in this particular album are just my ultimate favourites. I don't really have much else to add other than I love its cool and muted quality! A stellar album with amazing synths and drum kits.

I decided that 2024 will be the year I listen to the newer Lights releases. I didn't keep up as a kid after her Siberia album (since I was a kid just heading into highschool) but wow...have I been missing out! Hearing her voice again after so many years is refreshing. I could never get bored of it. I really love the pop elements in this album and how very in the face it is! I'd describe this pop sound as one you listen to on a hot summer day with your windows down and ready to scream your lungs out! It's so bright and has soooo much to offer. It also has a wonderful interlude in the middle with melodious and chilled vibe tracks. Seriously, Lights has never sounded any more polished than in this album!

Had a period of time in the late spring where I was going through my old playlists...and I remembered that the bird and the bee existed again. They were my absolute favourites around 2015 - 2016 and sound just as good now, if not better! Their debut album perfectly encapsulates their sound and their infectious bedroomy pop vibes. Inara George's voice is INCREDIBLE and should be listened to just for that. This album is a clear crisp breeze of air with a lot of good earworms.

If their debut album was an amazing KO then this is their victory lap. I'm absolutely mind blown this was made almost a decade after their debut and it delivers everything it promises: fun, groovy headbopping soft pop. Negative skips on this one, you'll want every song on repeat at least once. Probably the album I would recommend to first time listeners of the bird and the bee.

Atmospheric and textural! This one leans more lyrical emo with a soft edge to it, but also involves yelling at times! Genreblending and fun, you'll definitely enjoy it if you like long guitar riffs and power singers! Everything Everything adjacent!