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Perfect Winter Albums

theescapedslave [Edit] [Delete] 34 replies 13:26, 23 January '12

The Unwound appreciation thread has got my thinking about Leaves Turn Inside You and how it is one of "those" albums...from start to finish something very special. IMHO a flawless collection of claustrophobic songs, consistent in tone, that build to the twin emotional peaks of Terminus and Below The Salt...the ultimate winter album

Whenever I think of Leaves Turn Inside You I am also drawn to three other similarly themed and similarly brilliant albums, namely:

Spiderland by Slint, I Could Live in Hope by Low, and The White Birch by Codeine.

All of these albums maintain a consistency of tone and quality throughout, that frame a peak, that complements what comes before and after rather than making the others look poor by comparison (Washer by Slint (other would probably say Good Monring Cap'n), Lullaby by Low, Ides by Codeine).

So I guess after that, what albums fit this sort of bill for ya'll?

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  • yeah totally, that record alone evokes many similar ones

    City of Caterpillar's self titled
    Loveless
    post-rock stuff, Mogwai, Explosions, Godspeed etc.

    Severed799 | 23 Jan '12, 13:51 | X
  • Bjork - Vespertine

    charliepanayi | 23 Jan '12, 13:51 | X
  • nothing to do with Unwound though

    I always find Clarity by Jimmy Eat World to be a pretty good example

    Severed799 | 23 Jan '12, 13:52 | X
  • OK Computer

    GibsonLesPaulCustom | 23 Jan '12, 13:57 | X
    • Kid A > OK Computer

      dacbo @GibsonLesPaulCustom | 23 Jan '12, 17:03 | X
      • To each their own

        Kid A is brilliant but OK Computer is a masterpiece.

        I also think Pablo Honey is one of their best albums, just to be controversial!

        GibsonLesPaulCustom @dacbo | 23 Jan '12, 18:30 | X
        • But OK Computer isn't wintery...

          If anything it's more summery. Kid A sounds wintery.

          Oissin_ @GibsonLesPaulCustom | 23 Jan '12, 20:10 | X
  • Midlake

    The trials of van occupanther
    or
    The courage of others.

    crosseyedsniper | 23 Jan '12, 14:36 | X
  • By The Cure...

    ...Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography.
    By Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles, Heaven Up Here and Porcupine.
    I like to imagine the early 80s as being permanently winterbound.

    pentargo | 23 Jan '12, 14:40 | X
    • Permanently winterbound- exactly

      Faith especially! Something about that gated snare sound is really bleak and lonely.

      I'll add Chameleons- Script of the Bridge to your 80s nuclear winter playlist if I may

      heartworms @pentargo | 23 Jan '12, 16:37 | X
      • You may indeed

        I almost included that myself :D

        pentargo @heartworms | 23 Jan '12, 17:10 | X
  • Darkthrone- A Blaze In The Northern Sky

    Nico- The Marble Index

    Nick Drake- Pink Moon

    Big ^this for Spiderland too

    heartworms | 23 Jan '12, 16:34 | X
  • Everything Damien Jurado has ever released.

    silverfoxqpr | 23 Jan '12, 16:41 | X
  • nothing like some Nils Frahm

    on a sunny, icy morning in winter

    Noblet | 23 Jan '12, 16:45 | X
    ignatz this'd this
  • Richard Skelton - Landings

    jimitheexploder | 23 Jan '12, 16:51 | X
    • The definition of perfection

      I wish the vinyl version wasnt so expensive :(

      E_H_Gombreak @jimitheexploder | 23 Jan '12, 17:01 | X
  • Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow

    PE Hewitt Jazz Ensemble - Winter Winds
    Gas - Pop

    E_H_Gombreak | 23 Jan '12, 17:02 | X
    Oissin_ this'd this
  • Hood

    Cold House and Outside Closer both fit the bill nicely

    karl | 23 Jan '12, 17:05 | X
    • ^this ^this ^this ^this ^this ^this ^this ^this ^this ^this ^this ^this ^this

      -dan- @karl | 23 Jan '12, 19:32 | X
  • Choose A Bright Morning

    by Jeniferever for those cold but still winter mornings.

    bigmitch | 23 Jan '12, 17:15 | X
  • first Fleet Foxes

    Lyrically and musically.

    funkycow | 23 Jan '12, 17:46 | X
    • jesus...

      couldn't disagree more...though i loath them no matter what the season.

      theescapedslave @funkycow | 23 Jan '12, 18:28 | X
      • Oh sorry, I should have said

        Seefeel - Succour
        The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
        Etc

        But seriously, FF really does feel wintry. It even has cute lyrics about snow. What's not to like?

        funkycow @theescapedslave | 23 Jan '12, 19:29 | X
        • haha..

          no probs...fleet foxes are just one of those nails on a chalk board bands for me...

          theescapedslave @funkycow | 23 Jan '12, 19:55 | X
  • Fennesz and Sakamoto - Cendre

    Tim Hecker - Haunt Me
    Johann Johannson - Englaborn
    Thomas Koner - Permafrost
    Zelienople - Give It Up

    sfajack | 23 Jan '12, 17:54 | X
    funkycow this'd this
  • The Sight Below - Glider

    Emanuele Errante - Migrations
    Sickoakes - Seawards

    Aereomuffin | 23 Jan '12, 18:42 | X
  • Echospace - The Coldest Season

    Sleep Research Facility - Deep Frieze
    Biosphere - Substrata

    DriftingSkeleton | 23 Jan '12, 18:50 | X
  • Ben Frost - By The Throat

    chadders | 23 Jan '12, 19:22 | X
    Luis_Carruthers and theescapedslave this'd this
  • For Emma Forever Ago..

    Also From a Basement on the Hill.

    dis-charge | 23 Jan '12, 19:27 | X
  • Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary

    Burzum - Filosofem

    Luis_Carruthers | 23 Jan '12, 19:46 | X
  • magazine - secondhand daylight

    funboy07 | 23 Jan '12, 19:52 | X
    Oissin_ this'd this
    • What an album

      I'll listen to it now :)

      Oissin_ @funboy07 | 23 Jan '12, 20:02 | X
  • Some great shouts

    I'll add

    Biosphere & Higher Intelligence Agency - Polar Sequences
    Lanterna - Sands
    Songs Ohia - Didn't It Rain
    Mark Mulcahy - Fathering

    and anything Mark Kozelek has ever put his name to

    couldbebrianmay | 23 Jan '12, 20:06 | X
  • Hex Enduction Hour

    I think "Winter" is the most perfect rendering of wintery-ness in music that I have ever heard. It doesn't sound like a romanticised version of winter, or a horribly hard winter, just ordinary British winter. But that sounds boring which it isn't in any way. And this version is one of the most perfect things ever recorded. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKI5NGFvCEQ
    The rest of the album always sounds very wintery to me as well, especially the opening riff of "Fortress/Deer Park" and "Who Makes The Nazis?"

    Oissin_ | 23 Jan '12, 20:06 | X
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