The Sandman Chronicles on Poplie Radio - 24/12/2017 - my top-20 albums of 2017

Blogovision 2017, no.1: LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

Standing on the shore, facing east

I can't feel you

Standing on the shore, facing east

Your impermanence

You're taking water

Listing lazily out of view

I remember when we were friends

I remember calling you friend

Lyrics from How Do You Sleep? by LCD Soundsystem

from their album American Dream

Blogovision 2017, no.02: Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister - Planetarium

And I am sorry

And all that I've known to be at peace

And I am desperate

You ran off with it all

And I am restless

And all that I've known to be of love

And I am gentle

You ran off with it all

And I am desperate

And all that I dream

Where do you run, where do you run to?

Lyrics from Mercury by

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

from their album Planetarium

Blogovision 2017, no.03: Tori Amos - Native Invader

We may just survive

If the Militia of the Mind

Arm against those climate blind

Desert Sister

I'll be breaking in

Desert Sister

To break you out

Knowledge sown in Gaia's bones

Lyrics from Up The Creek by Tori Amos, from her album Native Invader

Blogovision 2017, no.04: St. Vincent - Masseduction

Black saint, sinner lady

Playin' knockoff soul

A punk rock romantic

Slumped on the kitchen floor

Nuns in stress position

Smokin' Marlboros

Lolita is weeping

The bride is beautiful

Masseduction

Masseduction

I can't turn off what turns me on

Masseduction

I can't turn off what turns me on

Masseduction

I hold you like a weapon

Mass destruction

I don't turn off what turns me on

...Oh, what a bore to be so adored

Lyrics from Masseduction by St. Vincent, from her album Masseduction

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Blogovision 2017, no.05: The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir

Now you play the synthesizer

Don't be lazy now

Make it hiss like rattlesnakes

Or moo like a cow

Crash like a hundred marbles

Smashing on the floor

You can make a thousand sounds

Never heard before

This is how to play the synthesizer

Lyrics from '81 This Is How To Play The Synthesizer by The Magnetic Fields,

from their album 50 Song Memoir

Blogovision 2017, no.06: The National - Sleep Well Beast

I don't need you, I don't need you

Besides I barely ever see you anymore

And when I do it feels like you're only halfway there

Young mothers love me even ghosts of

Girlfriends call from Cleveland

They will meet me anytime and anywhere

The day I die, the day I die

Where will we be?

Lyrics from Day I Die by The National, from their album Sleep Well Beast

Blogovision 2017, no.07: Björk - Utopia

Imagine a future and be in it

Feel this incredible nurture, soak it in

Your past is on loop, turn it off

See this possible future and be in it

Hold fort for love forever

We're just momentary vessels

We're just carrying

Lyrics from Future Forever by Björk, from her album Utopia

Blogovision 2017, no.08: Fever Ray - Plunge

Slow motion thunderstorm

Having the story unfold

In time to understand

I wanna hold her hand

Doing just what I'm told

Back to five years old

You're lost and gone gone gone

We waited far too long

Lyrics from Mama's Hand by Fever Ray, from her album Plunge

Blogovision 2017, no.09: Perfume Genius - No Shape

Don't hold back, I want to break free

God is singing through your body

And I'm carried by the sound

Every drum, every single beat

They were born from your body

And I'm carried by the sound

Oh, ooh love

They'll never break the shape we take

Oh, ooh

Baby let all them voices slip away

Lyrics from Slip Away by Perfume Genius, from his album No Shape

Blogovision 2017, no.10: Kelela - Take Me Apart

saw your face

in my lane 

fall in love

everyday

you can chase it for the night

there's a place for you and Ι

Lyrics from LMK by Kelela, from her album Take Me Apart

Blogovision 2017, no.11: Amanda Palmer and Edward Ka-Spel - I Can Spin A Rainbow

Now they’re all gone but you’ve stayed 

The door is unlatched, but you are not afraid 

There’s a nice patch of straw and a comfortable cage 

The door is unlatched, but you’re not afraid 

There’s a nice patch of straw and a comfortable cage 

How they crowned you 

Weighted and drowned you 

How they made you numb 

No bandage around you 

I’ve found and unbound you 

Now how to make you run, run, run, run, run…

Lyrics from The Clock At The Back Of The Cage by Amanda Palmer and Edward Ka-Spel, 

from their album I Can Spin A Rainbow

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Blogovision 2017, no.12: Squalloscope - Exoskeletons For Children

where does your road rage go when there are no streets?

your Sunday best is my worst case scenario

clutter the floor with love, come on, cover it

let there be no space for this hatred to crash.

Lyrics from Clutter, by Squalloscope, from her album Exoskeletons For Children

Blogovision 2017, no.13: Camille - OUÏ

Lentement je suis devenue grande 

Et je viens à toi dans un roulement de hanches 

À mon arrivée un animal étrange 

Dépose un collier de perles sur mes tempes (fille à papa fille à papa) 

Lyrics from Fille À Papa by Camille, from her album OUÏ

Blogovision 2017, no.14: Ibeyi - Ash

He said, he said

He said, he said

"Do you smoke?

What's your name?

Do you know why I'm here?"

She was, she was

Innocent

Sweet sixteen

Frozen with fear

Whatever happens, whatever happened

We are deathless!

Lyrics from Deathless by Ibeyi, from their album Ash

Blogovision 2017, no.15: Ane Brun - Leave Me Breathless

In my life there's been heartache and pain

I don't know if I can face it again

Can't stop now, I've traveled so far

To change this lonely life

I want to know what love is

I want you to show me

I want to feel what love is

I know you can show me

lyrics from the song I Want To Know What Love Is 

by Ane Brun, from the album Leave Me Breathless

Blogovision 2017, no.16: SOHN - Rennen

It's obvious (Obvious)

The universe (Universe)

Is trying to tell me to let go

(Trying to tell me to let go)

I'm sorry but (Sorry but)

I've given up (Given up)

I've given up (Given up)

I've given up (Given up)

Lyrics from Rennen by SOHN, from his album Rennen

Blogovision 2017, no.17: Susanne Sundfør - Music For People In Trouble

And looking up at a heaven of fireflies

I can not help but marvel at the beauty before my eyes

Neck deep in black water

Swimming in the soil of your wasted oil

What it is, what it means

Lyrics from Mountaineers by Susanne Sundfør (feat. John Grant)

from her album Music For People In Trouble

Blogovision 2017, no.18: Feist - Pleasure

I fought my feelings and got in the way

Could've been easier like a decade of days

Projection, young marriage, lighting the stage

I wanted feelings, that got in my own way

Lyrics from Century by Feist, from the album Pleasure

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Blogovision 2017 - no.19: Tiny Magnetic Pets - Deluxe/Debris

sing for me, I'm coming home

Lyric from Semaphore, by Tiny Magnetic Pets, from their album "Deluxe/Debris"

Blogovision 2017 - no.20: Σtella - Works For You

around my neck there’s a rope 

sometimes you pull it and I start to choke 

is it a test for the girl 

who knows what it takes to be in your world 

so if you want, come collect...

lyrics from Come Collect, album Works For You by Σtella