Refuge in music: the top albums of the month
Jive to FHM’s Top 5 music albums of September. There’s something for everyone, every mood and every split in your personality.
High – Royal Headache
Genre: Punk Rock
This is the second album from the punk rockers of Australia, and holds tight to all the things that made the first one so satisfying, while adding some new wrinkles that only serve to improve things. What stands out is the honest, torn-from-his-throat vocal of Shogun that is no longer buried in the mix. It stills holds on to the blast of furious noises and thrilling clatter, but only with tremendous restrain.
Wild Ones – Kip Moore
Genre: Country
Wild Ones is Springsteen-style rock that reaches for the stadium’s nosebleeds, a perfect follow-up on his solid 2012 Up All Night. Largely moving away from the slow-burning, sometimes brooding arrangements of his debut, Moore grips a significantly more upbeat instrumentation by the horns in this latest release.
Bang 3 – Chief Keef
Genre: Drill Music
Chances are you will cringe at the mention of Chief Keef in the list, for he’s been the forerunner in the neither-here-nor-there category of rappers. But this one stands out. It’s the work of a mature rapper and songwriter, putting the skills he developed over several years spent branching out stylistically, to good use.
Death Magic – HEALTH
Genre: Electro, Noise Rock, Pop
After a spell of six years in dormant gestation, the Los-Angeles-based wild beasts have come out with a logical progression of their previous rattling shrieks. Their creative sound design finds a variety of styles, even bordering on melodic pop-like tunes, however the band’s inherent nihilism remains seething under the surface.
From the September 2015 issue of FHM India.
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