The Tildes Best of 2020 Music Dropbox - please bookmark, or ignore
I sense some folks are chomping at the bit so let's get this party started.
Think of this thread as a gigantic pile of records. This is our pile - there are many like it, but this one is ours. Don't waste a second worrying about what anyone else thinks. Got a record, even an EP that you've been spinning since it dropped? Find some random album from a /mu/ sharethread that blew your hair back? Throw it on the pile. Tracks for the stacks, just keep dropping them in the comments. If it's enough for you to spin repeatedly or to buy, it's worth sharing.
Stick to one comment per album, so that each album can be voted on individually. All we need is the artist and album name, brief/generalized genre tag (folk, metal, rock, indie, etc) and a listening link. Oh, and just a short sentence-to-paragraph size plug telling us what you're digging so much about the record. No need to go all war-and-peace on it, listening is always better than reading. ;)
Don't forget to name a favorite track (or two, three) from the record so the rest of us can easily dip a toe in.
No singles as top level comments. I'll leave a special comment below (mark it as joke/noise to keep it at the bottom) and you can drop your singles in there. The circumstances around covid-19 have lead to an absolute glut of singles coming out this year, even from artists who don't usually bother. I have a hunch it's worth keeping track of this year.
What we need here is albums, ears, and votes. We've got two months until the next thread, these things are best done slow so people can fit the listening time with their schedules. Dust off your favorite listening nook and make a date with some excellent albums, you might even feel better. :)
Bookmark this post if you plan to keep tossing albums in over the next two months. Also bookmark it if you want to comment and vote on the albums, find the best. We need all the ears we can get, and there is no such thing as layman opinions in music - you know what you like and that's all you should think about when voting.
Ignore it if you don't, because this thing is going to bump a lot as it builds.
If the album is on Bandcamp then that's the preferred stream source. If it isn't, then go with whatever streaming link floats your boat. You'll find most albums are on youtube (as playlists) this year due to their progress replacing google play music with youtube music. Hardly ideal listening with all the ads, but it is the most accessible to people who aren't paying for streaming services.
Right now this is more about building the library than it is about voting and vetting on the posts. We'll have another thread for that during the first week of December, and to collect late releases. The goal is to get the final set up as nice easy-to-consume playlists on most streaming services, and that's a job for late December, not right now.
When voting - upvote if you dig it, simple as that. If after listening, you think it's epic as hell and should be at the top of the list (a must-listen pick) then hit it with your exemplary token and thank the folks who brought you all the shiny gems to brighten up this wreck of a year.
2020 releases only, of course. Some albums may have been released in 2019, then pulled down and re-released in 2020. Those are just fine too since we didn't do one last year. Generally best to err on the side of inclusion.
Thanks for putting this together, @Amarok! I wasn't expecting it to launch this soon but I'm excited that it did! I'm going to listen through my own collection of 2020 purchases over the coming weeks and add the ones I feel are most valuable here.
Also, I should mention that your positive, inclusive, and affirming attitude towards this process and people's tastes is a breath of fresh air. My preferences have never really aligned with critical consensus, as I lean very heavily towards pop (yes, it's probably a gay thing). I've had to step away from or just outright avoid of a lot of online music discussions and hangouts on account of the gatekeepy, paternalistic attitude I often get towards what I like, so I very much appreciate that you're welcoming all tastes with open arms.
One of the best things you can ever do for yourself as a music lover is get over genre bigotry. Usually, something has to box your ears from so far outside of left field that it leaves you stunned for that to happen, and then it gets easier not to care about details like the style. I can thank the album I picked my handle from for doing that for me way back in college.
People always say things like 'I hate country' or 'Rap is crap' - that's your stereotypical edgy teen listener who is just growing a pair of ears. You'll sabotage yourself less if you think 'I haven't heard any country I like yet' and leave open the possibility that sometime, one you like may find you.
Sure thing, I think you just volunteered to be it!
Definitely. Submitting something to this thread is the strongest vote there is. :)
The scores should take a back seat to completeness in my opinion. There's no artifial cutoff of 10 or 50 here like with most music publications. Think of it more like a pass/fail system, and exemplary tokens are getting an A+ and gold star on your final exam. Exemplary means if someone asks you for the name of a great 2020 album, it'd be on your own short list for best of the year.
Here's a quick post generator I made in Sheets. Definitely not amazing, but it'll quickly pull the meta data, links and allow us to mark the tracks we want to feature.
The Totally Hot Singles of 2020 Dropbox
Leave 'em as replies to this comment. No need for reviews. Think of this like a gigantic community playlist.
Metal
Gorillaz
(Song Machine is shaping to hopefully be a great album)
Indie
Pokey Lafarge - Rock Bottom Rhapsody
Hot Jazz / Swing / Country / Blues / Americana
This slice of roots music is on my short list for album of the year. I'm getting Tom Waits vibes from Pokey and I love everything about that. I'd pick a favorite track except they all kick so hard there's no point. This is one of the albums where it's best to just click play and let it take you away, start to finish.
The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers
Recommended tracks:
This is a bit of a slower burn than their debut -- less immediately catchy but with more that grows on you over time. I think the whole thing is great, but I feel the back half is where it really soars. The three tracks I chose are the last three on the album, and I feel they are a good audio summary of the different styles of songs that The Beths do well.
LOVED this album. It was constantly unexpected and left me with a huge grin
I found her from the short videos she makes. The music is pretty good. Old music videos are more pop, like Interweb. I lost interest after the Mars Argo controversies (not right place to discuss that). Didn't know of the new album, thanks.
You are right we shouldn't get too into the Mars Argo thing too much, but you may be interested to know that Poppy fired Titanic Sinclair before this album came out and there were implications of allegations that he did largely the same thing he did to Mars to Poppy.
This album has a track that seems to be about the Mars situation, Anything Like Me, seems to be Poppy singing some stuff from Mars perspective and some from her own. And Bite Your Own teeth appears to be a break up song, as "bite your own teeth" is a line from Titanic's favorite poem, and is being said back to him mockingly.
Alan Braufman - The Fire Still Burns
Braufman's first album, Valley of Search, was a cult classic of the '70s NYC experimental loft jazz scene. It would be 45 years until the followup, and it was worth the wait. Braufman leads a quintet full of fire, alternating beautiful melodies and screaming free jazz energy. Braufman's long-time musical partner Cooper-Moore returns on piano from the original album, and second saxophonist James Brandon Lewis matches Braufman's intensity note for note.
tracks: Any. They're all great.
Chip Wickham - Blue To Red
Wickham is an expatriate from the famed London modern jazz scene, now based in Madrid. His solo albums owe much to the spiritual jazz of Alice Coltrane, with his flute wailing over layers of harp, electric piano, percussion and cosmic vibes.
Tracks: Blue To Red, Route One, Interstellar
Quin Kirchner - The Shadows And The Light
A diverse drum-heavy collection of modern jazz from the fertile Chicago scene, led by the fantastic drummer Quin Kirchner. Covers of Sun Ra and Elvin Jones mixed with Kirchner's originals make for a sonic journey of groove and musical freedom.
Tracks: At This Point In Time, Moon Vision
Kahil El'Zabar's Spirit Groove ft. David Murray
An aptly named album from percussionist Kahil El'Zabar, an elder statesman of the Chicago scene. Atmospheric groove oriented spiritual jazz. El'Zabar has a light and tasteful approach to percussion, leading to a spacious, airy sound. El'Zabar also sings, but the main voice is really the saxophone of jazz legend David Murray, who only gets better with age.
Tracks: Katon, Songs Of Myself
Man, this one really got me. Absolutely fantastic
Omer Avital - Quantar: New York Paradox
Israeli-born bassist Omer Avital leads a band of fellow Israeli transplants in New York. Nice agressive acoustic jazz, grooving hard throughout.
Track: Shabazi, It's All Good (Late 90's), Bushwick After Dark.
(Note: full album not available for streaming on Bandcamp. Youtube playlist is here.
Ok, everyone, last call for submissions. I'm about to start the process of collating all of these (and many more from other threads around the internet) into the bestof.
Any albums you have are welcome, and don't worry about having too much or too little of this or that genre. If it's a good record that's all that matters, in any genre. If we're heavy on Jazz or Metal, so be it, I'll make up the difference.
Also, now that we're past Jan 1st, all of the major music publications have their bestofs out as well. I'd appreciate any links people have to those bestofs or to any big forum threads covering this year's music. I can mine them all for content and present a big nexus of links to other lists. Share any you've got, even if it's just a /mu/ or reddit or twitter thread.
Should I make this a new post, I wonder?
Yes, probably. It will be hard for people to notice this comment in a thread that's over three months old.
I probably should have offered this long ago, but depending how involved of a process you want to make it, we could also even set up a temporary ~music sub-group where we could have an individual topic for each album.
Eh, save that for next year. I'm quite used to dealing with information scattered all over the place, bestofs are always a messy affair. I'll put up a last call topic in a little while.
This was a pretty good album, but really fell off from their previous output. Worlds Apart was basically my idea of a perfect deathcore album. It was a perfect blend of their original sound with a more accessible song writing and production. I think if I had never heard Worlds Apart, I would probably like this a lot more. I would say probably the weakest stuff is Sean's clean singing, which wavers from bad Chester Bennington rip-off to just flat out second hand embarrassment inducing.
But I can't deny I've spun it a lot, 26 times according to my play counter. Definitely one of my favorites of the year even if I am pretty hard on it.
I know exactly the part you're talking about. That album just delivers on so many levels. Think I'll probably listen to it again tonight lol
Dogleg - Melee (Spotify, Youtube)
Emo / Kind of Punk
Released March 13, 2020
Sample - Wartortle
This is more of punky aggresive emo record, there isn't too much of the twinkly midwest emo influence. This is the first LP of the band, they previously had 2 great EPs, both of which I greatly enjoyed so I was very much looking forward to them releasing this. Great album from start to finish.
Oh, man. This is exactly what I was listening to like fifteen years ago. I should have figured people were still making music like this today, but I was still surprised at how fun this nostalgic look back at emo, post-punk type music was.
This is such a great step forward for In Hearts Wake. I remember trying to get into these guys with Earthwalker and Skydancer and they never quite stuck. But this one actually hits really well. The riffs feel more rhythmic in this, something you can groove to or just full out head bang. I think they occasionally slip more into hard rock mode rather than hardcore here, which feels a little out place. But can't deny it feels a little bit like Nothing More, which is not a bad place to be.
Ray Suhy - Lewis Porter Quartet - Transcendent
An unlikely partnership between death metal guitarist Ray Suhy and jazz pianist Lewis Porter. Suhy is way more than just a metal guitarist, improvising with comfort and inspiration in a variety of jazz settings. This quartet (with Brad Jones on bass and super drummer Rudy Royston) explores modal post-bop a la Coltrane and groovy Metheny-style fusion.
Tracks: Mr. Tyner, Determination
The Sorcerers - In Search Of The Lost City Of The Monkey God
The London jazz scene strikes again, this time with a pretend soundtrack to a non-existent movie. Imagine a jungle adventure scored with tracks from early '70s "library music" compilations. Very groovy stuff.
Tracks: Sacred Sacrament, Summoning the Monkey God
Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
Recommended tracks:
I might be jumping the gun on this, as I just started listening to it after seeing it in Bandcamp's official Best Of list a few days ago, so I can't speak to its staying power or anything. Nevertheless, it grabbed me immediately and I've been enjoying it thoroughly since. There's something simple and satisfying about it -- good beats, good sounds. It's wonderful through good headphones -- like a massage for your brain.
This was one of my faves as well. I love the John Cale feature.
Unleash The Archers - Abyss
(full album on Youtube)
Melodic Power Metal / Progressive Rock / Deathcore
The Archers are short one bassist this year and make up for it with a dash of electronic influences that are giving me 70s flashbacks. Absolutely relentless, and refreshingly not the speed-for-speed's sake mindset that throws composition and nuance out the window. For a toe dip look no further than the opener, Abyss and the banger, Faster Than Light. This is a story/sequel to their first big album, Apex (2017) which is also excellent.
So I went to find this in Apple Music and I saw it has it tagged as released in 2006. But then I saw you also have it listed as a 2006. I believe this thread is supposed to be 2020 releases only.
ha. That's so true. I'll ditch it. I misread it all.
I'll post some NEW HOT GEMS soon.
Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA
Recommended tracks:
Pop with panache. Catchy, energetic, and covers a lot of ground, with nearly every track able to stand well on its own. Also I absolutely love Sawayama's portrait for the album art.
This is great so far! Can't vote for it yet because it feels wrong to vote for something I haven't fully listened through a couple of times (and at 4+ hours it's going to take me a couple of sittings even just for a first listen), but initial impressions are very positive. This is a definite buy for me on the next Bandcamp Friday.
Bought this the past Bandcamp Friday and have been listening through it ever since. It's too long to parse as an album but I've just been shuffling it and keeping it on in the background while I work, and it's wonderful. Great energy and vibe. I've now enjoyed it enough to vote for it here, and I'll probably pick up art of rally at some point based on the strength of this alone.
Great find, Bauke!
pretty electronic pop music :
Pop Music / False B-Sides II by Baths
love the sounds this guy incorporates into his music and, for someone who started simply making beats, his lyrics are pretty poignant/profound.
pretty ambient electronic/vocal music :
Healing Is A Miracle by Juilanna Barwick
barwick's music is like a massage for your mind. just close your eyes and listen.
This is on my sleep playlist. It's rich and relaxing, and its bass hits don't come through on my crappy Bluetooth sleep headphones, so I don't have to worry about their power disturbing me as I drift off.
On good headphones though, the sonic texture is incredible. The reverb and layering makes it feel like you're inside of a cave.
"In Light", with Jonsi, is so good. This definitely gets a vote from me.
o, ya. She has definitely been getting bigger/deeper (with regards to sound (and I suppose song composition)) in her more recent albums, so I can imagine that being a little jarring if it comes through while sleeping! Her first two are a lot more placid and work better for sleeping, in my experience.
This was the first album I listened to (and the my first listen of it) when I got new headphones, walking around Pico-Union during golden hour. a quasi-religious experience! I've seen her live a few times... I'm always left entranced.
Magdalena Bay - A Little Rhythm and a Wicked Feeling
Recommended tracks:
Pop perfection. Each track is tighly crafted, well produced, and endearingly catchy. Fun, light, dancey, with some mellower moments that still land. This EP is some much needed brightness and levity in an otherwise heavy and depressing year. All credit on this one goes to @Deimos who introduced me to it months ago. I've had it on repeat ever since.
The Chats - High Risk Behaviour
Punk Rock // Pub Rock
These lads are the best fucken thing to come outta queensland ever. They're basically the new AC/DC and when things open up again they are all you'll hear at the footy and your local.
Best track: 'Pub Feed' because man I just wanna go to the pub smash a parma and sink pints with mates all night long.
Note: 'Pub Feed' was rerecorded for this album and has a rippa music video
This is a lot of fun. I really didn't get AC/DC vibes at all. Much more The Ramones and Bad Religion, which are two absolute favorites of mine. Good share.
Sure that's true, they don't sound much the same. But to me they capture the same larrikin spirit.
If you want more AC/DC, check out 42 decibel https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eKmX1FzhvDY
Oooo, I love me some PRR. Thanks for sharing that one, if it's up to their previous output it'll be a prog rock masterpiece. <3
It's great. I don't listen to prog much but I do like Pure Reason Revolution.
They're great at writing melodies, and I love that the two vocalists sing almost the entire album together in unison. It gives the vocals an interesting texture.
It also feels like they peppered the album with musical easter eggs for fans. It's been quite a while since I've listened to PRR's musical output so I can't quite pick them out definitively, but there are a number of points on Eupnea where I'm reminded of specific moments from their earlier stuff, especially The Dark Third. I haven't sat down and tried to trace them out, but I see them as the band giving tiny nods to their older work.
Nicolas Jaar has released three magnificent albums this year, one of which is under his Against All Logic Alias.
Against All Logic -- 2017 - 2019
electronic / house / idm / experimental
Jaar's approach to house music produces bold, dirty, yet danceable bangers. Some of the tracks veer into experimental territory that make them unsuited for parties, but they are wonderful in their own right and only complement the more traditional tracks.
Favorite track: Fantasy
Nicolas Jaar -- Cenizas
electronic / experimental
This record is gorgeous and deserves close listening. Jaar mixes synths, samples, piano, and bass clarinet to create an expansive & emotional soundscape. Every noise feels carefully crafted.
Favorite Track: Mud
Nicolas Jaar -- Telas
electronic / experimental
Where Cenizas was close and intimate, Telas is ascendant and turbulent. The four tracks each clock in at over 10 minutes and build interweaving themes that lead to unexpected, awe-inspiring sights. In my opinion, this is his best work yet.
Favorite track: Telahumo
Nicolas Jaar rules. Didn't realize he released so much this year!
House of Waters - Rising
Recommended tracks:
This is a 3-piece band consisting of a percussionist, a bassist, and a hammered dulcimer player. The hammered dulcimer leads the compositions and has a fantastically unique and interesting sound. It's harp-like, but without evoking that stereotypical "angelic" sonic quality that harps have. Furthermore, the instrument is often played incredibly rapidly but, because of its lightness, it doesn't make the music feel frantic. On the contrary, this album actually has a great groove. It's very kinetic but very calm at the same time -- quite unlike anything else I've heard.
J. H. Gurag -- Introspection / Migration
avant-folk / experimental / fingerpicked guitar
This is cosmic acoustic guitar: where talented playing meets a psychedelic sensibility. If you like Sun City Girls, John Fahey, or classical guitar, you might like this album.
Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong; All platforms
Recommended tracks:
This is the latest album from Bombay Bicycle Club. I think people may be familiar with some of their other work, their other albums that I usually recommend are the debut I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose, and So Long, See You Tomorrow. I also find it especially funny that this album is called "Everything Else Has Gone Wrong" and it was released in January, right before things got a lot worse.
Angela Muñoz - Introspection
Recommended tracks:
Very classic sounding R&B that's simple but well-done, and showcases Muñoz's singing nicely. The producer Adrian Younge also started the promising Jazz is Dead series this year as well.
Rejoicer - Spiritual Sleaze
Recommended tracks:
Extremely chill LP with a nice mix of ambient and grooving instrumentals with some great features.
Protomartyr - Ultimate Success Today
Recommended tracks:
A very dear band to me. Protomatyr hasn't put out a bad album yet and they keep find interesting ways to iterate on their sound, from the pure raw punk of No Passion All Technique to the much more textured yet still aggressive Ultimate Success Today. I don't know how exactly to describe it, but the songs on here just feel important. It helps that Joe is pretty masterful at making acerbic socio-political commentary without veering headlong into cliche or didacticsm as some bands are wont to do.
Thaehan - Mekatsune
A popcorny, electronic, chiptune carnival.
I found the album earlier in 2020, released Feb 29 but only just discovered this post.
It's just so zingy and zany, with a lot of tunes that got me through a lot of the tedium this year.
Check out
Chapo ChapoorGoblinsto see if you like the style.Biscuits & Gravy - Young Love
Recommended Tracks:
This is the bands second (and at this point last) album, but to me it's a great mix of more funky jazz music and hip-hop. The group is a bunch of guys out of Boston, MA. I would highly encourage people check out their first album Hello Weekend as well. At this point I'm not sure they've got any more music coming, but everything they have put out I've really enjoyed.
Nightwish - HUMAN || NATURE
Symphonic Metal / Operatic Metal / Classical / Tribal
Edgar Allen Poe's metal band - this time with more Lord of the Rings than ever before. This is the best album they have ever released, it's not even close. It's got all the power and passion and scope of a musical written for Mozart's day back in Vienna. Nightwish has gone full classical and it's wonderful. The first track, Music, is just where to start. For another, try the banger, Tribal which is going to bring down the stadium when they finally get to play it live at Wembley. It's a grower, it sinks in and won't let you go.
This is the album Eru Ilúvatar was jamming to before the dawn of time.
Fire-Toolz - Rainbow Bridge
post-vaporwave / metalcore / jazz fusion
Recommended tracks:
Rainbow Bridge is a fascinating mix of genres that, until I listened to Fire-Toolz, I did not imagine could exist well together. Though it is abrasive at times, the skilled production ensures nothing is too harsh and gives the listener plenty of space to observe the contrasting sonic textures the album explores.
The Night Flight Orchestra - Aeromantic
Hard Rock / Classic Rock
Definitely check out:
This is probably my happiest musical discovery of 2020. Full on 80's-style classic rock with huge, catchy choruses, loads of synths, and unnecessary guitar solos. It's bags of fun.
Greyhounds - Primates
Rock / Soul / Blues / Funk / Psychedelic
I can't pin down why I find this group so much more satisfying than their contemporaries. Thicker wall of sound, more mature songwriting. Most soulful blues is a bit too syrup, this is pure gravy. Absolute legends in my book, and criminally unknown. For a dip, Tune In is one of their best tracks to date. Try out Pick Up The Phone too.
Sonny Cleveland - Gold
Soul / Rock / Blues
An artist so obscure he hasn't even got a discogs page, but he's got that 60s soul sound in spades. Honestly one of the best out there right now for this sort of music. His albums are short (barely EPs) but they all come packed with music that would have charted like a bullet back in the old days. I'd recommend specific tracks but since the record is so short and solid this is another 'just click play' pick from me.
Winterfylleth - The Reckoning Dawn
Black Metal
It's huge and atmospheric. Lotsa crunchy texture; an ocean of sound. Very easy to lose yourself in, meditating or running or something.
Check out the first track, 'Misdeeds of Faith'
Auroch - Stolen Angelic Tongues
Death Metal
Fucking disgusting, filthy, technical but not wanky. Just how I like my death metal. Riffs on riffs on riffs, with atmosphere and serious composition and dynamics. I loved their previous album 'Mute Books' so much (as recommended by Radio Fenriz rip). It's all dark and kinda has cosmic black metal edges. Really gets ya blood pumping.
Dive into 'Hideous New Gods'.
Skeleton - Skeleton
Black Metal 1982 style
Chugging and thrashy. Hearkens back to classic Venom/Bathory/Celtic Frost stuff. But maybe a bit more NWOBHM. It's just really fun.
Try 'Ring of Fire'
Sepulchral Curse - Only Ashes Remain
Finnish Death Metal
They're Finnish. It's gonna be awesome. This time they're doing straight up death metal, largely dropping the black metal elements of their earlier stuff. This is ok because RIFFS. Endless riffs. It just shreds aye.
Can't beat that first track 'From Within the Bowels of the Earth'
Thy Catafalque - Naiv
Avant-garde // Experimental metal
Man this one is so much fun too. It's just an eclectic blend of styles but the composition is so strong it just all works so damn well. It's impossible to describe or compare to anything else. It has to be experienced.
My fav is 'Tsitsushka'.
Blood and Sun - Love & Ashes
Folk
But like heathen folk but also kind americana? Lush, passionate, sincere are the sorts of adjectives thrown around this sort of thing. It's beautiful and makes my heart sing.
I couldn't stop listening to 'Madrone' when I first heard it.
Destroyer - Have We Met
Genre: Wikipedia says "Indie Rock"; I found an NPR article that also mentions disco, new wave, and smooth jazz.
Probably not the easiest introduction to my favourite musician (maybe that could be Kaputt or Rubies), but of course I recommend it.
Track: try The Man in Black’s Blues.
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
Recommended tracks:
This was my introduction to Phoebe Bridgers, and I listened to the album mostly because I liked the color and composition of its (amazing) cover art. The album is delicate and intimate, with straightforward songwriting that feels relatable and lived. There are lots of interesting lyrical moments ("you called me from a payphone / they still got payphones") and modern, often technological references that contrast nicely with the album's more folksy feel (she mentions satellites, drones, chemtrails, etc.).
Floral Tattoo - You Can Never Have a Long Enough Head Start
Emo / Indie Rock / Shoegaze-y / Noise Rock-y
Released 3 January 2020 (that's a long time ago)
Sample - Life in Color
When I first heard this album, and even after listening to it a few times, I felt that it's good but not amazing. I still kind of feel that way, but through the whole year I kept coming back to it, very very often. It's just very nice to listen to. It might be my most listened to 2020 album. If you like artists like Car Seat Headrest or any of the Emo Revival stuff, I think you might like this one.
There are a lot of amazing tracks on this album - Life in Color, the sample I have selected, is an amazing first track, it really bangs and sets the mood for the album. Most of the tracks are at least ok, the middle of the album gets a bit weaker for me, but it's still definitely not bad. The penultimate track with the last track are the highlight for me. The final track, (My Life Fell Apart This Year), always hits really hard when I listen through the whole album. And listening through the album as a whole is really important for me, it just isn't the same if I don't. It probably isn't that amazing of a song by itself, but it pretty much always sends shivers all over my body, it's a really good closing track.