For the past month, I've listened to a new album every day. The aim is to expand horizons and find good new music. Here's a short summary of what I liked. For a detailed look, the full list is at the bottom.

Top 5 Albums

Everything Now by Arcade Fire

Everything Now genuinely surprised me and overall was a consistent record with a few standout tracks, Signs of Life, Good God Damn, and Creature Comfort (which made it to my top 5, more on that later). Oddly enough the sound reminded me more of The Killers than what I remember from their earlier success with Funeral.

Obsidian by Baths

Overall I found Obsidian to be the most consistent album of the bunch. The music is powerfully depressing and human. Miasma Sky, No Eyes, and Earth Death stood out. The haunting atmosphere throughout makes this distinct among this month listens.

Pink Lemonade by Closure in Moscow

Pink Lemonade is a competent progressive rock record that's similar in flavor to acts like The Dear Hunter, Circa Survive, and Coheed and Cambria. I particularly appreciated the juicy tones on the guitar and lyrics on the record. A more conceptual tac is taken here from the other albums on this list. I liked Happy Days, Neoprene Byzantine, and The Church of the Technochrist. These tracks tended to dip into technofuturist themes that I've enjoyed since hearing 2112 by Rush.

Pixel Bath by Jean Dawson

First of two fairly innovative albums is Pixel Bath. While I appreciated Power Freak and Clear Bones, the main track I like out of this is 06 Burst. The back half of the album really carries here. Noisy bravado wins the day.

eel by torr

Finally, the album that appeals the most to my personal taste, eel. Overall I'm seeing emo going electronic. The use of acoustic guitar and electronic work together to get some soul and energy working together. From what I've seen artists in this vein are still fairly small but acts like midwxst, glaive, and alden seem to be having substantial success. I expect this genre to get a lot more popular.

Top 5 Tracks

99 by RILEY THE MUSICIAN

99 has powerful alt energy and I'm here for it. Youthful confidence over electric grooves makes a track built for driving fast with the windows down.

06 Burst by Jean Dawson

06 Burst is aggressive, crunchy, and properly arrogant. The tempo and lyrics are absolutely proper for walk out music. Definitely going to take the mantra of, "I don't keep score, I keep scoring."

Earth Death by Baths

Absolutely haunting atmospheric suffocation pulled into the earth. Listening to this I picture a man falling, catching glances of the circles of hell as he falls ultimately unto complete nothingness. The flame dies here.

leave by torr

Overall I really enjoy this EP with leave barely beating out dammit as my favorite track off it. Powerful alt vibes, this ain't no normcore party and I'm an emo kid forever. The more atmospheric lamentations of gifted kid syndrome leading into a spirit of desire and adventure gives a sense of grandiosity and hope.

Creature Comfort by Arcade Fire

Overall in this I'm trying to highlight what's good instead of some concrete ranking, but I found Creature Comfort to be the best track I listened to this month. "God make me famous, if you can't, just make it painless" is an absolute killer line and throughout the song the lyrics are fantastic. Everyone's lost and dealing with pain but still aspiring. Love to see it.

Wrapping Up

Daily new albums seems to have had the intended effect of expanding my music library. Writing about the experience is also good practice while dealing with a relatively straightforward topic. I intend to continue this practice into next month. When I started this, there wasn't the intention to make it a post, so in the future, a playlist will be included.

The Full List (in no order)

1. All Nighter Vol. 6 by FORM
2. Storybook by FORM
3. Civilisation by Kero Kero Bonito
4. Man on the Moon III by Kid Cudi
5. OMG I MADE IT by pronoun
6. CRASH by Charli XCX
7. Everything Now by Arcade Fire
8. Booster Pack by Ben Rosett
9. Blood Pressures by The Kills
10. Sketch by Scattle
11. Sarita by Dux
12. Montana by RILEY THE MUSICIAN
13. Generator by Vasudeva
14. eel by torr
15. Pixel Bath by Jean Dawson
16. Obsidian by Baths
17. RAZZMATAZZ by I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME
18. Spending Eternity in a Japanese Convenience Store by Forests
19. Kiss Yr Frenemies by illuminati hotties
20. Pink Lemonade by Closure in Moscow
21. limeade/closeenough by phritz
22. Pick U Up by Foster the People
23. Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers
24. Make it Sweat by King Garbage
25. Ash and Ice by The Kills
26. Love Your Neighbors by Your Neighbors
27. Okurimono by Hyakkei
28. alchemist rats beg bashful (remixes) by glass beach
29. Different Class by Pulp
30. all the spaces in between vol. 1 by ecotone
31. slow down, by wishlane