Albums of 2014: half-year list

Well, my intention to blog every month went by the wayside somewhere during the first half of 2014. Fortunately for me that hasn’t stopped the amazing music coming and even more fortunately I have been keeping a note of it elsewhere.

I meant to publish this list around July but that intention also went awry so here, on a dreary August bank holiday is (finally) a list of the best albums I’ve had the pleasure and honour of hearing, all released in the first half of the year.

They are presented in no particular order of preference from me and I’ve linked to my review on Louder Than War where I’ve written about them.

1. Egg Hell – Once Part of a Whole Ship
2. Gruff Rhys – American Interior
3. Simone Felice – Strangers
4. Blank Realm – Grassed Inn
5. Let’s Wrestle – Let’s Wrestle
6. Hatcham Social – Cutting Up the Present Leaks Out the Future
7. Hospitality – Trouble
8. Ed Harcourt – Time of Dust (mini album)
9. Bird – My Fear and Me
10.  Ghost Twins – Never Fear Total Failure
11. Gold Codes – Gold Codes
12. Dean Wareham – Dean Wareham
13. Lapland – Lapland
14. Secret Colours – Positive Distractions 1 & 2
15. Patterns – Waking Lines
16. Lakefield – Swan Songs (mini album)
17. East India Youth – Total Strife Forever
18. Brian Jonestown Massacre – Revelation
19. Martha – Courting Strong
20. The Horrors – Luminous
21. Latimer House – All the Rage
22. Keel Her – Keel Her
23. You Blew It! – Keep Doing What You’re Doing
24. Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
25. Ava Luna – Electric Balloon
26. Peggy Sue – Choir of Echoes
27. Vulkano – Live Wild Die Free
28. Biscuit Mouth – Doing It Right and Doing It Well
29. Lorelle Meets the Obsolete – Chambers
30. Jimi Goodwin – Odludek

What have you heard in 2014 that is good? Leave me a comment or find me on Twitter.