Albums of the Decade - 64. Six Organs Of Admittance - Burning The Threshold (2017)

64. SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE - BURNING THE THRESHOLD (2017)
Posting a quick one-two here of folk, which as swift as a Ferrari one two in the days of Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barichello. Gotta hit up the Wikipedia here for a change:

"Six Organs of Admittance is the primary musical project of guitarist Ben Chasny. Chasny's music is largely guitar-based and is often considered new folk; however, it includes obvious influences, marked by the use of drones, chimes, and eclectic percussive elements"

It is a tres rich and balanced, meditative kind of folkoid - and I would give it the colour orange - but which shade? I am saying definitely not 5.1, 5.6 or 5.10 - perhaps 5.4, 5.15, 5.22 or 5.27 ;)

• 5.1Papaya whip
• 5.2Peach
• 5.3Light orange
• 5.4Apricot
• 5.5Melon
• 5.6Atomic tangerine
• 5.7Tea rose
• 5.8Carrot orange
• 5.9Orange peel
• 5.10Princeton orange
• 5.11UT orange
• 5.12Spanish orange
• 5.13Tangerine
• 5.14Coral
• 5.15Pumpkin
• 5.16Saffron
• 5.17Giants orange
• 5.18Vermilion (cinnabar)
• 5.19Tomato
• 5.20Syracuse Orange
• 5.21Bittersweet
• 5.22Persimmon
• 5.23Butterscotch
• 5.24Persian orange
• 5.25Alloy orange
• 5.26Burnt orange
• 5.27Bittersweet shimmer
• 5.28Jasper
• 5.29Tiger’s eye
• 5.30Brown

Records of 2014 - 49. Amen Dunes - Love

49. AMEN DUNES - LOVE

This is folk drenched in lilting vocals and makes me want to do mushrooms. Makes me wanna grow a beard. Makes me want to drink red wine. Makes me want to be autumnal. Makes me wanna start the day feeling uber-fresh like a crunchbag. Have you grown a blonde beard yet Lance?

Damon McMahon has done a hugely expressive thing here, hence the title and is far from stolid folk
like I'd make. If you're down for folk, get this. If you like reading this entry, get this. This is album number 3 for the artist and I look forward to more.

albums of 2012. - 27. Minotaur Shock - Orchard

27. MINOTAUR SHOCK - ORCHARD

Is this the best year ever for appropriately titled albums? Could well be. The organic nature to the folktronica is there for all to see and this stellar fifth effort from Bristol-based David Edwards is so autumnal that you could be making apple sauce in the kitchen and have the perfect accompaniment here.

Where Edwards was previsouly described as IDM, he's managed to shake off those shackles and the seeds have been sown. Excuse my cheesy cliches here but nature is cyclic and so is cliche. Justification enough? NO? Well if you're angry at my attitude, then listen to this instead and it'll put in the right frame of mind. With 10 tracks, and most over 5 minutes, you have something, in-depth, bullshit-free and as fresh as the wind blows. Gag me. No more cliche.

BEST PLAYED: When making apple sauce in the kitchen.