Raphaelle Standell-Preston tackles the subject of slut-shaming with such eloquence and fierce confidence as she riffs on the double-standard that exists between the glorification of promiscuous men, versus the quick-to-judge negativity imposed upon women based on the way they look. Dom SinacolaĪlthough “Blondie” might very well be the most explosive track on Braids’ brilliant Deep In The Iris, the neo-feminist message within “Miniskirt”’s melancholy keys-into-core-rattling drums and bass rhythms make it one of the most important songs of the year. Like an animal who’s failed to find a decent mate, it curls up to wait-next year it’ll wake, and try to live all over again. Which is how “Control” moves: It bares itself slowly, deliberately, and then, with a long, rich sigh, quietly wraps in on itself as it loses steam.
Because he sounds naked, or at least as vulnerable as he would be without any clothes on, gyrating in front of you, attempting to keep his shit together as he bends his (incredible) voice around social queues and spiritual dilemmas with the quiet fervency of a man who maybe feels a little too much. “I want to move really slow … and while I dance can I tell you about control?” Welsh speaks in the language of permission, carefully and clearly, because this act is weirdly private: If you let him, he can tell you everything you’ll ever need to know about his body-how closely he regulates himself, guards himself, how strictly he holds his muscles to task for their every single twitch. In “Control,” Devon Welsh politely asks if he can for a moment show you something very important.
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And instead of validating the worn-out tenets of brostep, the song goes full Noah-at each chorus, the world is wiped clean, ready to be flooded, and then cleansed, again and again. It comes hard: When at each chorus the metaphorical floor falls out of the song, a flood follows. “Don’t forget the way she pushed the water inside,” James reminds, then later: “Knitting lace out of lashes powdered with ashes.” In her mouth, seduction isn’t all that far from violation-and in “flood on the floor,” there is no better way to represent that than with the “drop,” the secret weapon of all college-friendly dance pop.
Deep in the heart of some godforsaken den of iniquity, stowed away within the seediest bowels of an urban hellscape, “flood on the floor” must bleat away, dripping as it does with the ragga-bomb residue of EDM, of dorm room dubstep, of the deluge of feeling designer drugs can give you when waiting for that coveted “drop.” It’s seemingly a far cry from the pop the band’s put out before, if only because of that aforementioned “drop,” otherwise sumptuous with the kind of eviscerating imagery which singer Megan James so lovingly details in practically every song she touches. Purity Ring’s “flood on the floor” is the stuff of which mortal sin is made. “My day will come, if it takes a lifetime.” – Bonnie Stiernberg “I thought the highway loved me, but she beat me like a drum,” Isbell sings.
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Isbell’s increasing skill as a storyteller, and the natural affinity he has for melody, combine to make Something More Than Free a masterful piece of work.” That mastery is evident on “If It Takes a Lifetime,” an easy-sounding encouragement that things will all work out in the end, no matter how long it takes. That’s not to say his songs leave no trace. Danton wrote in his review of Jason Isbell’s Something More Than Free, “Isbell has over the years become a more patient lyricist, carefully honing his words into needle-sharp points that penetrate without making a visible mark. Jason Isbell – “If It Takes A Lifetime”Īs Eric R. Without further ado, here are the best songs of 2015. We limited the final results to one song per artist, which made for some interesting statistics-in particular it affected Father John Misty, who had no fewer than 8 different songs from I Love You, Honeybear nominated, which makes sense for our album of the year.Īs with the albums list, we hope this list of songs will be a jumping-off point for your own musical exploration and spark a healthy conversation about the best music of 2015. A ridiculous 302 songs were nominated by Paste editors, writers, freelancers and interns, exactly one more than last year’s 301, which feels like progress. As with our 50 best albums of 2015, arriving at a consensus for the 50 best songs is a long, demanding process.
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