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Top 30 Albums of 2015
30. Los Kowalski - Sputnik EP
29. Aphex Twin - Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2 EP
28. Buick 6 - Plays Well with Others
28. Buick 6 - Plays Well with Others
26. Metric - Pagans in Vegas
25. Deerhunter - Fading Frontier
24. Dana Falconberry - The Lowering Night EP
23. Custard - Come Back, All is Forgiven
22. Chvrches - Every Open Eye
21. jennylee - Right On!
20. METZ - Metz II
19. Motherfucker - Confetti
18. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
17. Tame Impala - Currents
16. Wire - Wire
15. Low - Ones and Sixes
14. Death Grips - The Powers That B
13. Richard Thompson - Still
12. Alela Diane & Ryan Francesconi - Cold Moon
11. Erase Errata - Lost Weekend
10. No Joy - More Faithful
9. Battles - La Di Da Di
8. Lower Dens - Escape from Evil
7. Viet Cong - Viet Cong
6. Le Butcherettes - A Raw Youth
5. Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
4. Spectres - Dying
3. Pond - Man It Feels Like Space Again
2. Torres - Sprinter
1. Lady Lamb - After
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Custard - Come Back, All is Forgiven
Custard didn't announce Come Back, All is Forgiven until it was recorded and a few months away from release, which was smart; enough time to adjust to the reality that 2015 will see a new Custard album, but not enough to build up unreasonable expectations.
The first thing that struck me about Come Back, All is Forgiven was how much like Custard it sounds like, which wasn't a given after 16 years away from the studio. It's an older Custard, obviously, and sounds like it. While the familiar wit lingers in the lyrics, a certain world weariness has crept in, while musically, a lot of the immediacy has been traded in for a more slow burning approach. It's a trade-off, but a worthwhile one. A younger Custard simply couldn't have conceived "We Are the Parents (Our Parents Warned Us About") and "Get In Your Car" among others. More than one song on Come Back, All is Forgiven addresses 90s nostalgia, but the album is far from an exercise in it.
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