Griefloss - Ruiner

1. Ruiner
2. Void
3. łłł
4. Chindi
5. Mouth of God
6. Charon

This is a brilliant black metal/shoegaze release with classic wretched BM vocals and some amazingly heartfelt cleans thrown in. Just enough variety and passion to make it one of my favorite albums of the year so far.

United States, 2014

Atmospheric Black Metal, Shoegaze

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Silent Whale Becomes A Dream - Canopy

1. Sweet Burning Melancholia
2. As Walking On Canopy
3. Before The Coming Sun
4. Panacea

Not an album from this year but I really wanted to share this. Some of the most soothing and calming yet amazing post-rock I've heard to date, I really love this album. Super slow buildups but awesome song writing keeps this album from being drawn out too long or feeling tiresome. Really snuck under the radar for a lot of post-rock fans and it's definitely one not to miss.

France, 2011

Post-Rock

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Bag of Bones - Third Dimension

1. Sacred Geometry
2. The Glare
3. Spit
4. As She Walked Away
5. Blue Moonlight
6. Techniques for Achieving Ecstasy
7. Purple Flowers
8. Reading Between Lines
9. Cold Hands
10. Woodcliff Lake
11. The Wisp
12. Rogue Encampment

Emotionally engaging and heartfelt Midwest Emo with a lot of Post-Rock elements. Also some spoken word poems and such similar to La Dispute and Listener, and the incorporation of some horns and other classic instruments serves this album well in setting the right tone, and what it's really all about in the first place. Emotion.

United States, 2014

Midwest Emo, Post-Rock, Slowcore

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Iselia - II: Dawn

1. World in Discord
2. Troubled Hearts
3. Footfalls
4. Light and Darkness
5. Truth Behind the Mask
6. Dark Premonition
7. Reawakened Memories
8. Eternal Bond

Great hardcore/screamo sophomore release from Iselia. The nice mix of emotional vocals and airy post-rock riffs creates just the right atmosphere. I'd say I probably like it much more than La Dispute's new album. 

United States, 2014

Screamo, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock

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Orcas - Yearling

1. Petrichor
2. Infinite Stillness
3. Half Light
4. Selah
5. Capillaries
6. An Absolute
7. Filament
8. Tell

Really stunning, dark, but beautiful second album from the duo Benoît Pioulard and Rafael Anton Irisarri, known as Orcas.

United States, 2014

Ambient, Dream Pop

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Baths - Ocean Death

1. Ocean Death
2. Fade White
3. Voyeur
4. Orator
5. Yawn

An awesome and interesting followup EP to 2013's 'Obsidian'! Wonderful cover art as well.

United States, 2014

Glitch Pop, Electronic

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Lantlos - Melting Sun

1. Melting Sun I: Azure Chimes
2. Melting Sun II: Cherry Quartz
3. Melting Sun III: Aquamarine Towers
4. Melting Sun IV: Jade Fields
5. Melting Sun V: Oneironaut
6. Melting Sun VI: Golden Mind

Germany, 2014

Shoegaze, Post-Rock, Atmospheric Sludge Metal

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