Whitehorse's Panther in the Dollhouse isn't an awful album. It's just so straight down the middle of the road that it drifts past without leaving an impression.
Science Fiction transcends whatever we were expecting to hear from a 2017 Brand New! Brand New comes out of nowhere with a fantastic collection of songs.
I am still wrestling with Oxbow's Thin Black Duke. I am still trying to understand the depths of the record and to gauge more understanding from each spin.