Rather than treating this as an objective look at the best albums that came out in 2017, compiling these lists is more of a meditative exercise for me. When you listen to as much music as I do, the events of your life become intrinsically tied to whatever you were listening to at that time.
Vocally Emperor of Sand is the strongest Mastodon have been. None of the band members are natural vocalists and it’s taken work, but that work has paid off.
Wow, music certainly got released in March! Phil investigates some of this aforementioned 'music', and makes a list out of his 5 favourites of March 2017.
Phil's Phav Phifty Twenty Phourteen Edition: Might be the greatest year end list ever, where the majical Phil lists out his 50 favorite albums for 2014.