If this year had anything in stock, it was the amount of tremendous records to comfort us in times we needed it the most. But life's too short for yet another best-of ranking, so the NBHAP staff compiled their most precious albums by regarding them under three vital aspects: What was new, what was surprising and what left the most impact? Dive into these LP diamonds right here.
There is life beyond all the doom and gloom. And it’s yours. In a perfectly time release stunt, British guitar icons Foals reinvent themselves by stripping down their worn-out formula and release a life-embracing record that celebrates moments of dance and togetherness, following the two-year long pandemic break. It’s the right sound for much needed moments of relief and also the start of a new chapter for the band who’s now a trio. NBHAP’s Norman Fleischer met with the group at their recent tour stop in Berlin.
Ten years of music, ten personal stories. The writers of NBHAP are given the opportunity to resume about the records that excited them the most during the past decade. This is a subjective reflection rather than an ultimate conclusion. NBHAP head Norman makes the start.
Swedish pop siblings Elektra and Miranda Kilbey aka SAY LOU LOU present an interesting remix for their recent single Everything We Touch. None other than Yannis Philippakis, frontman of British math rockers FOALS, got his hands on the track. The original is expected to be on the duo’s highly anticipated debut album which arrives later this year. It’s also one of the records we’re looking most forward to in 2014. Mr. Philippakis gave the SAY LOU LOU tune a surprisingly grooving disco approach which you can witness right here.