{"id":487,"date":"2017-12-19T16:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/record-of-the-year-2017-the-staff-picks\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T14:48:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T14:48:51","slug":"record-of-the-year-2017-the-staff-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/record-of-the-year-2017-the-staff-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Record of the Year 2017 – The Staff Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, we revealed our top ten Record of the Year<\/a> list. Now as the Already Heard<\/b> team starts to wind down for the festive period, we would like to share our individual staff choices.<\/p>\n

Read on to find out what albums, EPs, gigs and festivals we\u2019ve enjoyed this year.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

S\u00eaan Reid<\/a> (Senior Editor\/Founder)<\/h2>\n

\"\"Albums:<\/b>
\n1. Manchester Orchestra – A Black Mile to the Surface
\n2. The Menzingers – After the Party
\n3. Sorority Noise – You’re Not As _____ As You Think
\n4. Julien Baker – Turn Out The Lights
\n5. Brutus – Burst
\n6. Citizen – As You Please
\n7. Creeper – Eternity, In Your Arms
\n8. Bad Sign – Live & Learn
\n9. Can’t Swim – Fail You Again
\n10. Movements – Feel Something<\/p>\n

EP’s:<\/b>
\n1. Guillotine – Sapphire
\n2. Skywalker – Sugar House
\n3. Milk Teeth – Be Nice
\n4. Lightcliffe – For a While
\n5. Bukowski – Grow Up. Give Up. Let Go.<\/p>\n

Best Gig:<\/b> Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and Basement @ Rock City, Nottingham
Best Festival:<\/b> 2000 Trees Festival<\/p>\n

\n

Dane Wright<\/a> (Assistant Editor)<\/h2>\n

\"\"Albums:<\/b>
\n1. Creeper – Eternity In Your Arms
\n2. All Time Low – Last Young Renegade
\n3. Vukovi – Vukovi
\n4. Linkin Park – One More Light
\n5. The Apology Tour – This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
\n6. As It Is – Okay
\n7. Blood Youth – Beyond Repair
\n8. Future Teens – Hard Feelings
\n9. Old Dominion – Happy Endings
\n10. Hoodie Allen – Hype<\/p>\n

EP’s:<\/b>
\n1. Victory Lane – Louder Than Words
\n2. Stand Atlantic – Sidewinder
\n3. Miss Vincent – Somewhere Else
\n4. Sean McGowan – Graft and Grief
\n5. Sainte – smile, and wave<\/p>\n

Best Gig:<\/b> Green Day and The Interrupters @ Leeds Arena
Best Festival:<\/b> Download Festival<\/p>\n

\n

Rob Mair<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"\"Albums:<\/b>
\n1. Big Thief – Capacity
\n2. Alvvays – Antisocialites
\n3. Dead Bars – Dream Gig
\n4. Laureate – Landmarks
\n5. Wild Pink – Wild Pink
\n6. Great Grandpa – Plastic Cough
\n7. Walter Etc. – Gloom Cruise
\n8. Iron Chic – You Can’t Stay Here
\n9. The Menzingers – After The Party
\n10. Oso Oso – The Yunahon Mixtape<\/p>\n

EP’s:<\/b>
\n1. Crake – By The Slime Mould
\n2. Swordfish – Rodia
\n3. Rebuilder – Sounds From The Massachusetts Turnpike
\n4. The Winter Passing – Double Exposure
\n5. Big Nothing – Big Nothing<\/p>\n

Best Gig:<\/b> Football Etc, I Love Your Lifestyle & Dags! @ Black Heart, London.
Best Festival:<\/b> The Fest 16<\/p>\n

\n

Jack Rogers<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"\"Albums:<\/b>
\n1. Sleep On It – Overexposed
\n2. nothing, nowhere – Reaper
\n3. Grayscale – Adornment
\n4. Knuckle Puck – Shapeshifter
\n5. The Menzingers – After The Party

\n6. Chase Atlantic – Chase Atlantic
\n7. Seaway – Vacation
\n8. The Gospel Youth – Always Lose
\n9. Trapped Under Ice – Heatwave
\n10. Blood Command – Cult Drugs <\/p>\n

EP’s:<\/b>
\n1. Stand Atlantic – Sidewinder
\n2. Lil Peep – Call Me When You\u2019re Sober Pt.1
\n3. Terror – The Walls Will Fall
\n4. 7 Minutes In Heaven – Symmetry
\n5. Senses Fail – In Your Absence <\/p>\n

\n

Edward Layland<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"\"Albums:<\/b>
\n1. Of Allies – Night Sky
\n2. Patrons – As Above, So Below
\n3. Sepultura – Machine Messiah
\n4. Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – Modern Ruin
\n5. Wolf Alice – Visions of a Life
\n6. Comeback Kid – Outsider
\n7. Kamikaze Girls – Seafoam
\n8. Manchester Orchestra – A Black Mile to the Surface
\n9. Creeper – Eternity, In Your Arms
\n10. Roam – Great Heights and Nosedives<\/p>\n

EP’s:<\/b>
\n1. Bellevue Days – Rosehill
\n2. The Cruel Knives – Side One
\n3. Alter Eden – Tigers and Lambs
\n4. Scout Killers – Deception
\n5. Black Cat Bones – Down To The River<\/p>\n

Best Gig:<\/b> Prophets of Rage in Rio de Janeiro<\/p>\n

\n

Luke Nuttall<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"\"Albums:<\/b>
\n1. The Menzingers – After The Party
\n2. Creeper – Eternity, In Your Arms
\n3. While She Sleeps – You Are We
\n4. Deaf Havana – All These Countless Nights
\n5. The Gospel Youth – Always Lose
\n6. Paramore – After Laughter
\n7. Seaway – Vacation
\n8. Sharptooth – Clever Girl
\n9. Nothing More – The Stories We Tell Ourselves
\n10. Knuckle Puck – Shapeshifter<\/p>\n

\n

Andy Davidson<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"\"Albums:<\/b>
\n1. Converge – The Dusk in Us
\n2. Counterparts – You’re Not You Anymore
\n3. Arcane Roots – Melancholia Hymns
\n4. Employed to Serve – The Warmth of a Dying Sun
\n5. While She Sleeps – You Are We
\n6. Code Orange – Forever
\n7. Stick To Your Guns – True View
\n8. Bad Sign – Live and Learn
\n9. Creeper – Eternity, In Your Arms
\n10. ‘68 – Two Parts Viper <\/p>\n

EP’s:<\/b>
\n1. Gun Shy – The Long Dance
\n2. Deceit – Disconnected
\n3. Milk Teeth – Be Nice
\n4. Broadsea – Manmade Horizons
\n5. We Came From Wolves – Haunt Me<\/p>\n

Best Gig:<\/b> Dillinger Escape Plan @ QMU, Glasgow<\/p>\n

\n

Alan Cunningham<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"\"Albums:<\/b>
\n1. Brockhampton – Saturation
\n2. Somi – Petite Afrique
\n3. Her’s – Songs of Her’s
\n4. Converge – The Dusk In Us
\n5. Happyness – Write In
\n6. Employed to Serve – The Warmth of a Dying Sun
\n7. Clark – Death Peak
\n8. Idles – Brutalism
\n9. Lorde – Melodrama
\n10. Hyenas – Deadweights<\/p>\n

Best Gig:<\/b> Radiohead @ Old Trafford
Best Festival:<\/b> Field Day London<\/p>\n

\n

Ben Mills<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"\"Albums:<\/b>
\n1. Sorority Noise – You’re Not As _____ As You Think
\n2. Counterparts – You’re Not You Anymore
\n3. Blood Youth – Beyond Repair
\n4. Enter Shikari – The Spark
\n5. Manchester Orchestra – A Black Mile to the Surface
\n6. Turnover – Good Nature
\n7. Hundredth – RARE
\n8. Free Throw – Bear Your Mind
\n9. WSTR – Red, Green or Inbetween
\n10. Knuckle Puck – Shapeshifter<\/p>\n

EP’s:<\/b>
\n1. The Wonder Years – Burst & Decay
\n2. Future Teens – Bored and Alone
\n3. Super Whatevr – Good Luck EP
\n4. SPQR – The House That Doubt Built
\n5. Homebound – The Mould You Build Yourself Around<\/p>\n

Best Gig:<\/b> The Wonder Years w\/ Pup, Trash Boat and Tiny Moving Parts @ O2 Institute Birmingham<\/p>\n

\n

Tim Birkbeck<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"\"Albums:<\/b>
\n1. Julien Baker – Turn Out The Lights
\n2. Converge – The Dusk In Us
\n3. Brutus – Burst
\n4. Wolf Alice – Visions Of A Life
\n5. SECT – No Cure For Death
\n6. Alvvays – Antisocialites
\n7. Mutoid Man – War Moans
\n8. Small Circle – Cyclical
\n9. Get The Shot – Infinite Punishment
\n10. ’68 – Two Parts Viper <\/p>\n

Best Gig:<\/b> Exit Order @ the Cowley Club, Brighton
Best Festival:<\/b> Fluff Fest<\/p>\n

\n

Angelah Betmead<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"\"Albums:<\/b>
\n1. Papa Roach – Crooked Teeth
\n2. The LaFontaines – Common Problem
\n3. The Maine – Lovely Little Lonely
\n4. Defences – With Might and Main
\n5. Paramore – After Laughter
\n6. Enter Shikari – The Spark
\n7. Vukovi – Vukovi
\n8. Linkin Park – One More Light
\n9. Motionless In White – Graveyard Shift
\n10. All Time Low – Last Young Renegade<\/p>\n

Best Gig:<\/b> The LaFontaines @ Boston Music Room, London
Best Festival:<\/b> Slam Dunk Festival South<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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