Carissa's Wierd - Songs for Leaving

Tracks:
1. You Should be Hated Here
2. Silently Leaving the Room
3. So You Wanna Be a Super Hero
4. September Come Take This Heart Away
5. Ignorant Piece of Shit
6. The Piano Song
7. They'll Only Miss You When You Leave
8. A New Holiday (November 16th)
9. Farewell to All These Rotten Teeth
10. Sophisticated Fuck Princess Please Leave Me Alone
11. Low Budget Slow Motion Soundtrack Song for the Leaving Scene
12. (March 19th 1983) It Was Probably Green


Take this album away from me, I can't stop crying over it.

This is one of the most beautifully made albums I've ever listened to, possibly topping some of my all-time favorites (Silver ep, Takk, Souvlaki...). The string work is startlingly deep, the guitar harmonies are perfect, the minimalist Low-inspired drum work, the vocal harmonies, the lyrics... There is absolutely nothing bad about this album. Every song is a gem, and I can gaurentee you will listen to this on repeat for a very long time.

Also, they misspelled 'wierd' intentionally.

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Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Vs. Children

Tracks:

1. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone vs. Children
2. Tom Justice, The Choir Boy Robber, Apprehended at Ace Hardware in Libertyville, IL
3. Optimist vs. The Silent Alarm (When The Saints Go Marching In)
4. Natural Light
5. Traveling Salesman's Young Wife Home Alone on Christmas in Montpelier, VT
6. Man O' War
7. Northfield, MN
8. Killers
9. Harsh The Herald Angels Sing
10. You Were Alone
11. White Jetta

I'm posting this album because it's necessary and beautiful. Casiotone cannot do wrong.

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VNV Nation - Futureperfect

Tracks:

1. Foreword
2. Epicentre
3. Electronaut
4. Liebestod
5. Holding On
6. Carbon
7. Genesis
8. Structure
9. Fearless
10. 4AM
11. Beloved
12. Airships
    

VNV Nation is a futurepop/ebm band from the likes of all over Europe. By that I mean their members come from many separate European countries, but now they all just kinda live in Hamburg.
This is a beautiful album filled with more melancholy and nostalgia than most humans can fathom without going insane. It's an intensely emotional album and is best listened to while intensely emotional. It might also have some religious undertones, but I'm not sure if that's true or if I'm just paranoid.

Also, the VNV stands for Victory, Not Vengeance. Nice little tidbit.

Check out (aside from everything) tracks 5, 6, 7, 11, and 12.

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American Football - s/t LP

Tracks:

1. Never Meant
2. The Summer Ends
3. Honestly?
4. For Sure
5. You Know I Should Be Leaving Soon
6. But The Regrets Are Killing Me
7. I'll See You When We're Both Not So Emotional
8. Stay Home
9. The One With The Wurlitzer

This is a beautiful, beautiful album bottom-lined by the one and only Mike Kinsella, formerly of Cap'n Jazz and currently of Owen (alongside a profusion of other musical endeavors). This is the only album American Football released, aside from a short ep, but it is all you need. One of the best emo albums to ever exist (possibly). Play this on repeat. Trust me.

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Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Etiquette

Tracks:
1. Etiquette I.D.
2. New Years Kiss
3. Young Shields
4. I Love Creedence
5. Nashville Parthenon
6. Scattered Pearls
7. Happy Mother's Day
8. Holly Hobby
9. Cold White Christmas
10. Bobby Malone Moves Home
11. Don't They Have Payphones Where You Were Last Night
12. Love Connection

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, CFTPA, is the solo project of Owen Ashworth, a cuddly bearded man from California. He primarily uses simple Casio keyboards and drum machines to create heartbreaking minimalist pop that will make you wish you were still 16. I suggest New Years Kiss, Young Shields, I Love Creedence, Scattered Pearls, and Holly Hobby. Then again, I suggest all of them all of the time.

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Jesu - Silver

Tracks:
1. Silver
2. Star
3. Wolves
4. Dead Eyes

Jesu is the current project of Justin Broadrick, formerly of Godflesh and Napalm Death. Don't let that cloud your eyes, though, Jesu is not like his former projects. While he incorporates heavy guitar, Jesu is a beautiful mix of ambiance, post-metal, drone, shoegaze, and downtempo. It's a hard project to group anywhere, thus the laundry-list of genre names.
This is the Silver ep, a personal favorite of mine. There is a Japanese version out there somewhere with two extra tracks (alternative versions of Silver and Wolves), but this is all you really need to experience what Jesu is. I'll probably post more Jesu at a later time, but enjoy.

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God is an Astronaut - All is Violent, All is Bright

Tracks:
1. Fragile
2. All is Violent, All is Bright
3. All is Lost
4. Fireflies and Empty Skies
5. A Deafening Distance
6. Infinite Horizons
7. Suicide by Star
8. Remembrance Day
9. Dust and Echoes
10. When Everything Dies

God is an Astronaut is an Irish instrumental post-rock band. It's one of the only bands I know that can successfully use double-bass pedals. I suggest track 7 (Suicide by Star). My personal favorite. There is also a hidden track after the When Everything Dies.

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