{"id":936,"date":"2015-12-14T10:45:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T15:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greatapes.ca\/blog\/?p=936"},"modified":"2015-12-14T10:45:08","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T15:45:08","slug":"music-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/greatapes.ca\/blog\/2015\/12\/music-of-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Music of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I used to do write-ups about my favourite records from each year, but I&#8217;ve become convinced that trying to capture the joy of a song with words borders on impossible.\u00a0 I, at the very least, am not good at it.\u00a0 And at any rate, I suspect most people don&#8217;t really care about my personal connection to a song or an artist or whatever, so I&#8217;ve just cut that out entirely.\u00a0 Instead, I&#8217;ve compiled a list of the 16 best records I heard that were released in 2015, and I&#8217;ve included a song that you should check out if you&#8217;re not familiar with the album in question.<\/p>\n<p>I was originally going to list a top 15, but there were 16 albums I wanted to include, so here they are.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>16. <em>The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us<\/em> by Beach Slang<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_smzgHcJ19c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>15. <em>(self-titled)<\/em> by Mourn<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jgohc-pUtGM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>14. <em>Peanut Butter<\/em> by Joanna Gruesome<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9E4lSF9IrRs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>13. <em>Salome<\/em> by Marriages<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=458578359\/size=large\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=0f91ff\/tracklist=false\/track=528681513\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/marriagesmusic.bandcamp.com\/album\/salome\">Salome by Marriages<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>12. <em>Something More Than Free <\/em>by Jason Isbell<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZtgPeNKpnyw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>11. <em>Nervous<\/em> by Siskiyou<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/184595725&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>10. <em>Never Were The Way She Was<\/em> by Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/191646218&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>9. <em>Revisionist<\/em> by Sannhet<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3886070438\/size=large\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=0f91ff\/tracklist=false\/track=185273045\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sannhet.bandcamp.com\/album\/revisionist\">Revisionist by Sannhet<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>8. <em>All A Man Should Do <\/em>by Lucero<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4j8d9ZKySPs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>7. <em>Painted Shut<\/em> by Hop Along<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dzz8tRFxAxM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>6. <em>+-<\/em> by Mew<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A0qjL6Jh-8o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>5. <em>Litany<\/em> by Dead To A Dying World<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; 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