Top 10 of 2011
3: Washington - Insomnia
The release of this caught me completely by surprise - as in I missed it being released and came to it I think months afterwards. I think it’s being called an EP, but at 8 tracks, and clocking in at over 30 minutes, if this was the 60s or 70s, it would be an album right? I’m calling it an album. It definitely plays like one. Every single song is important here, telling stories surrounding what sounds to me like different stages in a relationship. Some tracks are big pop production numbers featuring kazoo hooks, some delicate piano and string ballads. Everything here cuts right to the chase, there isn’t a wasted note, and who could say that of pretty much any music release these days?
Top Tracks: Skeleton Key, Insomnia, Holy Moses
