Wall of Sound presents: “2017 YEAR IN REVIEW” – by Wall of Sound Photographer Candace Krieger

Posted on December 12, 2017 by walladmin

I spent most of this year dodging elbows in mosh pits and internally screaming about how much talent we have in Australian music. Please don’t make me talk about myself. Here’s my (all Australian) Wall of Sound 2017 Year In Review.

Top 10 EPs/Albums of 2017

1. No Oaths – No Oaths (Adelaide)
2. Death Bells – Standing at the Edge of the World (Sydney)
3. Primitive Blast – Primitive Blast (Sydney)
4. Blue Velvet – Collide (Sydney)
5. Elk Locker – Hollowing (Canberra)

6. Whatever Forever – Decay (Sydney)
7. The Jungle Giants – Quiet Ferocity (Brisbane)
8. Rumours – Taste for Life (Sydney)
9. Cursed Earth – Cycles of Grief (Perth)
10. Satellites – Black Dog (Brisbane)

Top 10 Songs of 2017

1. Endless Heights – ‘Come a Little Closer’ & ‘You Coward’ (Sydney)
Both of these songs tie for first, it’s allowed, fight me.
2. Death Bells – ‘Alone, into an Empty Clearing’ (Sydney)
3. Horror My Friend – ‘Admit None’ (Adelaide)
4. No Oaths – ‘Pnemonics’ (Adelaide)
5. Primitive Blast – ‘No Youth/No Use’ (Sydney)

6. Vitals – ‘Inculcate’ (Sunshine Coast)
7. Tiny Little Houses – ‘Garbage Bin’ (Melbourne)
8. Alex Lahey – ‘Every Day’s The Weekend’ (Melbourne)
9. Speakeasy – ‘Dreamboy’ (Sydney)
10. Sleep Talk – ‘New Tradition’ (Adelaide)