Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group. Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. I don’t think there is a better moment on any album I’ve heard this year than when the drums come in on “Old Skin.” In fact, I’m going to play it for the 219th time right now. It’s also loaded with the sort of grandly uplifting rock gestures that Granduciel is so good at making. It remains to be seen whether this will be their most successful LP, but it is undeniably their catchiest and most engaging. Go to the Online shop to buy the album, as CD or download. Listen to 2008’s Wagonwheel Blues and it’s almost like a completely different band what was once a noisy, lo-fi, and meandering mess of guitars and synths has now emerged on The War On Drugs’ fifth album as a world-beating collection of punchy pop-rock anthems. Matt Otten plays Peerless Guitars The second edition of this special edition album contains 12 great tracks, and is available for download in high quality 192 kB/s mp3 format, or on CD.

Over the course of The War On Drugs’ 13-year recording career, Adam Granduciel has refined and streamlined his band’s heartland indie sound.

It’s impossible to discern which is “better” because these kinds of albums are playing two completely different and equally valid games! But I’m going with I Don’t Live Here Anymore in the top slot because it’s easily the LP I played the most this year, and I suspect I’ll still be playing it a ton in 10 years. This year, I Don’t Live Here Anymore is the former album for me, and Hey What is the latter. The Album I Love Because It’s So Overwhelming Emotionally I Can Only Play It When I’m In A Certain Mood.

An interesting quandary I often face at year-end list-making time boils down to this dynamic: The Album I Love Because I Can Play it Constantly And Never Tire Of It vs.

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