#1 - Top of 2014

Casualties of Cool - Casualties of Cool (HevyDevy Records)

 And on top of the best albums of 2014, ... another Devin Townsend record! But this is not a mere record by Mr. Townsend, this is an awesome disc of pure inspiration! The record is very low key and initially might not seem like much, but it keeps dragging you back for more, time after time after time until you can practically hum all of it yourself and you still cannot stop yourself from going back and listening to it all over again. It is a testament to its real value that despite its taking number 1 spot in this list, I would not classify it as prog, nor metal, perhaps not even rock. It is a quiet type of music that transcends genres and speaks directly into your soul. Perhaps one of the most important reasons for that is the incredible ethereal voice of Ché Aimee Dorval. She brings a strange, otherworldly feeling to the music and at the same time a feeling of longing and a need to pick up your shoes and lazily start driving around the town to peek at old men relaxing at their porches (as weird as that sounds). If I had to choose a couple of songs as the best moments of the album, those would be "Flight"and "Bones", but there are no weak moments in the album as it flows in a very organic way.

100/100

Below is the official promo track with which, we finish up a very cool and interesting year in music.
We will be back very soon with the top 21 albums of 2013!