Chvrches broke down genre boundaries with The Bones Of what You Believe but the album's real strength came from the band's songwriting skills, their DIY ethic and the raw nature of their hugely danceable hits. The band not only found success with the album, but made a huge impact on the festival scene and even scored single success with 'The Mother We Share' - one of the undeniable highlights of the record. Despite the electronic production on The Bones Of What You Believe, there was as much attitude on the record as was to be found on any guitar band's 2013 release, and frontwoman Lauren Mayberry hid venom and true grit behind her sugar-sweet vocals. Chvrches' debut, released a year after they were little more than a bloggers' buzzword, turned hype into reality with ease - and delivered the best album of 2013. Chvrches - The Bones Of What you Believe: A perfect pop album. For more information visit Gigwise gig tickets.īelow: Gigwise's top 50 Albums Of The Year, 2013ġ.
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Meanwhile, the lowest votes came in for Katy Perry's Prism, Magna Carta Holy Grail by Jay Z, Washed Out By Paracosm, Kanye West's Yeezus and MBV by My Bloody Valentine.Īrctic Monkeys plus special guests Tame Impala, Miles Kane and Royal Blood will play London's Finsbury Park on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 May, 2014. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The CityĤ. Queens Of The Stone Age - Like Clockworkģ. The top five in our readers' Album Of The Year 2013 were:Ģ. Watch the video for 'Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High' below Packed with wit, licks and true classics, this will be the record that marked the Monkeys as the first band to unify a generation since Nirvana or Oasis." With balls, bravado and a whole of rock n' roll swagger, AM sees Arctic Monkeys truly earning their role as Britain's Biggest Rock Band. It became clear that it was not only of the best releases of the year, but the best of their career. We wrote: "We weren't so sure about Alex Turner and co's fifth LP at first, (apparently we used the word 'coasting' in an early review) but after countless repeated listens it grew all over us like a really nasty rash. The album came in No.10 in our writers' top 50 albums of the year, but our readers spoke and named it their favourite LP released this year. The Official Charts Company reports that the album sold more than 157,000 copies in its first week of release, also making it the second fastest-selling album of 2013 - behind Daft Punk's massive Random Access Memories. The Mercury-nominated and chart-topping LP made chart history upon release, with AM becoming the Sheffield rockers' fifth consecutive No.1 album - making history as the first by an independent act to do so.
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