50. Fvnerals - "Let The Earth Be Silent"

With a name like that, you know this is not going to be light, breezy pop. But even I was taken aback by how dark, desolate, and nihilistic this record is. It dispenses wave after wave of deep penetrating sound that washes over you like a tsunami of pessimism. 

There is little hope or redemption to be found in this album but there is beauty in its sorrowful monotony. It is unexpectedly soothing in its redemptive simplicity, and you find yourself drawn into a circling eternal misery. Hauntingly minimal and deeply affecting. Its solemn tones stay with you long after the record has finished.