{"id":6669,"date":"2016-10-27T08:56:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T08:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=6669"},"modified":"2024-03-04T13:41:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T13:41:36","slug":"7-of-the-best-british-albums-you-might-have-missed-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/10\/27\/7-of-the-best-british-albums-you-might-have-missed-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"7 of The Best British Albums You Might Have Missed in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s take a trip down memory lane, specifically to the 2016 music scene. There were a lot of earth-shattering careers that came to an end, as we lost treasured stars such as Prince and Bowie and young potential in the boys from Viola Beach. But new British talent has us impressed, as music filled the charts from bands new to the scene or just new to our ears, to help make up for what we had lost. But what were the best albums to grace the charts? We&#8217;ve compiled a list of seven 2016 albums for you to reminisce over (or to discover if you somehow managed to miss these bangers back in 2016!)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>In this blog:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#1\">All Your Happy Life &#8211; The Wytches<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#2\">Not To Disappear &#8211; Daughter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#3\">Curve of the Earth &#8211; Mystery Jets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#4\">Phase &#8211; Jack Garratt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#5\">Nothing&#8217;s Real &#8211; Shura<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#6\">Boy King &#8211; Wild Beasts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#7\">Echoes &#8211; Young Guns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"1\">All Your Happy Life &#8211; The Wytches<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/248573988&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kristian Bell, Gianni Honey, Daniel Rumsey and Mark Breed make up this English psychedelic rock group. Following the release of <em>Annabel Dream Reader<\/em> in 2014, they began to gain some recognition touring the UK and at festivals such as Bestival and Kendal Calling. Their album <em>All Your Happy Life<\/em> was released on 30th September 2016 and was described as \u201ca combination of heavy comedown psychedelia&#8221; and \u201cutterly nihilistic\u201d genius.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy All Your Happy Life by The Wytches on CD\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/wytchestheallyourhap\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>All Your Happy Life\u00a0<\/em>by The Wytches on CD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"2\">Not To Disappear &#8211; Daughter<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/63xjiLDRWBI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Daughter are a soft, sentimental indie trio from London, most recognisable for their song &#8216;Youth\u2019 from the album &#8216;If You Leave\u2019. On 15th January 2016 they released &#8216;Not To Disappear\u2019, a much more confident yet heart-breaking album described by<a href=\"https:\/\/nme.com\"> NME.com<\/a> as &#8216;rawer and more honest&#8217; with &#8216;melodies as smooth and cold as glaciers&#8217;. If you are a fan of delicate female vocals, poignant lyricism and other-worldly instrumentation, tracks like <em>Mothers<\/em>, <em>Numbers<\/em> and <em>To Belong<\/em> deserve places on your playlist.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy Not to Disappear by Daughter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/daughternottodisap\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Not to Disappear\u00a0<\/em>by Daughter on\u00a0Vinyl<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"3\">Curve of the Earth &#8211; Mystery Jets<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/235397256&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mystery Jets are said to draw their influences from artists like David Bowie, Syd Barrett, and Pink Floyd and this is something you can really feel in the tracks <em>Blood Red Balloon<\/em> and <em>Bombay Blue<\/em>. The London four-piece have been making music for over 20 years now and since the days of <a href=\"https:\/\/highlife.ba.com\/articles\/60-second-interview-mystery-jets\/\"> their Eel Pie Island boat parties<\/a> and kitchen utensil percussion, their sound has matured a lot. But in keeping with the band\u2019s youthful quirkiness, <em>Curve Of The Earth<\/em> was recorded in a studio they built inside an abandoned button factory. The euphoric indie-rock they create in feel-good songs like <em>Bubblegum<\/em> has steadily grown their fan base, and brought much bigger crowds to shows when touring UK festivals.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy Curve of the Earth by Mystery Jets on CD\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/mysteryjetcurveofthe\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Curve of the Earth\u00a0<\/em>by Mystery Jets on CD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"4\">Phase &#8211; Jack Garratt<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/228518940&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Listen to <em>Breathe Life<\/em> from Jack Garratt\u2019s debut studio album <em>Phase<\/em> and try not to fall in love with his electro-boosted blues vocals. <a href=\"https:\/\/clashmusic.com\">Clashmusic.com<\/a> described the album as a showcase of &#8216;what a one-man-band can do with an array of instruments, both organic and electronic&#8217; and the single <em>Surprise Yourself<\/em> encompasses this multi-instrumental talent. Shot on a GoPro, the video for the song follows people overcoming great fears, like skydiving, getting a tattoo and driving. Garratt brought honest and uplifting music into the charts with his unique style &#8211; despite critics\u2019 constant comparisons to other male singer\/songwriters (stay out of this Ed Sheeran).<\/p>\n<p><b><a title=\"Buy Phase by Jack Garratt on CD\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/phase-ddf4f275-ad38-4bf2-a778-28ab173286a4\">Buy\u00a0<em>Phase\u00a0<\/em>by Jack Garratt on CD<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"5\">Nothing\u2019s Real &#8211; Shura<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/263478818&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Aleksandra Lilah Denton is a Manchester-born electro-pop singer and producer who was shortlisted in the BBC Music\u2019s Sound Of 2015. The BBC saw something big coming from Shura and her album <em>Nothing\u2019s Real<\/em> certainly exceeded that expectation. Stylistically, her music has been labelled as &#8216;effervescent synth-pop\u2019 but the genre of this album can\u2019t easily be pinned down. Tracks like <em>What\u2019s It Gonna Be?<\/em> and <em>Tongue Tied<\/em> have a feel-good shyness to them, that according to <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\"> theguardian.com<\/a> shows her &#8216;offering an alternative to the conventional pop star aesthetic&#8217;. Shura\u2019s delicate lyrics and high-gloss music videos helped to open conversations about gender and sexuality in pop music. What more could we ask for?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy Nothing's Real by Shura on CD\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/shuranothingsre\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Nothing&#8217;s Real\u00a0<\/em>by Shura on CD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"6\">Boy King &#8211; Wild Beasts<\/h3>\n<p>With Muse-esque vocals and predatory baselines, Cumbria\u2019s Wild Beasts moved from offbeat art-rock to darker, hyper-masculine synth-pop in their fifth album <em>Boy King<\/em>. The core elements of the Mercury Prize nominated four-piece are all still there, but slicked-back, more carnal and luridly lit by neon. If after all these adjectives, you still can\u2019t imagine what Wild Beasts could possibly sound like, listen to the album\u2019s opening track&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SRFtHO180tg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But if the leather-lined innuendo is too much, indulge in their softer side with <a title=\"Present Tense - Wild Beasts\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/present-tense-wild-beasts.\">their 2014 album <em>Present Tense<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and work your way up.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy Boy King by Wild Beasts on CD\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/wildbeastsboyking-cef16a32-d7c6-406d-805d-f891d14ec2f1\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Boy King\u00a0<\/em>by Wild Beasts on CD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"7\">Echoes &#8211; Young Guns<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/281994965&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gustav Wood fronts this <em>Bulletproof<\/em> alternative rock band, who released their fourth album\u00a0<em>Echoes<\/em> on 16th September 16th 2016. Their 2013 single <em>Bones<\/em> hit number one on the Billboard Active Rock charts in the United States, gaining the band notoriety overseas, but little fame in the UK. However, after exposure on BBC Radio One\u2019s &#8216;Zane Lowe&#8217;s Hottest Record\u2019, and a lot of touring with bands such as Bullet For My Valentine, Halestorm and Bring Me The Horizon, Young Guns produced an irresistibly hellish album full of razor-sharp rhythm and riffs that can\u2019t be ignored.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy Echoes by Young Guns on CD\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/echoes-f609b292-9ecf-4c0d-9fa3-65ffea2777c4\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Echoes\u00a0<\/em>by Young Guns on CD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>We&#8217;ve got thousands more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/music\/cd\/\">CDs for sale<\/a> and a huge range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/music\/vinyl\">cheap vinyl records<\/a> at amazing prices on the musicMagpie Store!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s take a trip down memory lane, specifically to the 2016 music scene. There were a lot of earth-shattering careers that came to an end, as we lost treasured stars such as Prince and Bowie and young potential in the boys from Viola Beach. But new British talent has us &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,1048],"tags":[1581,1735,1774],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6669"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17013,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6669\/revisions\/17013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}