The Album A Day Experiment… Again
In the afternoon of January 1st, 2021, I felt the need to fill a certain void that had been created by a series of social restrictions in Britain which foreshadowed the impending third instalment of a national lockdown. As per, I turned to music. To The Album A Day Experiment. Explaining this idea, although it appears quite simple since the title practically spells it out, means going back to 2019 where my initial attempt at it took place.
So, as you may have guessed, I decided from New Year’s Day 2019 to listen to 365 albums in 365 days. And being honest, I failed quite valiantly managing on 286 albums overall. But the experience, while relatively demanding, proved incredibly rewarding and expanded my musical horizons as I hoped it would. I have a long list of favourites, which I briefly covered in 2020 on my Instagram account, @album_a_day_experiment (feel free to follow because I will begin posting there to support these articles). However, after 21 album reviews of my personal standouts and other, more brief reviews, I found myself a little unfulfilled. Possibly out of dejection following the announcement of Lockdown or the plethora of albums I’d subconsciously neglected and forgotten about. But now more than ever, I feel motivated to express my excitement surrounding the discovery of new music and appreciation for those albums that particularly pique my interest. And that is exactly what I intend to do here on Medium as well as my other social media outlets.
We are, as of writing, 14 days into 2021. And during the unbridled chaos that has been this year so far, I have already listened to 15 albums. So that is hopefully a good sign I will complete the task of all 365 albums this time around, provided the world doesn’t spontaneously combust.
The albums I plan to review so far are as follows: Zeros by Declan McKenna, Either/Or by Elliott Smith, In The Darkest Of Nights, Let The Birds Sing EP by Foster The People, Dogrel by Fontaines D.C and The Eraser by Thom Yorke. In this first review, I will clarify a publishing schedule for these reviews. Hopefully, you will join me in enjoying as much music as possible this year. Every day. Literally.
