DMNW Staff Picks: The Best Albums of 2014

[authorbox authorid=”14″ title=”Nick Cannata-Bowman: The Glitch Mob’s Love Death Immortality“]When we first heard The Glitch Mob’s Love Death Immortality, it was a bass music revelation. Our first instinct was to immediately share it with as many people as humanly possible, since in my mind there no way someone wouldn’t be blown away 10 seconds after hitting play. No one quite knew what to expect when the trio announced their first album in years, but what the world of EDM was gifted with was a seminal masterclass in how to tell a story with music.

Typically, when you take in a new album there’s a process that goes along with it. First you listen to each track in succession to get a feel for the collective work. Then you weed out the tracks you don’t like. Finally, you double back to your favorites for repeat listens. It’s a tried and true method, and it applies to almost every album. With Love Death And Immortality though, you get something entirely different.

You hit play on the very first track entitled Mind Of A Beast, and the journey begins. Instruments plug in. Feedback blares and a hard guitar chord blows through the speakers, while piano gently guides you in for a landing. The backbeat explodes, raucous synths blare, and right away you realize that this is no ordinary album. It feels like an instant before you land at the end, when a startling realization pops into your head: There isn’t a single track you don’t want to hear all over again.

Simply put, this album puts the LA trio in a class of their own, producing an album that’s a true front-to-back listen perfect for both dancing your feet off and staring at the ceiling. Love Death Immortality is a bass music odyssey that deserves a place in the pantheon of great electronic music LPs, sure to remembered for years to come.