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Musicians share their favorite album of 2017

2017 was a stellar year for new music—just look at our Best Albums list. And we weren’t alone in thinking so: Members of some of your favorite bands, from Against The Current’s Chrissy Costanza to Senses Fail’s Buddy Nielsen, all had a favorite album of the year. Find out what they had to say below.

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REAL FRIENDS — Kyle Fasel, bassist

“I just recently listened to the new Julien Baker album [Turn Out The Lights], and that’s pretty good.”

THE ROCKET SUMMER — Bryce Avary

“St. Vincent’s Masseduction. That Manchester Orchestra record, A Black Mile To The Surface, was good, too.”

STATE CHAMPS — Tyler Szalkowski, guitarist

“Paramore’s After Laughter.”

SPEAK LOW IF YOU SPEAK LOVE — Ryan Scott Graham

“Paramore put out a really great record. I’ll say that.”

MARMOZETS — Becca Macintyre, vocalist

“Queens Of The Stone Age’s new album [Villains], I’m actually loving. It’s absolutely brilliant. We did actually try [to get on the forthcoming UK tour], but they ended up bringing out their buddies, which is fair dues. That would go off! There’s always more time, isn’t there? It’s only the beginning.”

MOOSE BLOOD — Mark Osborne, guitarist

“The PVRIS record [All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell]. I just love that band. I loved their first record; I love seeing them live; I love them as people. They just blow me away. When this record came out, it did that all over again. They’re just so good in what they do, and they just seem to get better and better. They got better record to record. The singles they put out in between these two records were another step up. They are just fantastic and seem to set the standard completely.”

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GRETA VAN FLEET — Josh Kiszka, vocalist

“I do like the Fleet Foxes album that came out [Crack-Up]. I love Fleet Foxes, so that was kind of exciting for me because Fleet Foxes are one of my favorite contemporary bands, if not my favorite.”

DANCE GAVIN DANCE — Will Swan, guitarist

“My favorite record for sure this year was Little Dragon’s Season High. It’s all I listen to right now. It’s got an ’80s feel. Their last record before this was way bigger production, so when I put Season High in for the first time, I was taken aback by how lo-fi it sounded. But it’s totally grown on me, and I love it now.”

BOSTON MANOR — Henry Cox, vocalist

“It’s a three-way tie between Incendiary’s Thousand Mile Stare, Mastodon’s Emperor Of Sand and King Krule’s The OOZ.”

AGAINST THE CURRENT — Chrissy Costanza, vocalist

“Lorde’s record, Melodrama. She inspires me so much as an artist. It’s the way she approaches music in general. I have infinite respect for her, so I want her to have that spot.”

TINY MOVING PARTS — Dylan Mattheisen, guitarist/vocalist

“The Front Bottoms [Going Grey]. I like how they went a little bit different. Some people seem to be shocked about it, but I went to their show in Columbus, [Ohio] a couple weeks ago, and all the new songs went over just as good, if not better, and kids were just going nuts. They’re just a great band.”

PALISADES — Lou Miceli Jr., vocalist

“Right now, one I’m currently jamming a lot is Nothing More’s [The Stories We Tell Ourselves]. It’s really good. That tour has been incredible. They’re such good guys. They treat us awesome, and the music is just incredible. What they’re doing for rock music right now is insane. It’s just on a whole different level. We toured with so many great bands this past year, and [they] have inspired us to mature as artists, especially for this new album. Between ONE OK ROCK and Nothing More, these two bands are incredible; between Taka [Moriuchi] and Jonny [Hawkins], they inspired me to be a better frontman and to be a better writer, a better musician, and I think it’s the same with all the rest of the band.”

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