#5DebutAlbumsSF2 #nowplaying Royksopp - Melody A.M. One of the first records that the wife and I bonded over. Has some good memories. A fighting chance of making my top 5.

#5DebutAlbumsSF2 #nowplaying The Band - Music From Big Pink Made it into my top 5 in the 50s60s round. Unlikely to have room for it this time around.

#5DebutAlbumsSF2 #nowplaying Anna Calvi - s/t My no 2 pick in the 10-14 round. This is great stuff.

#5DebutAlbumsSF2 #nowplaying Foo Fighters - s/t This is so so good.

#5DebutAlbumsSF2 #nowplaying Garbage - s/t

#5DebutAlbumsSF2 #musicchallenge Father John Misty - Fear Fun My 5th place in the 10-14 round. I really like this one. Probably my favourite of his.

#5DebutAlbumsSF2 #musicchallenge It's meant a lot over the years. May be a contender for me. Keane - Hopes And Fears

#5DebutAlbumsSF2 #musicchallenge I haven't paid too much attention to this debut in the past but seeing Split Enz recently has made me revisit quite a bit of the Split Enz and Crowded House catalogue. Great mature songwriting with some classics thrown in.

#5DebutAlbums2026 #nowplaying My New Band Believe - s/t New project from Black Midi bassist Cameron Picton. Not a huge Black Midi fan tbh but I'm enjoying this and going back for another listen.

#5DebutAlbums2026 #nowplaying Friko - Where We've Been, Where We Go from Here It was a first listen at the start of the week and its been on rotation since then. A solid indie rock album.

#5DebutAlbums2026 #nowplaying Harp - Albion

#5DebutAlbums2026 #nowplaying Blondshell - s/t Quite liking this. Definitely a hint of 90s alternative rock to it.

#5DebutAlbums2026 #nowplaying Snowcaps - s/t Enjoying this debut from sisters, Katie (Waxahatchee) and Allison Crutchfield. I think they've performed together before but not under the Snocaps name so hopefully meets the rules.

#5DebutAlbums2026 #nowplaying Obey Robots - One In A Thousand

#5DebutAlbums2026 English Teacher - This Could Be Texas My fave album from 2024. I expect this will be top 5 for me.

#5debutalbums9599 #nowplaying Snow Patrol - Songs For Polarbears

#5debutalbums9599 #nowplaying Embrace - The Good Will Out I was a big fan of this when it came out. Had some big anthems sitting somewhere between Oasis and Urban Hymns era The Verve. Quite enjoying the relisten.

#5debutalbums9599 #nowplaying Foo Fighters - s/t Dave Grohl does a Phil Collins and embarks on becoming an elder statesmen of Rock!

#5debutalbums9599 Ash - 1977 This was on high rotation in the months before I went to Uni. A lot of stuff here really did seem to sum up how I was feeling at the time. A likely top 5 for me.

#5debutalbums9599 #nowplaying Space - Spiders I think I saw them live more than any other band during the three years I was at Uni. A good nostalgic listen and the hits continue to stack up.

#5debutalbums9599 #nowplaying Mansun - Attack Of The Grey Lantern Very different to other big 97 albums like Be Here Now and Urban Hymns, this owed more of a debt to 80s pop like TFF with a bit of prog thrown in. One of the most exciting bands of the period.

#5debutalbums9599 Idlewild - Hope Is Important Another great album. Came out of nowhere and became a firm favourite of mine.

#5debutalbums9599 Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk This will be high on my contenders list though there are a lot of worthy competitors during this period!

#5debutalbums7579 #nowplaying Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue

#5debutalbums7579 #nowplaying The Police - Outlandos d'Amour

#5debutalbums7579 The Cars - S/t Revisited this a few years back after not initially liking it and somehow it's now one of my faves from this period.

#5debutalbums1519 Big Thief - Masterpiece This is probably the debut album that I've had the most time with during this period, and it's a fairly special one. It may be my no 1.

#5debutalbums1519 Nilüfer Yanya - Miss Universe

#5debutalbums1519 Japanese Breakfast - Psychopomp Discovered JB upon the release of the Jubilee album, but for some reason never gave the debut a solid listen. It's really quite good.

#5debutalbums1519 Shame - Songs of Praise Similar post punk mould to Fontaines. Stacks up pretty well imo.

#5debutalbums0509 #musicchallenge Jamie T - Panic Prevention. I got into his 3rd album after seeing him support Blur. I think the debut is more of a mixed bag, Salvador being a high point.

#5debutalbums0509 #musicchallenge The Temper Trap - Conditions (2009) Great Aussie band known best known for 'Sweet Disposition' but there's also a lot of other good stuff here.

#5debutalbums0509 #musicchallenge Battles - Mirrored The Music video for 'Atlas' was everywhere at the time. I still don't quite know how to describe this but the labels Math Rock and Experimental Rock are thrown around. Quite enjoyed the relisten.

#5debutalbums0509 #musicchallenge Bat For Lashes - Fur And Gold Natasha Khan went on to release even better stuff but this is a worthy debut. 'What's a girl to do' remains my favourite track.

#5debutalbums0509 #musicchallenge Genre defying? I'm not sure, but it's a great listen.

#5debutalbums0509 #musicchallenge

#5debutalbums50s60s #nowplaying Led Zeppelin 1 To young ears in the early 90s, these songs sounded electric and still do.

#5debutalbums50s60s #nowplaying Songs of Leonard Cohen A very likely top 5 for me.

#Musicchallenge #70sTop30 1. David Bowie - Life On Mars youtu.be/AZKcl4-tcuo?...

#Musicchallenge #RadioheadTop30 1. There There There's really not much separating my top 5, but There There is so phenomenal it was always gonnna be my no 1. Thanks @tansleyjames.bsky.social for a great challenge. youtu.be/7AQSLozK7aA?...

#Musicchallenge #70sTop30 2. The Clash - London Calling youtu.be/EfK-WX2pa8c?...

#Musicchallenge #RadioheadTop30 2. Jigsaw Falling Into Place youtu.be/GoLJJRIWCLU?...

#Musicchallenge #70sTop30 3. Pink Floyd - Dogs youtu.be/tq3bYPLBcA4?...

#Musicchallenge #RadioheadTop30 3. Let Down youtu.be/ZVgHPSyEIqk?...

#Musicchallenge #RadioheadTop30 4. Paranoid Android youtu.be/fHiGbolFFGw?...

#Musicchallenge #70sTop30 4. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On youtu.be/fPkM8F0sjSw?...

#Musicchallenge #70sTop30 5. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song youtu.be/P3Y8OWkiUts?...

#Musicchallenge #RadioheadTop30 5. Fake Plastic Trees youtu.be/n5h0qHwNrHk?...

#Musicchallenge #RadioheadTop30 6. Knives Out youtu.be/2Lpw3yMCWro?...

#Musicchallenge #70sTop30 6. Talking Heads - Heaven I was lucky enough to see David Byrne live last week and he kicked off with this. Superb gig! youtu.be/YuSsCRUXGOU?...