STACK #219 January 2023

MUSIC FEATURE

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CHOICE CUTS

of 2022

It’s time to make like a rotisserie chicken and return to the biggest and best records of 2022 – our ‘choice cuts’ – by way of impressive stats, STACK reviews, and from STACK ‘s conversations with the artists themselves.

Royksopp, Profound Mysteries, Profound Mysteries II, Profound Mysteries III INREVIEW “On the ‘Profound Mysteries’ releases, Röyksopp serve otherworldly dancefloor invaders… this celebrated Scandinavian electro-pop duo make distinctive, expansive, all-knowing music that also references their homeland’s tendency towards darkness and melancholia.” BC

clipped guitars and wailing saxophones are all engulfed by lead singer Matty Healy’s half-murmured, half-shouted lyrical work, which is – as always – shamelessly self-reflective.” JP

doing harmonies. His voice is his instrument, so he’s basically riffing. He wanted to do one more take, then one more… I ended up having so many vocal tracks. My computer is so old now, I reckon if I opened up that session it would probably blow it up.” ZKR 5 Seconds of Summer, 5SOS5 INNUMBERS 6: Number of album tracks (out of 14) written solely by the four 5 Seconds of Summer band members 5: Number of

Credit: Samuel Bradley

Midnight Oil, Resist INCONVO: ROB HIRST “It must be incredibly frustrating for people who are younger. They’ve got big dreams and high ideals, and they see opportunistic politicians on a short electoral cycle, looking after their own insignificant little careers over the fate of this country. It’s the same frustration, I should add, that bands like ourselves and people of our generation felt coming up when we were in our teens and ’20s.” ZKR

world charts the album landed on at number one, including ARIA, UK, Dutch and Scottish 10: Number of

Credit: Angelina Bergenwall

King Stingray, King Stingray INCONVO: ROY KELLAWAY “Yirr ŋ a is such an amazing singer – and he loves

Credit: Andy DeLuca

years 5SOS have been together; the band formed when its youngest member, Luke Hemmings, was 15 and its

Credit: Luke Henery

oldest member, Ashton Irwin, was 18 The 1975, Being Funny in a Foreign Language

INREVIEW “A beautifully produced collection of imaginative cuts…Meandering and hazy melodies,

Credit: Matt Williams

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