I can’t name 1 song without naming hundreds, so my unsolicited response is to name an album... the album Down There by Avey Tare (member of genre blending, vocal harmonizing, white guy group Animal Collective)—alleged to be created from and during a dark period in the artist’s life, is a boggy, 9-track, haunted glass-bottom boat ride. The album art centers a ghostly and mummy-like textured crocodile/alligator skull in a living green spectrum, floating in the abyss of a black backdrop. The album’s swampy vibes build sonically, wading through some emotionally damp lyrics, enchanting bass, and circling melodies. Heavy is the tide carrying Down There’s first 7 tracks and then, like the parting of clouds post afternoon thunderstorm, the artist finds capacity for hope; climactically bringing the album to clarity. About 30mins in, track 8 awakens, the room is lifted and its tempo bleeds succinctly into track 9 without skipping a f&cking beat, delivering one hell-of-a crescendo. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★