After about six weeks of hard work, here they are: my 22 favorite songs of 2018. Yeah, 22. Got a problem with that? I didn\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve provided both a Spotify playlist that goes from the end of the list to #1, and individual videos for each song. These posts are always hard to get right with all the embeds, so please be patient if it takes awhile to load.<\/p>\n
Most of all, enjoy!<\/p>\n
\u201cNotes On a Life Not Quite Led\u201d – Mastersystem
\nThis was my hardest song to decide whether or not to include. For several months it was on the running list I keep throughout the year. Then I dropped it late in the summer when I stopped listening to all Scott Hutchison\u2019s music. Finally, at the last moment, I slipped it back in.<\/p>\n
Hutchison\u2019s final act was in a super group with his brother Grant and the Lockey brothers, also from Scotland, in a band with a much heavier sound than Frightened Rabbit\u2019s. It was to be a shout out to the \u201890s alt rock and grunge they grew up on. Several of the songs worked quite well.<\/p>\n
I imagine there is unreleased FR music that we\u2019ll hear at some point, but these are likely the final recordings we\u2019ll ever hear from Scott. There is an official video, but I decided to share this The Quay Sessions<\/em> performance instead. It was recorded about a month before Scott\u2019s death and he, honestly, looks kind of terrible, which makes it painful to watch. But the song sounds amazing. Like so many of his songs, I can\u2019t help but pick apart the lyrics and connect them to how his life ended.<\/p>\n These words are meant for nothing
\nHope is born of hopelessness
\nThese thoughts won\u2019t change the clocks
\nNotes on a life not quite lived<\/p><\/blockquote>\n