Sad to say but I was introduced to Malick when everyone was calling DGG a Malick rip-off. Safe to say the world is a more beautiful place with both of these directors.

Listen to Julien Baker from this list. You'll love it.

Julien Baker - YES. Album of the year for me.

If you are a film student, you'd be doing a disservice to yourself by not having seen Grey Gardens or Thin Blue Line, regardless of the parodies. Please see them.

Please report back. Had the same fears. They are my favorite band. Little did I expect they'd blow me away with my favorite album.

Agreed

Agreed. Glad this reviewer gets it. This aint your dad's "all their songs sound the same" band. This is one of the best most focused bands on the planet.

They play 30 second - 90 second ads every 5-10 minutes which makes a 3 hour Kurosawa film last an INSANE amount of time.

I'm a huge Youth Lagoon fan.  I've listened to July over 80 times (according to my last.fm). But his videos are cheesy.  Distracting from the music with melodrama and bad acting.  Oh well Year of Hibernation is still my favorite album of the year!