For anyone living in a place that’s at the complete mercy of the weather:
Metric - Speed The Collapse
They were just teenagers, never recorded an album (this is from their only one), no major contract, no videos, from such an unlikely place as Louisville, KY, broke up before the album was released. But, it turned out to be one of the most influential albums of the nineties, widely acclaimed but also hated by some. From their only album, Spiderland:
Slint - Nosferatu Man