Starting the year I still had my head in the covid clouds and nursed myself with Louis Armstrong and Bach–pure comfort music. At some point, though, the obsession returned and I began listening to new music constantly. This year I didn’t find myself dwelling on any particular album. It’s probably more to do with the way music is delivered and the way I consume it, but it was more of a song year for me. So the top albums represent less the albums I listened to again and again and more the albums that supplied my listening with fresh music and inspiration. Though I didn’t listen to a ton of Jazz, a couple of heavily listened albums are left off here because I classify them more as Jazz: Sons of Kemet and Ben Lamar Gay.
- Low–Hey What
2. Japanese Breakfast—Jubilee
3. Hand Habits—Fun House
4. The Armed—Ultrapop
5. HTRK—Rhinestones
6. Juçara Marçal—Delta Estácio Blues
7. The Notwist—Vertigo Days
8. Flock of Dimes—Head of Roses
9. Moor Mother—Black Encyclopedia of the Air
10. Circuits des Yeux— -io
11. Maria Elena Silva—Eros
12. Snail Mail—Valentine
13. Tropical Fuck Storm—Deep States
14. Shame—Drunk Tank Pink
15. Squid—Bright Green Field
16. Cassandra Jenkins—An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
17. Low Hummer—Modern Tricks for Living
18. Illuminati Hotties—Let Me Do One More
19. Adia Victoria—A Southern Gothic
20. Idles—Crawler
21. Sylvan Esso—Free Love
22. Torres—Thirstier
23. Geese—Projector
24. Parquet Courts—Sympathy for Life
25. Hildegard–Hildegard