Album of the Year
In Ways - Slung
The debut from Slung is an alt-rock album that goes hard at times but balances that with some deep grooves. Overall, it is not quite as in-your-face as you might expect after the first track, as there are a lot of slow burns. But those tracks hit hard once the time is right. The album is solid all the way through.
Great Albums
These albums are good from start to finish, have multiple stand out great songs, or both.
- V - Naxatras - This was a close runner-up for AOTY for me. Really good spaced-out stoner prog-rock.
- Are We All Angels - Scowl - Another runner-up: This album is from a hardcore band with great pop sensibilities.
- Le Point de Non-Retour - Point Mort
- LUX - ROSALÍA
- Distimia - Los Membrillos
- Pirouette - Model/Actriz
- The Age Of Ephemerality - BRUIT ≤
- The Exodus of Gravity - Arcadea - Ever wondered what Mastodon would sound like with synths instead of guitars? Check it out here.
- My First Album - Jessica Winter
- We Were Just Here - Just Mustard
- The Spin - Messa
Tracks
These are great songs, released this year, excluding songs from top albums.
- I Feel Numb - Rosa Bordallo
- Junior - Great Grandpa
- Hard Times - The Devil Makes Three
- Don't Be Seen with Me - Avalon Emerson
- Elegantly Wasted - Hermanos Gutiérrez Ft. Leon Bridges
- Cityscape - Hibou
- Beneath a Lightless Star - HOLY FAWN
- Blastbeat Falafal - Igorrr
- Expressionless - la lune
- Reincarnation of a Witch - Lamp of Murmuur
- HelloWorld.java - Nanowar of Steel
- Afterlife - Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
- Elderberry Wine - Wednesday
- My Type - Sudan Archives
- Jealousy is Lethal - Pixel Grip
- Split - Pixel Grip
- Behind the Green Door - Night Beats
- Indelible - Pelican
- Tanana - Portugal. The Man
- Descartes - SPRINTS
- Adagio - Σtella