The most listened to track on Spotify is mostly a spoken-word type thing. This is traditionally not my thing, and I don’t know why it caught me so strongly. Cassandra Jenkins – An overview on Phenomenal Nature Their whole catalog is enjoyable but this is perhaps in contention for my 2nd favorite release of theirs.įun, energetic, catchy, straight-foward pop. Making their 4th appearance on this list since since 2006, Islands is Back with their first album in 5 years! Islomania is the least complicated, most purely fun release ever from the band I think. It’s fun, triumphant, expansive indie pop. I’ve listened to a lot of Japanese Breakfast albums but this is the first one that’s really stuck with me. I guess this album came out in March but I didn’t get into it until later in the year. Valentine has a much broader sound without giving up the intimacy of Lush. Her sophomore album is as strong or better than her 2018 debut… which was also my 8th favorite album of that year.
Listen to it.ģ artists into our Top 10, 22 year old Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail is the oldest artist to appear so far (But the youngest of the top 8, I think). There’s a diverse range of genres & song-writing styles, but Rodrigo pulls it all together. This isn’t immediately relatable to my current life experience, but it is very good! When I saw these jokes, I was expecting music I didn’t understand the appeal of bc I’m old & out of touch (see: Billie Eilish) BUT instead it was just some cool songs about the perils of being a teenager.
#Haim days are gone metacritic full#
I hadn’t heard of Olivia Rodrigo until this album came out and my twitter timeline was full of jokes about it making millennials feel old. It doesn’t sound at all like Phoebe Bridgers, except for being kind of sad. The full-length debut from indie-pop artist Claud! The first full-length release on Phoebe Bridgers’ record label Saddest Factory! This came out in February and really stuck with me throughout the year as something I kept coming back to. The writing about these albums may be lacking this year, even compared to my previous poor efforts. This year’s top 3 is not as strong as the Top 3 in 2020, but it does have my 3 favorite genres represented: Indie Rock/Pop, Rap & Boygenius. But while Inflation is impacting many parts of the economy, this list remains at 0% y/y growth in length… we’re sticking to a top 10. When it all came down to it there were maybe 20 that I would have liked to give a spot on this list. I listened to lots of things this year! Spotify says 82,030 minutes which comes out to over 26 hours a week. Another year of working mostly from home means another year of a 40-hour-a-week music consumption habit uninhibited by the considerations of others.