As I briefly mentioned in WAYLT? thread, wanted to discuss some of the best albums of 2022. EPS, loosie tracks, under the radar albums are obviously also welcome. Here’s my list for favorites this year:
Dawn FM - The Weeknd
Lucifer on the Sofa - Spoon
Blue Rev - Alvvays
Melt My Eyez See Your Future - Denzel Curry
Alpha Zulu - Phoenix
King’s Disease III - Nas
Haven’t done my full listen back to everything that caught my ear this year but off the top of my head and in no particular order:
Lydian Collective - Return
The Dear Hunter - Antimai
… And you will know us by the trail of dead - Bleed Here Now
Charlie Griffiths - Tiktaalika
LS Dunes - Past Lives
Still waiting on TSOAF to drop their EP. Bleed here now is probably my AOTY
Elder - Innate Passage
…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - XI: BLEED HERE NOW
The Early November - Twenty
Squeaky Feet - Summer Tour Compilation
Venom Prison - Erebos is so fucking good @funktastic is right on Recordings from the Åland Islands
Big Thief - Dragon New Mountain is pretty good, better than I expected
I’ve been encouraged to look into Chat Pile, I really need to
Every King Gizzard album belongs on this list, so I won’t list each one. My other favorites are:
Metric - Formentera
Elder - Innate Passage
Porcupine Tree - CLOSURE/CONTINUATION
Bonobo - Fragments
Rolling Coastal Blackouts Fever - Endless Rooms
Somali Yacht Club - The Space
Pusha T - It’s Almost Dry
Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future
angel in realtime by Gang of Youths is my personal fave of 2022. This band is incredibly slept on in the US. Huge anthemic choruses, great singer/frontman, and poignant lyrics.
Rich Ruth - I Survived, It’s Over
Fugitive - Manic EP
Eli Winter - Eli Winter
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Night Gnomes
S.G. Goodman - Teeth Marks
Angel Olson - Big Time
Ian Noe - River Fool
Chris Forsyth - Evolution Here We Come