13. Alcest - Spiritual Instinct (3 votes)
“The band that introduced me to blackgaze and is still my favorite. More than delivered on my high expectations.”
“The band that introduced me to blackgaze and is still my favorite. More than delivered on my high expectations.”
14. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (3 votes)
“How does an 18 year old produce music like this????”
“How does an 18 year old produce music like this????”
15. Brittany Howard - Jaime (3 votes)
16. Charly Bliss - Young Enough (3 votes)
“I truly can't get enough of this album - "Hurt Me" into "Hard to Believe" is a fantastic one-two punch.”
“I truly can't get enough of this album - "Hurt Me" into "Hard to Believe" is a fantastic one-two punch.”
“I feel like this album was written for a much younger person than I but I'm happy to sing along to it. "Capacity" is amazing.”
17. Earth - Full Upon Her Burning Lips (3 votes)
“That tone...this is what guitars are supposed to sound like.”
“Is the an opposite to petrichor? Like a scent that comes after a long storm that forebodes of impending aridness, blistering hot wind and baked, cracked earth? The smell would accompany this band everywhere it went.”
18. James Blake - Assume Form (3 votes)
19. MIKE - Tears of Joy (3 votes)
20. Paul Cauthen - Room 41 (3 votes)
21. Pernice Brothers - Spread The Feeling (3 votes)
“Their strongest album in years. Always beautiful and insightful.”
“Their strongest album in years. Always beautiful and insightful.”
22. Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (3 votes)
“Oh shit. Ignored this release when I read the concept, but became a believer after watching the movie on Netflix. Now it is my go to road music. Pump that up and every ride is downhill.”
“Oh shit. Ignored this release when I read the concept, but became a believer after watching the movie on Netflix. Now it is my go to road music. Pump that up and every ride is downhill.”
23. Taylor Swift - Lover (3 votes)
“I can't help it. I apparently love Taylor Swift and would gladly join her fan club.”
“I can't help it. I apparently love Taylor Swift and would gladly join her fan club.”
“‘Lover’ - The title track is a tremendous pop song, but there's plenty else on here to keep me coming back.”
“I don't know you guys, she's just good at what she does.”
“I don't know you guys, she's just good at what she does.”
24. Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow (3 votes)
“Whoa. These blue-eyed Australians soul singers sound like they came straight of Muscle Shoals.”
25. The Head and the Heart - Living Mirage (3 votes)
“No hipster cred awarded, but damn this is a fun album that makes me smile.”
“No hipster cred awarded, but damn this is a fun album that makes me smile.”
26. Yola - Walk Through the Fire (3 votes)
“Dusty In Memphis's influenced many, but few have Yola's chops. And some of her lyrics just slay me.”
