2016 Indie Pop Album Releases

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Feb 29
Lemon Demon - Spirit Phone
Lemon Demon
Spirit Phone
80
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(624)
Apr 1
Japanese Breakfast - Psychopomp
Japanese Breakfast
Psychopomp
74
critic score
(7)
75
user score
(551)
Jan 22
Chairlift - Moth
Chairlift
Moth
74
critic score
(26)
75
user score
(419)
Feb 25
TV Girl - Who Really Cares
TV Girl
Who Really Cares
74
user score
(352)
Apr 1
Frankie Cosmos - Next Thing
Frankie Cosmos
Next Thing
74
critic score
(19)
75
user score
(306)
Aug 19
EDEN - i think you think too much of me
EDEN
i think you think too much of me
78
user score
(224)
Feb 19
Wild Nothing - Life of Pause
Wild Nothing
Life of Pause
71
critic score
(32)
69
user score
(168)
Oct 21
The Radio Dept. - Running Out of Love
The Radio Dept.
Running Out of Love
78
critic score
(19)
72
user score
(160)
Mar 25
Birdy - Beautiful Lies
Birdy
Beautiful Lies
76
critic score
(9)
73
user score
(147)
Mar 1
Mitski - Your Best American Girl
Mitski
Your Best American Girl
94
user score
(127)
Jul 12
Snail Mail - Habit
Snail Mail
Habit
72
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(127)
Sep 9
Local Natives - Sunlit Youth
Local Natives
Sunlit Youth
69
critic score
(12)
67
user score
(127)
Apr 4
Ricky Montgomery - Montgomery Ricky
Ricky Montgomery
Montgomery Ricky
100
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(123)
2016
Billie Eilish - Ocean Eyes
Billie Eilish
Ocean Eyes
79
user score
(116)
Mar 4
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - A Man Alive
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down
A Man Alive
74
critic score
(13)
75
user score
(103)
May 6
Mahmundi - Mahmundi
Mahmundi
Mahmundi
80
user score
(101)
Jan 29
MONEY - Suicide Songs
MONEY
Suicide Songs
76
critic score
(18)
73
user score
(92)
Feb 16
Clarice Falcão - Problema Meu
Clarice Falcão
Problema Meu
72
user score
(92)
Jan 22
Eleanor Friedberger - New View
Eleanor Friedberger
New View
76
critic score
(28)
72
user score
(91)
Feb 15
The 1975 - Somebody Else
The 1975
Somebody Else
93
user score
(90)
Aug 12
of Montreal
Innocence Reaches
65
critic score
(25)
59
user score
(90)
Oct 7
D.D Dumbo - Utopia Defeated
D.D Dumbo
Utopia Defeated
79
critic score
(9)
73
user score
(83)
Jan 15
Mystery Jets - Curve of the Earth
Mystery Jets
Curve of the Earth
71
critic score
(17)
73
user score
(82)
Sep 2
La Femme - Mystère
La Femme
Mystère
73
critic score
(6)
74
user score
(82)
Nov 18
Yellow Days - Harmless Melodies
Yellow Days
Harmless Melodies
75
user score
(81)
Mar 25
HANA - Hana
HANA
Hana
78
user score
(80)
Sep 16
Bad Suns - Disappear Here
Bad Suns
Disappear Here
73
critic score
(2)
69
user score
(77)
Oct 21
Saint Motel - saintmotelevision
Saint Motel
saintmotelevision
73
critic score
(2)
68
user score
(77)
Nov 4
STRFKR - Being No One, Going Nowhere
STRFKR
Being No One, Going Nowhere
73
critic score
(5)
73
user score
(72)
Sep 16
Kishi Bashi - Sonderlust
Kishi Bashi
Sonderlust
80
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(71)
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Oct 22
Joe Hawley - Joe Hawley Joe Hawley
Joe Hawley
Joe Hawley Joe Hawley
58
user score
(71)
2016
Cuco - Wannabewithu
Cuco
Wannabewithu
61
user score
(70)
Apr 20
SALES - SALES LP
SALES
SALES LP
80
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(67)
Oct 14
C Duncan - The Midnight Sun
C Duncan
The Midnight Sun
81
critic score
(14)
76
user score
(67)
Sep 16
Cruel Youth - +30mg
Cruel Youth
+30mg
76
user score
(66)
Jun 3
Amber Arcades - Fading Lines
Amber Arcades
Fading Lines
78
critic score
(15)
73
user score
(64)
Feb 26
Quilt - Plaza
Quilt
Plaza
72
critic score
(15)
73
user score
(63)
Oct 3
Peach Pit - Sweet FA
Peach Pit
Sweet FA
78
user score
(63)
Feb 19
Ra Ra Riot - Need Your Light
Ra Ra Riot
Need Your Light
65
critic score
(13)
61
user score
(60)
Mar 11
The Goon Sax - Up to Anything
The Goon Sax
Up to Anything
81
critic score
(10)
75
user score
(58)
Jun 9
Wye Oak - Tween
Wye Oak
Tween
74
critic score
(8)
76
user score
(58)
Sep 23
Tash Sultana - Notion
Tash Sultana
Notion
81
user score
(54)
Feb 12
Basia Bulat - Good Advice
Basia Bulat
Good Advice
77
critic score
(16)
73
user score
(53)
Nov 17
Billie Eilish - six feet under
Billie Eilish
six feet under
76
user score
(51)
Apr 1
The Scary Jokes - April Fools
The Scary Jokes
April Fools
77
user score
(50)
Jun 3
Fear of Men - Fall Forever
Fear of Men
Fall Forever
70
critic score
(12)
73
user score
(47)
Jan 29
Seafret - Tell Me It's Real
Seafret
Tell Me It's Real
63
critic score
(3)
67
user score
(44)
Mar 11
Lucius - Good Grief
Lucius
Good Grief
69
critic score
(15)
68
user score
(44)
Jun 10
Peter Bjorn and John - Breakin' Point
Peter Bjorn and John
Breakin' Point
63
critic score
(16)
56
user score
(44)
Apr 1
Tacocat - Lost Time
Tacocat
Lost Time
78
critic score
(16)
72
user score
(42)
Apr 8
Teleman - Brilliant Sanity
Teleman
Brilliant Sanity
74
critic score
(11)
71
user score
(42)
Mar 4
La Sera - Music for Listening to Music To
La Sera
Music for Listening to Music To
69
critic score
(17)
66
user score
(41)
Jul 29
Viola Beach - Viola Beach
Viola Beach
Viola Beach
73
critic score
(12)
67
user score
(37)
Aug 2
SIAMES - Bounce into the Music
SIAMES
Bounce into the Music
73
user score
(37)
2016
宇宙ネコ子 [Universe Nekoko] - 日々のあわ (Hibi no Awa)
宇宙ネコ子 [Universe Nekoko]
日々のあわ (Hibi no Awa)
76
user score
(32)
Jan 22
Charlie Hilton - Palana
Charlie Hilton
Palana
70
critic score
(6)
68
user score
(31)
Apr 15
Wild Belle - Dreamland
Wild Belle
Dreamland
65
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(28)
Jun 24
Puro Instinct - Autodrama
Puro Instinct
Autodrama
70
critic score
(8)
69
user score
(28)
May 6
Chris Cohen - As If Apart
Chris Cohen
As If Apart
71
critic score
(9)
74
user score
(26)
Mar 18
Cullen Omori - New Misery
Cullen Omori
New Misery
70
critic score
(13)
68
user score
(25)
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