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The Best Indie Pop Albums of 2018

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2018

1. Mélissa Laveaux - Radyo Siwèl

Mélissa Laveaux - Radyo Siwèl

February 2, 2018

Critic Score

82

5 reviews

2. Matt Maltese - Bad Contestant

Matt Maltese - Bad Contestant

May 25, 2018

Critic Score

82

6 reviews

3. The Essex Green - Hardly Electronic

The Essex Green - Hardly Electronic

June 29, 2018

Critic Score

82

5 reviews

4. Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur

Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur

July 20, 2018

Critic Score

81

6 reviews

5. Papercuts - Parallel Universe Blues

Papercuts - Parallel Universe Blues

October 19, 2018

Critic Score

81

5 reviews

6. Soccer Mommy - Clean

Soccer Mommy - Clean

March 2, 2018

Critic Score

81

17 reviews

7. Gwenno - Le Kov

Gwenno - Le Kov

March 2, 2018

Critic Score

80

16 reviews

8. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

June 15, 2018

Critic Score

80

23 reviews

9. The Spook School - Could It Be Different?

The Spook School - Could It Be Different?

January 26, 2018

Critic Score

79

12 reviews

10. Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg

Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg

June 8, 2018

Critic Score

79

17 reviews

11. The Goon Sax - We're Not Talking

The Goon Sax - We're Not Talking

September 14, 2018

Critic Score

79

12 reviews

12. Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs

Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs

April 6, 2018

Critic Score

78

17 reviews

13. Tracyanne & Danny - Tracyanne & Danny

Tracyanne & Danny - Tracyanne & Danny

May 25, 2018

Critic Score

78

7 reviews

14. Twenty One Pilots - Trench

Twenty One Pilots - Trench

October 5, 2018

Critic Score

78

8 reviews

15. Field Music - Open Here

Field Music - Open Here

February 2, 2018

Critic Score

78

16 reviews

16. Miya Folick - Premonitions

Miya Folick - Premonitions

October 26, 2018

Critic Score

77

9 reviews

17. TERRY - I’m Terry

TERRY - I’m Terry

August 31, 2018

Critic Score

77

5 reviews

18. Molly Burch - First Flower

Molly Burch - First Flower

October 5, 2018

Critic Score

77

9 reviews

19. Sloan - 12

April 6, 2018

Critic Score

77

6 reviews

20. Charles Watson - Now That I’m A River

Charles Watson - Now That I’m A River

May 18, 2018

Critic Score

76

5 reviews

21. Tracey Thorn - Record

Tracey Thorn - Record

March 2, 2018

Critic Score

76

17 reviews

22. Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose

Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose

July 13, 2018

Critic Score

76

31 reviews

23. Cut Worms - Hollow Ground

Cut Worms - Hollow Ground

May 4, 2018

Critic Score

76

8 reviews

24. Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo in Blue

Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo in Blue

March 23, 2018

Critic Score

75

23 reviews

25. Frankie Cosmos - Vessel

Frankie Cosmos - Vessel

March 30, 2018

Critic Score

75

16 reviews

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