NOW Magazine's 10 Best Albums of 2019

Assume Form doesn’t have the instant gratification of his 2013 album, Overgrown – arguably his best – but it gradually pulls you in like a soothing balm. Blake builds sonic worlds that are heavily distorted, jarring and abrasively unnatural, but on this album he’s pared down his more experimental tendencies for a safer, more palatable sound.

Titanic Rising is a leap forward for the self-described “nostalgic futurist,” yet Mering’s core musical gifts remain intact.

The songs are devastating, but also nourishing: it’s a whole new version of Olsen.

Songs play out like mantras, her rawness manifesting as repetition.

Beyond the amber waves of grain, Purple Mountains offer fans a feast of food for thought.

In a tight but varied 39 minutes, Tyler is exploring the sonic terrain in Flower Boy with a narrative concept that, like a non-relationship, feels endless and all-encompassing, then hard not to put on repeat.