Paste's 20 Best Albums of 2018 (So Far)

Paste's 20 Best Albums of 2018 (So Far)

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20.

Amen Dunes - Freedom
March 30, 2018
Critic Score
80
17 reviews

Even when he was obscured by the hiss and echo of his lo-fi beginnings, McMahon had the look of a fascinating songwriter. Freedom bears that out.

19.

King Tuff - The Other
April 13, 2018
Critic Score
69
12 reviews

18.

Bonny Doon - Longwave
March 23, 2018
Critic Score
68
8 reviews

17.

Cut Worms - Hollow Ground
May 4, 2018
Critic Score
77
9 reviews

16.

Nap Eyes - I'm Bad Now
March 9, 2018
Critic Score
75
14 reviews

I’m Bad Now is another reliable slab from Nap Eyes, with stronger melodies and more consistency across the board.

15.

Goat Girl - Goat Girl
April 6, 2018
Critic Score
79
20 reviews

12.

U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
February 16, 2018
Critic Score
85
27 reviews
Rem is as mercurial as ever, shapeshifting her voice and the music surrounding it as easily as she switches characters.

11.

Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
April 6, 2018
Critic Score
79
20 reviews

10.

Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo in Blue
March 23, 2018
Critic Score
76
28 reviews

All in all, Twentytwo in Blue spills over with well-crafted songs and sumptuous performances.

9.

The Decemberists - I'll Be Your Girl
March 16, 2018
Critic Score
69
26 reviews
The results are mostly successful; occasionally a strange sound seems shoehorned into a perfectly good Decemberists song.

8.

Courtney Marie Andrews - May Your Kindness Remain
March 23, 2018
Critic Score
77
14 reviews

The Seattle singer spends much of May Your Kindness Remain exploring ideas of home and what it means to have roots, on 10 new tunes that are lusher and more expansive while leaving plenty of room to showcase her astonishing voice.

6.

shame - Songs of Praise
January 12, 2018
Critic Score
83
25 reviews
What sets these lads apart is their beyond-their-years songwriting, riotous live shows (they were once fined for ripping a chandelier from the ceiling) and frontman Charlie Steen’s arresting vocals.

5.

Soccer Mommy - Clean
March 2, 2018
Critic Score
79
21 reviews

With Clean, she may have again left her bedroom for the studio, but her introspective and comfortably confessional lyrics maintain their intimacy and diary-scrawl relatability.

2.

Superchunk - What a Time to Be Alive
February 16, 2018
Critic Score
76
21 reviews

1.

Lucy Dacus - Historian
March 2, 2018
Critic Score
79
25 reviews

It’s a rare artist who has a voice so compelling, and rarer still are the ones who learn so early on how to use it. At 23, Dacus has already made a career album with Historian, and she’s really only just getting started.

Original Source: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/06/the-20-best-albums-of-2018-so-far.html
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