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The Best Indie Folk Albums of the 2020s by User Score

Decade
Genre
2020s
2020
2021
2022
2023

1.

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
June 18th, 2020
Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk, Indie Rock
USER SCORE
85
5,404 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
February 11th, 2022
Indie Folk, Folk Rock, Alt-Country
USER SCORE
84
3,617 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

The Microphones - Microphones in 2020
August 7th, 2020
Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk, Avant-Folk, Progressive Folk
USER SCORE
83
1,251 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music

4.

boygenius - the record
March 31st, 2023
Indie Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk
USER SCORE
82
645 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Taylor Swift - folklore
July 24th, 2020
Singer-Songwriter, Folk Pop, Indie Folk, Chamber Pop, Folk
USER SCORE
81
4,824 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

September 24th, 2021
Indie Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Chamber Folk, Contemporary Folk
USER SCORE
81
1,605 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Fleet Foxes - A Very Lonely Solstice
December 10th, 2021
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
79
50 ratings
Amazon

8.

Fleet Foxes - Shore
September 22nd, 2020
Indie Folk, Chamber Pop
USER SCORE
78
1,536 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Billie Eilish - Guitar Songs
July 21st, 2022
Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk, Contemporary Folk, Folk
USER SCORE
78
1,132 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Florist - Florist
July 29th, 2022
Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk
USER SCORE
77
504 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Sadurn - Radiator
May 6th, 2022
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
77
67 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Lizzy McAlpine - five seconds flat
April 8th, 2022
Singer-Songwriter, Indie Pop, Indie Folk
USER SCORE
77
304 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music

13.

Lord Huron - Long Lost
May 21st, 2021
Indie Folk, Americana, Alt-Country, Baroque Pop, Folk, Outlaw Country
USER SCORE
76
401 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Wolf Alice - Blue Lullaby
June 24th, 2022
Indie Folk, Chamber Folk, Dream Pop
USER SCORE
76
65 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music

15.

Clairo - Sling
July 16th, 2021
Singer-Songwriter, Folk, Indie Folk, Contemporary Folk
USER SCORE
76
2,126 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Skullcrusher - Quiet the Room
October 14th, 2022
Indie Folk, Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
76
203 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Anjimile - Giver Taker
September 18th, 2020
Indie Folk, Chamber Folk, Folk, Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
76
82 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Alex G - God Save the Animals
September 23rd, 2022
Indie Folk, Indie Rock, Alt-Country
USER SCORE
76
1,190 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha
June 25th, 2021
Alt-Country, Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk
USER SCORE
75
858 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Wilbur Soot - Your City Gave Me Asthma
June 26th, 2020
Indie Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Lo-Fi, Anti-Folk
USER SCORE
75
260 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Maple Glider - To Enjoy is the Only Thing
June 25th, 2021
Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk
USER SCORE
75
70 ratings
Amazon

22.

Beabadoobee - Beatopia
July 15th, 2022
Indie Pop, Bedroom Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Alternative Rock, Indie Folk
USER SCORE
75
1,192 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days
October 1st, 2021
Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk
USER SCORE
74
268 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Tomberlin - i don’t know who needs to hear this...
April 29th, 2022
Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk
USER SCORE
74
369 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

This Is The Kit - Off Off On
October 23rd, 2020
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
74
72 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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