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The Best Indie Folk Albums of 2021 by User Score
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Indie Folk
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1
.
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner’s Mind
September 24th, 2021
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
USER SCORE
81
1,951 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Fleet Foxes - A Very Lonely Solstice
December 10th, 2021
Indie Folk
,
Chamber Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
79
77 ratings
Amazon
3
.
Lord Huron - Long Lost
May 21st, 2021
Americana
,
Alt-Country
,
Indie Folk
,
Baroque Pop
,
Outlaw Country
,
Rock & Roll
USER SCORE
77
452 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Billie Marten - Flora Fauna
May 21st, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
75
158 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days
October 1st, 2021
Americana
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
74
297 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Typhoon - Sympathetic Magic
January 22nd, 2021
Chamber Pop
,
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
72
77 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
February 26th, 2021
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Indie Pop
USER SCORE
72
1,221 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Lowertown - The Gaping Mouth
September 16th, 2021
Indie Folk
,
Bedroom Pop
USER SCORE
72
129 ratings
Amazon
9
.
Katy Kirby - Cool Dry Place
February 19th, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Pop
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
72
299 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Hand Habits - Fun House
October 22nd, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
72
135 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Squirrel Flower - Planet (i)
June 25th, 2021
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
72
93 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?
August 27th, 2021
Chamber Pop
,
Art Pop
,
Folktronica
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
71
469 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
The Mountain Goats - Dark in Here
June 25th, 2021
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
71
203 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Laura Stevenson - Laura Stevenson
August 6th, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
,
Indie Folk
,
Alt-Country
,
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
71
122 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Kings of Convenience - Peace Or Love
June 18th, 2021
Folk Pop
,
Indie Folk
,
Indie Pop
USER SCORE
71
202 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Lael Neale - Acquainted with Night
February 19th, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Indie Pop
USER SCORE
71
125 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Andy Shauf - Wilds
September 24th, 2021
Indie Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
71
125 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Ben Howard - Collections From The Whiteout
March 26th, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Indietronica
USER SCORE
70
186 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Indigo Sparke - echo
February 19th, 2021
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Contemporary Folk
USER SCORE
70
153 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Flyte - This Is Really Going To Hurt
April 9th, 2021
Indie Folk
,
Indie Pop
USER SCORE
69
122 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Buck Meek - Two Saviors
January 15th, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
69
169 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Hiss Golden Messenger - Quietly Blowing It
June 25th, 2021
Americana
,
Country Soul
,
Folk Rock
,
Folk
,
Contemporary Folk
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
69
79 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
The Antlers - Green To Gold
March 26th, 2021
Indie Folk
,
Dream Pop
USER SCORE
68
281 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
José González - Local Valley
September 17th, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
68
125 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Cavetown - Man's Best Friend
June 4th, 2021
Bedroom Pop
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
63
132 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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