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The Best New Wave Albums of 2022 by User Score
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1
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Yasuaki Shimizu - Kiren
February 25th, 2022
Electronic
,
Experimental
,
New Wave
,
Art Pop
,
Synthpop
,
Minimal Wave
USER SCORE
75
61 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
2
.
Destroyer - LABYRINTHITIS
March 25th, 2022
Art Pop
,
Synthpop
,
Art Rock
,
New Wave
,
Sophisti-Pop
USER SCORE
74
658 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
3
.
Mitski - Laurel Hell
February 4th, 2022
Art Pop
,
Synthpop
,
New Wave
USER SCORE
72
2,726 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
4
.
The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language
October 14th, 2022
Pop Rock
,
New Wave
,
Soft Rock
USER SCORE
71
1,792 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
5
.
Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
February 4th, 2022
Art Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
New Wave
USER SCORE
70
813 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
6
.
Molly Nilsson - Extreme
January 15th, 2022
Synthpop
,
Hypnagogic Pop
,
New Wave
USER SCORE
67
79 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
7
.
Foals - Life Is Yours
June 17th, 2022
Alternative Dance
,
Indie Rock
,
New Wave
,
Synth Funk
USER SCORE
67
503 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8
.
Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Boy Named If
January 14th, 2022
Power Pop
,
Pop Rock
,
New Wave
,
Baroque Pop
USER SCORE
66
225 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
9
.
YUNGBLUD - YUNGBLUD
September 2nd, 2022
Pop Rock
,
New Wave
USER SCORE
33
539 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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