Somehow the jazz and samba-inspired instrumentals, Greep’s unmistakable vocals and the out of pocket lyrics work together freakishly well.

FAVORITES:
> The Magician
> As If Waltz
> Holy, Holy
> Terra
> Through a War
> The New Sound
> If You Are But a Dream
> Blues
> Walk Up
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Bongo Season

After mostly enjoying but struggling to grasp the stability of her sound, I think this album finally helped me understand Waxahatchee’s alt-country atmosphere.

FAVORITES:
> Right Back to It
> 3 Sisters
> Crowbar
> Bored
> Tigers Blood
> Burns Out at Midnight
> 365
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Crimes of the Heart

Breezier but still packing plenty of gravitas, Tillman’s fourth album shows signs of both settling into a sound and branching out in ideas.

FAVORITES:
> Mr. Tillman
> Hangout at the Gallows
> God’s Favorite Customer
> Just Dumb Enough to Try
> Please Don’t Die
> We’re Only People (And There’s Not Much Anyone Can Do About That)
> Date Night
> Disappointing Diamonds Are the Rarest of Them All
LEAST FAVORITE:
> The Palace

Maybe a little too airy on the whole, but there are undeniable indicators of the band they would become.

FAVORITES:
> In Heaven
> Everybody Wants to Love You
> The Woman That Loves You
> Heft
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Moon on the Bath

Sort of haphazard towards the beginning and end but really hits its stride during those middle tracks.

FAVORITES:
> Bang
> Ikiru
> Pandora
> Never Let You Go
> Souzou Suru
> Deconstruction
> Sister with Sisters
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Old Fashioned

Heavy, lots of droning sound, really cerebral guitar work and a frog looking at me funny.

FAVORITES:
> Kuruimizu
> Ganbouki
> Hama
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Vomitself

A noticeable refinement of their previous two albums’ sounds.

FAVORITES:
> Ping Pong
> Wow and Flutter
> International Colouring Contest
> Three-Dee Melodie
> Three Longers Later
> L’enfer des formes
> Transporte sans bouger
> Outer Accelerator
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Fiery Yellow

Quintessential violin pop.

FAVORITES:
> I Am the Antichrist to You
> Bright Whites
> Manchester
> Wonder Woman, Wonder Me
> It All Began with a Burst
> Intro / Pathos, Pathos
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Atticus, in the Desert

An engaging stylistic switch-up from Sturgill, he always knows how to keep things fresh.

FAVORITES:
> Sing Along
> A Good Look
> Remember to Breathe
> Mercury in Retrograde
> Make Art Not Friends
> All Said and Done
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Last Man Standing

This project is so alive! DOOM sounds as masterful as always, and Danger’s production is sweet as syrup on the ears.

FAVORITES:
> Crosshairs
> Benzi Box
> El Chupa Nibre
> Old School Rules
> Space Hoes
> The Mask
> Sofa King
> Perfect Hair
> No Names (Black Debbie)
> Basket Case
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Vats of Urine

Bland and sometimes quite bad.

FAVORITE:
> Greens and Blues
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Bagboy

🐦 👁️!

FAVORITES:
> Love Me Not
> One Wish
> Genius
> Pilot
> Dream Girl
> Love Is Blind
> Days
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Bad Idea

I think this might be the Don’t Look Up of queer punk.

FAVORITES:
> Love
> Nothing Tastes As Good As It Feels
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Cuntology 101

They built off an already good debut album to produce something bubblier and even better, and I love that for them.

FAVORITES:
> Plimsoll Punks
> Dreams Tonite
> Not My Baby
> In Undertow
> Forget About Life
> Saved by a Waif
> Lollipop (Ode to Jim)
> Your Type
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Already Gone

Quite unexpectedly, this album kinda kicks ass.

FAVORITES:
> Hunnybee
> American Guilt
> Ministry of Alienation
> Everybody Acts Crazy Nowadays
> Major League Chemicals
> If You’re Gonna Break Yourself
> Chronos Feasts on His Children
> The Internet of Love (That Way)
LEAST FAVORITE:
> A God Called Hubris

This is, without a doubt, one of the albums of all time.

FAVORITES:
> Full machine
> Difficult
> Right now
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Will you cry?

The journey this album took me on was long, winding, and not always happy, but BOY was it memorable.

FAVORITES:
> Let’s Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and to Be Loved)
> Lover I Don’t Have to Love
> False Advertising
> Waste of Paint
> Method Acting
> Bowl of Oranges
> Laura Laurent
> Nothing Gets Crossed Out
> From a Balance Beam
> Make War
LEAST FAVORITE:
> The Big Picture

Even more vibrant and kaleidoscopic than its predecessor, Howard’s sophomore solo outing is a concentrated dose of soulful electricity.

FAVORITES:
> What Now
> Earth Sign
> Red Flags
> Patience
> I Don’t
> Every Color in Blue
> Power to Undo
> Prove It to You
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Interlude

Not amazing, but certainly not boring and the few hits it does have go HARD.

FAVORITES:
> Andromeda
> Saturnz Barz
> Ascension
> Let Me Out
> Strobelite
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Sex Murder Party

A groovy little side dish to pair with last album’s entree.

FAVORITES:
> Whaleshark
> It’s All Soup Now
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Achtung!