Death Cab for Cutie - I Built You A Tower
Genre: Indie Rock
Country: US
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 316th / 448
Highlight: Trap Door
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws4aWSACgmw
Made me think of:
Jimmy Eat World
Manchester Orchestra
Bright Eyes
Iceage - For Love of Grace & The Hereafter
Genre: Post Punk Revival
Country: Denmark
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 216th / 477
Highlight: Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rvqA8rMTu8
Made me think of:
The Murder Capital
Fontaines D.C.
Protomartyr
Manchester Orchestra - Union Chapel (London, England)
Genre: Indie Rock
Country: US
Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 115th / 476
Highlight: The Grocery (Union Chapel, London, England)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGsqg9bS3J8
Made me think of:
Foxing
The Antlers
Death Cab for Cutie
Evergrey - Architects of A New Weave
Genre: Progressive Metal
Country: Sweden
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 313th / 473
Highlight: Architects Of The New Weave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTOheIo5IjM
Made me think of:
Katatonia
Soen
Pain of Salvation
CyHra - Requiem For A Pipe Dream
Genre: Melodic Groove Metal
Country: Sweden
Final Verdict: 60% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 346th / 472
Highlight: Ghostbound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCuEEMfV1NY
Made me think of:
Amaranthe
Beyond The Black
The Halo Effect
Evanescence - Sanctuary
Genre: Alternative Metal
Country: US
Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 135th / 471
Highlight: Sanctuary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E64jOWeVfpg
Made me think of:
Within Temptation
Lacuna Coil
Nightwish
A.A. Williams - Solstice
Genre: Post Metal
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 94% (Perfect Album)
Yearly Ranking: 1st / 469
Highlight: (all added to my 2026 best of)
Wolves
Little By Little
Hold it Together
Breathe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm1hNNPbRmc
Made me think of:
The 3rd and the Mortal
Emma Ruth Rundle
Chelsea Wolfe
August Burns Red - Season Of Surrender
Genre: Progressive Metalcore
Country: US
Final Verdict: 65% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 142th / 468
Highlight: Cerebral Malfunction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33lGwGz3heo
Made me think of:
Parkway Drive
The Ghost Inside
As I Lay Dying
Oh Hiroshima - And The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter
Genre: Post Rock
Country: Sweden
Final Verdict: 67% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 81th / 467
Highlight: Exit Cloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNQ3n0nmQ4k&list=RDeNQ3n0nmQ4k&start_radio=1
Made me think of:
EF
Caspian
PG.Lost
The Who - Live at Eden Project 2023
Genre: Classic Rock
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 65% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 134th / 466
Highlight: Won't Get Fooled Again (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aubwbT0uv2k
Made me think of:
Roger Waters
Peter Gabriel
Deep Purple
Kurt Vile - Philadelphia's been good to me
Genre: Slacker Rock
Country: US
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 302th / 465
Highlight: Every time I look at you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M-E2Mif1Oc
Made me think of:
The War on Drugs
Kevin Morby
Bill Callahan
Marisa Anderson - The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music
Genre: American Primitivism
Country: US
Final Verdict: 63% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 260th / 434
Highlight: Sarvi Simin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lb0Zl0iNB4
Made me think of:
Daniel Bachman
James Blackshaw
Steve Gunn
Paul McCartney - The Boys of Dungeon Lane
Genre: Baroque Pop
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 63% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 271th / 433
Highlight: Home to Us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLRV8hRRUHo
Made me think of:
Harry Nilsson
Randy Newman
Paul Simon
Boards of Canada - Inferno
Genre: Downtempo
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 69% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 41th / 432
Highlight: Naraka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6tE7iqZ1c0
Made me think of:
Tycho
Plaid
Biosphere
Avishai Cohen - Eternal Child
Genre: Contemporary Jazz
Country: Israel
Final Verdict: 65% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 172th / 431
Highlight: My Brues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si_PUkuGQ_o
Made me think of:
Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Tigran Hamasyan
GoGo Penguin
All Them Witches - House of Mirrors
Genre: Stoner Rock
Country: US
Final Verdict: 67% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 68th / 430
Highlight: Hold Up, Say What?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VClAxasjnQE
Made me think of:
King Buffalo
Elder
Colour Haze
Freya Ridings - Mother of Pearl
Genre: adult contemporary pop
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 67% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 75th / 429
Highlight: Dancing In The Kitchen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOjbJFl0ytA
Made me think of:
Florence Welch
Birdy
Sarah McLachlan
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