Bonner Kramer & Thurston Moore - They Came Like Swallows
Genre: Experimental Rock
Country: US
Final Verdict: 56% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 350th / 359
Highlight: Urn Burial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd2rSKIMnrQ
Made me think of:
John Zorn
Tim Hecker
Swans
Arcade Fire - Open Your Heart or Die Trying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLc9Va__upE
Genre: Ambient
Country: Canada
Final Verdict: 54% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 354th / 358
Highlight: Open Your Heart or Die Trying (Director's Cut)
Made me think of:
Brian Eno
Jon Hopkins
Tim Hecker
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - The Great Parrot-Ox and The Golden Egg of Empathy
Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Country: US
Final Verdict: 67% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 54th / 357
Highlight: Cliptopia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wALRoN0hvPM
Made me think of:
Primus (obviously)
King Crimson
The Flaming Lips
Taj Mahal - Time
Genre: Blues
Country: US
Final Verdict: 67% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 71th / 355
Highlight: Crazy About A Jukebox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOMjUrYazUw
Made me think of:
Ry Cooder
Keb' Mo'
Buddy Guy
Tori Amos - In Times of Dragons
Genre: Art Pop
Country: US
Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 95th / 354
Highlight: Tempest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtdQhLDRKqk
Made me think of:
Kate Bush
Fiona Apple
PJ Harvey
American Football - American Football (LP4)
Genre: Midwest emo
Country: US
Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 89th / 353
Highlight: Wake Her Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAhVuI-EOU
Made me think of:
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
Foxing
Death Cab for Cutie
Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere
Genre: Contemporary Country
Country: US
Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 73th / 352
Highlight: Loneliest Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQpG7gtxEpE
Made me think of:
Maren Morris
Brandi Carlile
Ashley McBryde
Nu Genea - People Of The Moon
Genre: Nu Disco
Country: Italy
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 174th / 351
Highlight: Carè (added to my 2026 best of)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N954ue2bYFs&list=PLNpv1h4hcTcBBmtq_sqr-Ng7U75sU1KI3&index=5
Made me think of:
Khruangbin
Altın Gün
Tom Misch
BBE - Naive Melodies
Genre: electronic fusion
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 63% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 202th / 350
Highlight: Rogê - Road to Nowhere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-3Vbf7lKnM
Made me think of:
Talking Heads (obviously)
Sault
Georgia Anne Muldrow
Noah Kahan - The Great Divide
Genre: Indie Folk
Country: US
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 168th / 349
Highlight: Spoiled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O9LTieT5fs
Made me think of:
Zach Bryan
Sufjan Stevens
Ben Howard
Appleblim - Neolithic Neon
Genre: Dub techno
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 242th / 348
Highlight: Neolithic Neon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzuPIHG6zoc
Made me think of:
Shackleton
Peverelist
Deepchord
Benny the Butcher - ASHES IN THE $AFE
Genre: Boom Bap
Country: US
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 224th / 347
Highlight: Warehouse 4 (feat. OT The Real & Rick Hyde)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h5T-qMLjhY
Made me think of:
Conway the Machine
Westside Gunn
Boldy James
Wendy Eisenberg - Wendy Eisenberg
Genre: Baroque folk
Country: US
Final Verdict: 59% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 298th / 346
Highlight: Old Myth Dying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJh0NoVVdv8
Made me think of:
Joanna Newsom
Adrianne Lenker
Fiona Apple
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東京酒吐座 [Tokyo Shoegazer] - Remains
Genre: Shoegaze
Country: Japan
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 161th / 345
Highlight: Remains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55rlnphQJm8
Made me think of:
Parannoul
My Bloody Valentine
Slowdive
Samba Jean-Baptiste - +3
Genre: alternative R&B
Country: US
Final Verdict: 59% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 292th / 344
Highlight: Forced Perspective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pznNQAn-dW0
Made me think of:
Dean Blunt
Frank Ocean
MIKE
Aversio Humanitatis - To Become The Endless Static
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Country: Spain
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 160th / 341
Highlight: Strange Angles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e4MK5z9rJM
Made me think of:
Deathspell Omega
Mgła
Behemoth
Friko - Something Worth Waiting For
Genre: Indie Rock
Country: US
Final Verdict: 57% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 323th / 340
Highlight: Hot Air Balloon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgVMog4JZaY
Made me think of:
Black Country, New Road
Arcade Fire
Beirut
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