Long Distance Calling - The Phantom Void
Genre: Post Rock
Country: Germany
Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 65th / 298
Highlight: The Spiral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj7ffHqSQx0
Made me think of:
65daysofstatic
Explosions in the Sky
Russian Circles
Slayyyter - WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA
Genre: Hyperpop
Country: US
Final Verdict: 61% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 218th / 297
Highlight: GAS STATION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3jBDhnhS8U
Made me think of:
Charli XCX
Kim Petras
Rina Sawayama
Thundercat - Distracted
Genre: Good
Country: Neo Soul
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 145th / 296
Highlight: What Is Left To Say
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmL_rjsSyhI
Made me think of:
Flying Lotus
Andersson .Paak
Blood Orange
Tiffany Day - Halo
Genre: Alt Pop
Country: US
Final Verdict: 59% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 256th / 295
Highlight: BREAKUP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1M4GApaQqU
Made me think of:
Clairo
mxmtoon
beabadoobee
Cenotafio - La Escisión Acausal: Por La Vía Inversa Hacia La Descarnación
Genre: Dissonant Black Metal
Country: Mexico
Final Verdict: 58% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 268th / 294
Highlight: Osario
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA-5b0q1gdU
Made me think of:
Deathspell Omega
Blut Aus Nord
Abyssal
The New Pornographers - The Former Site Of
Genre: Indie Rock
Country: Canada
Final Verdict: 60% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 240th / 293
Highlight: Calligraphy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxSjFqgbB6k
Made me think of:
Death Cab for Cutie
Belle and Sebastian
Vampire Weekend
Nordic Giants - Under Celestial Alignments
Genre: Post Rock
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 125th / 292
Highlight: Torus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEEoH07E8Xg
Made me think of:
Mono
Explosions in the Sky
Ef
Green Carnation - A Dark Poem, Part II: Saguis
Genre: Progressive Metal
Country: Norway
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 128th / 291
Highlight: I Am Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q32_A1qTh0
Made me think of:
Opeth
Katatonia
Pain of Salvation
Immanuel Wilkins - Live At The Village Vanguard, Vol. 1
Genre: Avant-garde Jazz
Country: US
Final Verdict: 67% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 52th / 290
Highlight: COMPOSITION II (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDt2AzFRedo
Made me think of:
John Coltrane
Pharoah Sanders
Kamasi Washington
Marianas Rest - The Bereaved
Genre: Melodic Death Doom Metal
Country: Finland
Final Verdict: 68% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 34th / 289
Highlight: Divided
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFBtk914mPw
Made me think of:
Swallow the Sun
Insomnium
Draconian
dälek - Brilliance of a Falling Moon
Genre: Experimental Hip-Hop
Country: US
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 198th / 288
Highlight: Substance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0zIL7W2lk
Made me think of:
Public Enemy
Death Grips
clipping.
Adeem The Artist - Notes from Inside
Genre: Americana
Country: US
Final Verdict: 60% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 230th / 287
Highlight: cowards together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dEeMhKmAr4
Made me think of:
Searows
Lomelda
Jason Isbell
Megan Moroney - Cloud 9
Genre: Country Pop
Country: US
Final Verdict: 77% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 1st / 286
Highlight: (all added to my 2026 best of)
Cloud 9
6 months later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2hlr_ddpG8
Beautiful Things
I Only Miss You
Made me think of:
Carly Pearce
Lainey Wilson
Maren Morris
ezcodylee - STUNT 4 LIFE
Genre: Rage
Country: US
Final Verdict: 58% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 260th / 285
Highlight: WHO GOT A PROBLEM !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAnT3J-XQos
Made me think of:
Playboi Carti
Ken Carson
Kankan
smokedope2016 - THE COMEDOWN
Genre: Cloud Rap
Country: US
Final Verdict: 53% (Forgettable Album)
Yearly Ranking: 281th / 284
Highlight: Flocc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_6wrrPC4ys
Made me think of:
Lil B
Corbin
Bladee
Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire
Genre: Alt Pop
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 65% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 82th / 283
Highlight: What If I Say It?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG-HYedxF3Y
Made me think of:
FKA twigs
SZA
Jorja Smith
Snail Mail - Ricochet
Genre: Indie Rock
Country: US
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 130th / 281
Highlight: Butterfly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZR3PzL3Y-0
Made me think of:
Soccer Mommy
Julien Baker
Lucy Dacus
Angine de Poitrine - Vol.II
Genre: Avant Prog
Country: Canada
Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 131th / 280
Highlight: Fabienk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OdBQrs0Sng
Made me think of:
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Can
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