Ive been into The Twilight Sad since "Nobody Wants to Be Here, Nobody Wants to Leave" and imo they havent missed. I get that this won't be everyone's favorite thing this year but it will probably be mine. There are few types of band I enjoy more than a sad, Scottish post-punk band.

There are a few obvious comparisons to make to the likes of Ethel Cain and Phoebe Bridgers, both of which wrote 2 of my favorite albums of the 2020s so far so I dug this as well. I dont know if i connected quite as much lyrically but it has the right feeling.

I feel like I like John the Fisherman more every single time I hear it. I remember not really vibing with it when I heard it for the first time as a child, but not I get excited every time it comes on and this whole album is kinda like that. I listened to this album when I was really young because I was so intrigued by it's cover on my dad's album shelf (I was a big claymation fan as a child, and still am) and it really does sound exactly as the cover looks. Maybe the most of any ... read more

I have listened to this more than any other album of the year so far.

This feels kinda similar to Black Country, New Road in the like jazz fusion alt sound with very theatrical construction so things all lead into a moment near the end which very much hits for me. In fact, it has my favorite album closer since the album "Punisher."

I've accidentally listened to a lot of alt-metal this year (most of which I've forgotten to log). But this one might be my favorite of those alt-metal projects so far. Which makes sense, its coming from one of the most consistent bands in the genre who I've enjoyed on some level since I was like 12.

I was kinda lukewarm on the last FKA Twigs album i listened to but I really enjoyed this. I don't love child features and some of the songs don't work for me sonically but I'm kinda glad there's enough variety and weird choices to produce songs that I like a lot and other songs I dislike and nit just leave me kinda fine with everything.

I feel like I forget how much I like MGMT every time they release a new album and I'm shocked by how much I like it.

I've enjoyed every album by Fontaines D.C more than the last and this is my favorite yet. This is my album of the year so far and I'd be surprised if it's surpassed. Every song on this kicks ass and every time I've looked into the meaning it's been impactful on it's own way. From stories of doing drugs in the woods while trying to hide from fame to heartfelt thoughts on Grian's brother.

I also have a huge alt-rock/Post Punk bias so. Take that how you will.

There are a few tracks that are experiments that don't work for me or are tongue in cheek in a way I don't understand not speaking any Japanese but most of this album just rules.

It took me multiple listens but I finally get this album. It's very ethereal post rock that's cool to chill and listen to actively or passively.

When I heard the couple of alt rock/pop punky singles from this album I got REALLY excited and on first listen was kinda disappointed that that wasn't the entire album. And while I don't like any of the different genre experiments as much as the Rock stuff, I'm not going to complain that Gambino experiments too much.

A lot of talent on this thing coming together on some nice tunes. Obviously some are better than others and your foundness for any of the artists present will effect your enjoyment, but also David Lynch sings on two songs on this so it's aoty.

It's shocking that I like anything about this album tbh with you but it bring in elements of various genres and styles to break up the relentless onslaught of noise that pervades most of the album. I will say that knowing this album has queer themes to it probably helps boost the album rating for me too. This is just very much not my usual thing so it's fighting an uphill battle for me but it does pretty well in that battle.

Not sure what to do with this album in terms of score. This feels like Danny Brown wrote a dark, introspective album about his age, rap music, and his place in the scene and world as a whole. Then went "that shit won't sell without some punchline raps" so threw a handful of them all around the album. Some of those punchline raps are at least produced in a way that they kind of blend in but some stick out like a sour thumb and I'm just not feeling them at all. I dunno, me passionately ... read more

Some low lows but also a fair number of some of the highest highs of the year. Scientists and Engineers and Don't Let the Devil are two of my favorite rap songs of the year by a fair margin. "Motherless" is an extremely personal track that I appreciate, even "Something for the Junkies" offers some personal insight. There are a few other highlights but stuff like "Talkn that Shit" is so corny it really feels like letting that Twitter Mike in the mix to its detriment ... read more

I think I maybe just don't like JPEGMAFIA's production style for anyone other than JPEGMAFIA himself because the Peggy songs were universally my least favorites across the board. I liked some of the songs quite a bit and the writing is still good over this whole album but it doesn't feel as clean as "Haram" did to me as that album was all produced by the same person.

I'm not a huge outsider music connoisseur. This is more or less my first journey into the genre but I like... really like this? It feels so personal and unlike anything else in a way that wasn't off-putting to me in the same way other out there projects have been. Maybe it's because it really captured me with its songwriting which was also unlike most anything else I've heard, or at least it is when paired with the production and mixing and sound.

This album really gets me. I thought it was a beautiful melancholic album, then I heard what it was actually about and now it hits me so hard. It's kind of amazing how recent my love for Sufjan started considering how many 100s I've given him but I do think he's that good of a songwriter and his Melodies are that beautiful.

I felt like shit so a grabbed a beer and put this on. Now I feel like shit but like in a cool way, you know?

Great depression folk album which is steadily becoming one of my favorite types of albums. And I mean DEPRESSION, this album gets heavy.

I've actually listened to this album many times just rarely all at once. I leave it on it the background. I've never bothered to rate it because it simply feels too foundational, even though it actually only came out in 2006, a fact that continues to shock me. I discovered in sometime in high school and was like "okay, I get it. This is what non vocal music can be." To this day Donuts, SAW 85 - 92, and the Twin Peaks soundtrack are the only nonvocal albums I listen to with any ... read more