Probably a grower

It's all wearing a bit thin now.

63rd album or EP of 2023.

Throwback hippie rock.

Best track: Broke

62nd album or EP of 2023.

Too-cool-for-school electro-scuzz.

Best track: Better

61st album or EP of 2023.

The answer to the LP's title seems to be "a band that sounds like a 2006 Arctic Monkeys coat-tail band got frozen in some kind of freak accident and has been thawed out and carried on as if the last 17 years never happened".

Best track: Little Bastards

60th album or EP of 2023.

Some very good dreampop right here.

Best track: Freedom.

59th album or EP of 2023.

Electronic art pop from a true master, with a host of interesting guest turns.

Best track: Night Crawling

58th album or EP of 2023.

Decent, mature indie rock.

Best track: G-d Mother Fire

57th album or EP of the year.

Bedroom pop instrumentals that are pleasant enough to drift off to sleep to...

Best track: Gualala

56th album or EP of 2023.

GBV continue their curse to release about seventeen pretty-good-but-not-brilliant albums per year.

Best track: Wild Kingdom

55th album or EP of 2023.

Bawdy power-rock that's a lot of fun for a while but starts to grate.

Best track: Gossip

54th album or EP of 2023.

Fairly solid but largely pointless slab of 00s-era indie-rock.

Best track: Dispense With The Sentiment

53rd album or EP of 2023.

Exquisite folk-pop.

Best track: Yes It's Me, The Goldfish!

52nd album or EP of 2023.

Pop rap with little to justify the hype.

Best track: In Ha Mood

51st album or EP of 2023.

Surprisingly solid album from the Blur drummer, ranging from very Blurry stuff, to touches of Europop.

Best track: Tape Measure

50th album or EP of 2023

Warm minimalist pop from the Merseyside songwriter, if a little repetitive.

Best track: 32 Floors

49th album or EP of 2023.

Mixtape showing a sharp ear for banging alt-pop.

Best track: Kerosene

48th album or EP of 2023.

Socially-minded post-punk noise with a sharp wit, though doesn't stand out against obvious peers in the crowded shouty man market.

Best track: Leisure Activities

47th album or EP of 2023.

Dark storytelling with indie rock riffs and the odd futuristic bloops.

Best track: Only The Good Things

46th album or EP of 2023

Typically excellent, ice-cool electronica. Moments where vocals soar above the usual detachment are particularly special.

Best track: Misery Remember Me