45th album or EP of 2023.
Beautiful reflection of mortality from the Japanese composer.
Best track: [One to be listened to as a whole, really]
44th album or EP of 2023.
Accomplished but a bit over-earnest songwriter-pop.
Best track: Just Come Home With Me Tonight
43rd album or EP of 2023.
Atmospheric drum and bass.
Best track: Dissociative Memories
42nd album or EP of 2023.
Off-kilter Brazillian pop.
Best track: Incomoda
41st album or EP of 2023.
Tempestuous songwriting with a host of guest stars.
Best track: Vanishing Shadows
40th album or EP of 2023.
Shouty punky rock from the Carolinas.
Best track: Stress Fractures [I'm a sucker for eponymous tracks on eponymous albums].
38th album or EP of 2023.
Blues-tinged singer-songwriting from London.
Best track: Woman In Love
37th album or EP of 2023.
Doomy bedroom hip hop.
Best track: love is a place to hide
36th album or EP of 2023.
Smooth rap-jazz.
Best track: Panthers & Powder
35th album or EP of 2023
Pleasant if not hugely memorable piano-led songwriting.
Best track: Summer
34th album or EP of the year.
Experimental pop straddling R&B, soul and rock.
Best track: Georgia
32nd album or EP of 2023.
Epic shoegazery from Austria.
Best track: The Golden Age
30th album or EP of 2023
Intimate and bewitching Norwegian folk.
Best Track: I Went Out And Sought For Your Name
29th album or EP of 2023.
Stormy singer-songwriting from London.
Best track: Nosebleed
28th album or EP of 2023.
Polished Hollyoaks-indie.
Best track: Electric City
27th album or EP of 2023.
Chamber-folk as gorgeous as you'd expect from these two. Beautiful stuff.
Best track: A Sweetness in You
26th album or EP of 2023.
Grown-up and surprisingly marvellous album from the Supergrass frontman.
Best track: Feel Loop (Lizard Dream)