The Best Albums of 2020 (So Far) • Page 3

oops forgot Christian Lee Hutson - Beginners

 

i can just sing the songs and do the voice myself

 

*command+f+boldy james*

jack shit

y'all fuckin suck!!

 

okay! thanks!!

 

Katie Pruitt was one of the mean girls in high school, but man can she write some incredible songs. She's really grown up over the years. Really cool to see.

 

I think folks who like the Phoebe Bridgers and Soccer Mommy records will also like the new Beach Bunny and Ratboys records.

 

same

 

@Jason Tate how did you pick which song to use from each album? Genuinely curious.

 

The ones I knew I picked my favorites or ones I thought were representative, if I didn’t know I picked the most popular one on Apple Music.

 

Brave Faces Everyone is easily the best album that has been released this year imo. It will be the album that defines what 2020 felt like.

Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone
Gleemer - Down Through
Hot Mulligan - You'll Be Fine
Seer Believer - Bent
Dogleg - Melee
Charmer - Ivy
Mansions - Big Bad
Forest Green - In Waves
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher

 

For me so far...

Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor
Poppy - I Disagree
Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
Yaeji - WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던
The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form

Is Julien Baker still supposed to release something this year? If not, I'm incredibly confident in Hayley & Poppy being my top two at the end of the year. Those two have done a great job of summarizing two sides of my 2020 vibe, lol.

Could see Phoebe not quite being in my top 5 at the end of the year, but "I Know the End" has a real shot at being my favorite song of the year.

 

Gonna legit give this list a listen to this week as I've been bored as hell with what I've listened to so far released this year.

 

There is not enough love for the new Enter Shikari record. It's sensational.

 

So excited. So many new albums to check out.

Not even a little love for The Airborne Toxic Event is astounding to me though???

 

Best albums not on this list:
The Weeknd -- After Hours
I'm Glad It's You -- Every Sun, Every Moon

Too high:
Hayley WIlliams (sorry)

Too low:
Jason Isbell

 

@Jason Tate no carly rae?

 

I didn’t get my list up in time to have my blog, but Airborne was in my top ten for the list that made the staff list. Pretty sure they’re on Jason’s list, too.

 

While I'm very appreciative and thankful these lists are put together its becoming very clear to just how different my tastes have changed from this sites which is fine. The only real things that stuck on there for me at first glance were All Time Low, Silverstein, Lady Gaga. Thought Halsey and Selena were ok also (then again I guess this year has been short of albums with all the craziness going on.

 

Love these lists I always find multiple new things I enjoy. I've tried getting in the Hayley Williams and Soccer Mommy albums but I'm just not enjoying them.

So far in no particular order my top:

Brian Fallon - Local Honey
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
Hot Mulligan - You'll Be Fine
Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone
City Mouth - Coping Machine

 

Really stoked to see someone mention City Mouth!

 

I find this so odd when the top albums include Dua Lipa, All Time Low, Run The Jewels, Jason Isbell, and Anti Flag. There’s something for everybody on this list across so many genres. Also, I’ve listened to over 200 new albums this year, it’s definitely not short on albums. If you have any favorite albums from this year to you personally, I might be able to recommend some others I think you might like.

 

Allie X deserves all the love, what a great album!

 

Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone
Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision
Brian Fallon - Local Honey
The Bombpops - Death in Venice Beach
Worriers - You Or Someone You Know
Bad Cop Bad Cop - The Ride
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher

 

Haven't listned to too many new albums this year but I’ve been into

Gleemer - Down Through
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
Mansions - Big Bad
The Strokes - The New Abnormal

excited for the new Washed Out album and The Night Game if that’s released this year

 

The year is going strong musically, now I'm at work with "Beginners" by Christian Lee Hutson in the background and this one is so good too. But my number 1 would also definitely be "Punisher" so far, though I have a few records that I've listened to more, but only due to the fact they came out a few months ago already. The best new band from the list would be Dogleg for me!

A few solo records that are amazing and I'd highly recommend them, just to stick with one type of albums that was first to come to my mind:

Ethan Gruska - En Garde (guest vocals by Phoebe Bridgers, Moses Sumney, Lianne La Havas, also a great producer imo)
Jenny Dee - Dancing From a Distance (produced by Aaron Marsh from Copeland with some beautiful lines sang by him on the record as well)
Becca Mancari - The Greatest Part (produced by Zac Farro from Paramore, also Julien Baker has got some background vocals on it)