I’ve always held the belief that music wasn’t better in the past, people just have survivorship bias. What are your genuine favorite albums of the last few years?
Personally, I’m loving The Rime of Memory by Panopticon, Ants from Up There by Black Country, New Road, and Hellfire by Black Midi.
Sleep Token - This place will become your tomb (2021) / This eden (2023)
Grim Salvo - MILDRED (2022)
Tame Impala - The Slow rush (2020)
Spiritbox - Eternal blue (2021)
Bad Omens - THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND (2022)
Can I include EP’s? If so, Lorna Shore - … And I return to nothingness (2021)
Black Tiger Sex Machine - Once upon a time in cyberworld (2022)
Apashe - Renaissance (2020)
Florence + The Machine - Dance fever (2022)
Hozier - Unreal unearth (2023)
I’m sure there’s more
It’s definitely survivorship bias and likely that the barrier for entry is a lot lower now, so only ‘better’ music would be made (ie record companies doing risk assessment and deciding what would be more likely to sell) / your average person can make music now relatively easily, which I suppose technically ‘dilutes’ the overall ‘quality’ of music today - take your pick
List is a genre trip and a half. Nice picks :)
Lmao thanks, yeah I like variety haha
same- went straight from Lorna Shore into Lil Darkie earlier lmao
Doom Scroll - Immoral Compass
Mr Gnome - The day you flew away
Jonathan Wilson - Eat the worm
Viagra Boys - Cave world
Wet leg - Wet leg
Chet Faker - Hotel surrender
Igorrr - spirituality and distortion
Amigo the Devil- yours until the war is over
Out of orbit - OOO
I could go on.
Amigo the Devil- yours until the war is over
Thanks for letting know about this. Last album I knew he dropped was Born Against. I’ll definitely look into this. I saw him open for Drokkick Murphy’s. It was a great show.
- Ensiferum - Thalassic
- In Extremo - Kompass zur Sonne
Both from 2020 exactly, and amazing.
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz
Great choice. Little Simz needs more love.
My fav album of the 2020’s would probably be Saviors by Green day. I however dont look at the release date of the album Im currently listening too often so It gets pretty hard to make a good list.
Here’s a few I’ve enjoyed in recent memory:
- Koyo - Would You Miss It?
- Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun
- Tigers Jaw - I Won’t Care How You Remember Me
- Yard Act - Where’s My Utopia?
- Vacation Manor - Vacation Manor
- Hotline TNT - Cartwheel
The Koyo album is great if you like punk/hardcore/emo, same with the Militarie Gun one. Tigers Jaw has been one of my favorites for a while, and this album is one of their best imo; great band if you like indie rock/emo. Yard Act’s a British rock band with post-punk influences, you might like them if you enjoy that signature dry British humor in combination with some social commentary. Vacation Manor is a more laid-back indie rock band with more classic Americana/Springsteen influences, I can’t recommend them enough for people who have a sweet spot for classic rock. Lastly, Hotline TNT’s album is worth a listen for people who enjoy shoegaze and indie rock, they have a really great DIY sound with just enough polish to tie the album together and keep it accessible. The 2020’s have been a damn good year for music, at least as far as the bands I’ve been keeping up with.
Edit: added Tigers Jaw, I couldn’t leave them out
Taylor Davis - Songs of the Lost Woods
My current favorite albums are:
- Allison Russel - The Returner (2023)
- Black Eyes Peas - ELEVATION (2022)
- Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
- Descartes A Kant - After Destruction (2023)
- Tommy McLain - I Ran Down Every Dream (2022)
Larkin Poe - Blood Harmony
Ooo another Larkin Poe fan in the wild! Literally wearing one of their shirts right this minute
Damn, I need to get me one of their shirts haha. I already have their whole discography on vinyl. Which shirt do you have?
Same! I was lucky enough to get a limited edition one of Peach too. And this one, all their designs are so cool
Right on!
And btw if she’s not on your radar, I highly recommend you check out Samantha Fish. Very similar blues-rock artist.
Thanks I’ll check it out!
This is exactly correct. Child of the early 70s.
I heard my peers say this about the 80s and had to laugh and laugh.
For every Prince, there were 100 sucky bands.
soooo many terrible one hit wonders…and you had to sit through so much talking, commercials and garbage to catch one good song on the radio.
I love it now I can catch a good tune (one of the reasons I’m on the fediverse) and then go explore the band & music associated to it and plunk it in a Playlist.
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Wake Up & It’s Over - Lovejoy (although the singer has had some stuff come up about him being nasty with his ex girlfriend recently)
Soul Elegy - Termina
Take Me Back To Eden - Sleep Token
Fatalism - Polaris
ANALYSIS PARALYSIS - MAY-A
Post Human: Survival Horror - Bring Me The Horizon
Euthanasia - Stray From The Path
2020
- Tricot’s Makkuro (black, 真っ黒)
- Sinai Vessel’s Ground Aswim
2021
- Low’s Hey What
2022
- Kessoku Band’s Kessoku Band (self-titled, 結束バンド)
- Yuga’s Speechless Nights (言葉のない夜に)
- Wreath’s Decade of You
2023
- Ado’s Utattemita Album (歌ってみたのアルバム)
- Homecomings’ New Neighbors
- James Blake’s Playing Robots into Heaven
I’d probably have to go with Nightwish Human :||: Nature
It’s a very solid album, but to be honest I’m not sure if I’ve even listened to any other album in full from past couple years
Just want to shout out a couple more bangers;
God’s Country - Chat Pile
Hostile Architecture - Ashenspire
Some Nights I Dream of Doors - Obongjayar
