2022 albums discussion thread

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Tramp Attack - Attack Attack Attack
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
Robert Pollard - Fiction Man
The Libertines - The Libertines
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Graham Coxon - Happiness in Magazines
The Bees - Free the Bees
Morrissey - You Are the Quarry
The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
Arcade Fire - Funeral
The Futureheads - The Futureheads

all bangers! I do like the Wet Leg record quite a bit, though they don't have a song as good as 2004 indie-pop classic Seems fine by the Concretes!

Not seen anyone mention it yet but quite liking the Sharon van Etten album, 'Headspace' is one of my favourite songs of the year so far.

New Monophonics is a fucking soul classic

They peaked with that song about 1000 trees tbh

Saw an album called Heart Under by Just Mustard that's just come out was top of the Shoegaze charts on AOTY's site and the review descriptions made me want to check it out ('smoky shoegaze on a more industrial level', 'Swampy and tumultuous like a month’s worth of rain') and it was well worth it.

horsegirl album is great. has temporarily snapped me out of my ladrock phase.

Angel Olsen’s new one is decent. Her last one felt like a sensory overload. This one’s chilled to the max. Not as good as my woman though, which is still one of my favourite albums of recent times.

Stereogum's top 50 albums of 2022 so far which someone else typed out thus might as well post. Article: www.stereogum.com/2188409/best-albums-2022-midyear/lists/album-list/

50 Silverbacks - Archive Material

49 Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory

48 SASAMI - Squeeze

47 Warpaint - Radiate Like This

46 Gang of Youths - Angel in Realtime

45 Charli XCX - CRASH

44 Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There

43 Miranda Lambert - Palomino

42 Toro y Moi - MAHAL

41 Anxious - Little Green House

40 Harry Styles - Harry's House

39 Destroyer - LABYRINTHITIS

38 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Endless Rooms

37 Earl Sweatshirt - Sick!

36 Maria BC - Hyaline

35 Cave In - Heavy Pendulum

34 Girlpool - Forgiveness

33 Oso Oso - Sore Thumb

32 Vince Staples - RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART

31 Conway the Machine - God Don't Make Mistakes

30 Praise - All in a Dream

29 Guerilla Toss - Famously Alive

28 Nilüfer Yanya - PAINLESS

27 Father John Misty - Chloe & The Next 20th Century

26 Duster - Together

25 Arcade Fire - WE

24 Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future

23 MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs

22 Cate Le Bon - Pompeii

21 Jenny Hval - Classic Objects

20 Yumi Zouma - Present Tense

19 Pusha T - It's Almost Dry

18 Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful

17 Horsegirl - Versions Of Modern Performance

16 Soccer Mommy - Sometimes, Forever

15 Sharon Van Etten - We've Been Going About This All Wrong

14 Angel Olsen - Big Time

13 Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia

12 Drug Church - Hygiene

11 The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention

10 Tomberlin - i don't know who needs to hear this...

09 Spoon - Lucifer On The Sofa

08 Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems

07 The Weeknd - Dawn FM

06 Wet Leg - Wet Leg

05 Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

04 Beach House - Once Twice Melody

03 billy woods - Aethiopes

02 Rosalía - MOTOMAMI

01 Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Been spending more time with this ahead of a gig tomorrow. And with time and distance I'm enjoying it a lot more. He's a witty cunt for sure.

The Smile and Kendrick should be higher, but unless there's some stellar releases in the second half of the year it'll probably be between Big Thief and Kendrick for my album of the year.

More out of curiosity than any expectations I gave the Harry Styles album a listen this morning.

And it's not bad at all. Some genuine pop bangers. And a hazy West Coast vibe which I love.

...and what a set of songs Angel Olsen has turned out on her new'un.