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.
KNOWER - Knower Forever
Kim Dracula - A Gradual Decline…
Kadabra - Umbra
Mammal Hands - Gift from the Trees
Atsuko Chiba - Water, …
Archspire - Bleed the Future
Twelve Foot Ninja - Vengeance
All Them Witches - Nothing as the Ideal
Between the Buried and Me - Colors 2
DARKSIDE - Spiral
Vola - Witness
Sleep Token - -both albums-
Lucid Planet - ll
Kimono Drag Queens - Songs of Worship
Woodkid - S16
Algiers - There Is No Year
And of course… most of what King Gizzard released.
For just the albums I’ve listened to extensively and probably many more that I really enjoyed I think it’s been a good few years.
Jockstrap - Wicked City
I’ll second Black Midi - Hellfire obviously
Bobbing - Mixtape
And now I’m faced with the fact that most of my favorite recent albums are at least 5 years old
These songs are for anyone sick of earth - Aliah Sheffield
Sample - Earth Is Ghetto
As Above, So Below - Sampa The Great
Sample - Let Me Be Great
- Ensiferum - Thalassic
- In Extremo - Kompass zur Sonne
Both from 2020 exactly, and amazing.
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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
There are so many, if I had to limit myself to just a few highlights though:
Starset - Horizons
The Glitch Mob - Revisions
Skrillex - Quest for Fire
Northlane - Obsidian, Alien
Noisia - Closer
Erra - Erra
Polaris - Fatalism, The Death of Me
The Chemical Brothers - For that beautiful feeling
Justin Hawkes - Existential
Poppy - I Disagree
Porter Robinson - Nurture
Muzz - The Promised Land
HEALTH - Rat Wars
There’s just so much good music out there, especially recently.
Just want to shout out a couple more bangers;
God’s Country - Chat Pile
Hostile Architecture - Ashenspire
Some Nights I Dream of Doors - Obongjayar
I don’t think these albums will exactly match the music tastes of people here, but here we go:
- Phuture Noize - Silver Bullet (Hardstyle)
- Phuture Noize - From Star to Stardust (Hardstyle)
- Etherwood - Neon Dust (Chill DnB/Electronic music)
Steve Lacey- Gemini Rights
Foals- Life is Yours
Japanese Breakfast- Jubilee
Covet- Cartharsis
JUNGLE- Volcano
Black Thought & Danger Mouse- Cheat Codes
Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes- What Kinda Music
Yussef Dayes- Black Classical Music
Any of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s 10 albums relased since 2020
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz
Great choice. Little Simz needs more love.
I pretty regularly pick up new music.
Fun machine
https://batboymusic.bandcamp.com/album/fun-machine
I guess this is pop punk rock? It has a lot of lines in it I think about a lot. “Ask me again how it’s going even though you know it isn’t going anywhere”. “I don’t want you to romanticize falling the fuck apart”.
The dark path to the light
https://wolvennest.bandcamp.com/album/the-dark-path-to-the-light
This is some good witchy shit. The last track is so menacing I love it.
I’ve been absolutely loving Knower Forever by Knower from last year. Who else is doing stuff like this?
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!
Although my favorite KGLW albums are from 2019, there are great ones from 2020 onward as well.
I’m also liking Expert in a Dying Field by the Beths right now.
Since Google Play Music went away, I think it’s been harder to find new stuff I like. Recently, I’ve found better new stuff on my local public radio station.
KGLW never stops putting out bangers, they’re machines.
I actually end up browsing Rate Your Music for whatever happens to be recently released and highly rated, and listen for myself before deciding to buy the album or not. I’ve stopped streaming except as a means to preview albums, supports the artists more and lossless sounds better to my ears, or at least higher quality MP3s. Can’t tell between the nicer MP3s and FLACs tbh.
