2020 Albums • Page 4

Thank you

 

January
Beach Slang - The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City - -
Frail Hands - parted/departed/apart ++
Poppy - I Disagree +
Selena Gomez - Rare +
Mac Miller - Circles ++
Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong +
tricot - 真っ白 ++
Lil Wayne - Funeral +

 

22 albums in January and 2 so far in February. I've already tracked this longer than I did last year so I'm going to give myself a nice pat on the back.

 

January:

1. Halsey - Manic
2. Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision
3. Mac Miller - Circles
4. Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline
5. Dan Deacon - Mystic Familiar
6. Kesha - High Road

 

Update


13. Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone +++
14. Cheerbleederz - Lobotany ++
15. Gadget - Spreading the Love +
16. Initiate - Lavender ++
17. Buggin' Out - Buggin' Out ++
18. Your Spirit Dies- The Process of Grief +
19. Oldsoul - You Were Overwhelmed ++
20. envy - the fallen crimson +
21. Giver - Sculpture of Violence +
22. Denzel Curry - Unlocked ++

 

First update of the year. Pretty solid month to say the least. Not a TON of stuff that I'm returning to a bunch or feel the need to spend a lot of extra time with. Hopefully February will be interesting. I've mostly been anticipating Tame Impala and Loathe, but not much more. Hopefully some records will surprise me.

 

I've already listened to 50(!) albums released in 2020! My 10 favorites, in alphabetical order –

070 Shake – Modus Vivendi
Caspian – On Circles
Field Music – Making a New World
Folian – Blue Mirror
Frances Quinlan – Likewise
Jeff Parker – Suite For Max Brown
Nada Surf – Never Not Together
Poppy – I Disagree
Tall Tall Trees – A Wave of Golden Things
Tricot – Black

 

Great list! Here are my favorite albums so far (in no particular order)

Field Music: Making a New World
Lotus Thief: Oresteia
Kassad: London Orbital
SEA: Impermanence
Gloe: Dead Wait
The Osedax: Meridian
Torgeir Waldemar: Love
UUBBUURRUU: UUBBUURRUU
Nathan Gray: Working Title
Caspian: On Circles
Fliege: The Invisible Seam
Higher Power: 27 Miles Underwater
Dragged Under: The World is in Your Way
Garganjua: Toward the Sun
Moon Hooch: Life on other Planets
Odious Mortem: Synesthesia
Olhava: Olhava
Glories: Distant After

 

i never realized how much time i had to listen to stuff at work until i started keeping track. 127 2020 releases already listened to this year. that's crazy. if i don't burn out i assume 1,000 albums is well within range.

 

160 albums listened to from 2020 so far. Let’s see how that holds up!

 

That's incredible

I'm probably not even at 30 or 40 yet because I'm mostly just listening to Poppy over and over

 

Honestly, how are there even 160 albums released from this year already? That seems crazy

 

Looking forward to seeing her this summer!

 

The crazy part is that I’m not even getting to half of what’s being released each week.

 

Same! Her current tour didn't come to my town, but my brother and I are planning on catching her on the Deftones tour in August.

 

what percent of the albums you listen to are you actually liking?

 

I really only listen to albums I’m interested in to begin with unless there is a ton of “noise” or someone recommends it to me so I would say well over 75%.

 

yeah i think im at, uhhh, like 7 or 8 2020 releases lol.

are you just scouring bandcamp or something?

 

I'm at 21 albums from 2020 right now and felt like it was a lot for me. How the hell do you find the time to listen to 160 new albums while also having the time to come back to them?

 

yeah, there’s no way i’d be able to absorb 4 new albums a day

 

I can’t speak for anyone else but there have only been about 25-30 albums so far (out of 120+) that I’d feel worthwhile to go back and revisit and I have (over the weekends and such). Everything else is just one listen and move on unless a certain song or album struck a cord with me, which is rare. And idk if I ever absorb music or dive in as much as others. For me it’s mostly “is this great, good, ok or bad” and that’s it. I don’t look into it any deeper because I know fuckall about music lol

the fun part about listening to so much new stuff is that 8/10 of my current top 10 list for the year are artists I never even heard of before the year started, so that’s cool.

 

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89. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)
90. Sampa the Great - The Return (2019)
91. Beats International - Excursion on the Version (1991)
92. Rina Sawayama - RINA (2017)
93. Mest - Masquerade (2020)
94. XYLØ - The Ganglands of My Heart (2020)
95. Justin Bieber - Changes (2020)
96. Jack River - Stranger Heart (2020)
97. Tennis - Swimmer (2020)
98. With Abandon - Keepsakes (2020)
99. Georgia - Seeking Thrills (2020)
100. Billy Corgan - TheFutureEmbrace (2005)
101. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981)
102. Best Coast - Always Tomorrow (2020)
103. Allie X - Cape God (2020)
104. Banoffee - Look At Us Now Dad (2020)
105. Violent Joy - Violent Joy (2020)
106. Lindsey Buckingham - Law and Order (1981)
107. Marvin Gaye - In Our Lifetime (1981)
108. Lenka - Recover (2020)
109. The Wonder Years - Burst & Decay (Volume II) (2020)
110. Phil Collins - Face Value (1981)
111. The Police - Ghost In The Machine (1981)
112. Princess Nokia - Everything Sucks (2020)
113. Christine and the Queens - La vita nuova (2020)
114. Moses Sumney - græ: Part 1 (2020)
115. Prince - Controversy (1981)
116. Princess Nokia - Everything Is Beautiful (2020)
117. Four Year Strong - Brain Pain (2020)
118. Lenka - Discover (2020)
119. Katie Pruitt - Expectations (2020)
120. Tycho - Simulcast (2020)
121. Thundercat - It Is What It Is (2020)
122. Big Gigantic - Free Your Mind (2020)
123. ALL - Allroy's Revenge (1989)
124. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Almost Blue (1981)
125. Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)
126. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981)
127. Blossoms - Foolish Loving Spaces (2020)
128. Janet Jackson - 20 Y.O. (2006)
129. Phantogram - Ceremony (2020)
130. Mandy Moore - Silver Landings (2020)
131. Jhené Aiko - Chilombo (2020)
132. Cassino - Yellowhammer (2020)
133. Princess Nokia - A Girl Cried Red (2018)
134. The Frights - Everything Seems Like Yesterday (2020)
135. DRAMA - Dance Without Me (2020)
136. Disclosure - Ecstasy (2020)
137. Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony (2020)
138. Grouplove - Healer (2020)
139. Four Tet - Sixteen Oceans (2020)
140. Rage Against The Machine - Renegades (2000)
141. Deap Lips - Deap Lips (2020)
142. Big Freedia - Louder (2020)
143. Paul McCartney - Amoeba Gig (2019)
144. Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003)
145. Usher - Raymond v Raymond (2010)
146. Journey - Escape (1981)
147. Conan Gray - Kid Krow (2020)
148. Usher - Versus (2010)
149. Låpsley - Through Water (2020)
150. The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)
151. TOKiMONSTA - Oasis Nocturno (2020)
152. Delta Rae - The Light (2020)
153. Ashe - Moral Of The Story: Chapter 1 (2019)
154. Ashe - Moral Of The Story: Chapter 2 (2019)
155. The Fireman - Rushes (1998)
156. Beck - Guero (2005)
157. Paul McCartney - Driving Rain (2001)
158. Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams - Aporia (2020)
159. Marian Hill - was it not (2020)
160. Jessie Reyez - Before Love Came To Kill Us (2020)
161. Little Dragon - New Me, Same Us (2020)
162. Dirty Projectors - Windows Open (2020)
163. Overcoats - The Fight (2020)
164. Brian Fallon - Local Honey (2020)
165. Vanessa Carlton - Love Is An Art (2020)
166. All Time Low - Wake Up, Sunshine (2020)
167. George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
168. Babers - Making It Up (2020)
169. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
170. Sean Watkins and Matt Chamberlain - Sean Watkins and Matt Chamberlain (2020)
171. Andy Hull - Who Is Your Humble? (Demos: 2006-2007) (2020)
172. Empress Of - I'm Your Empress Of (2020)
173. Purity Ring - WOMB (2020)
174. Yves Tumor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind (2020)
175. Everything Is Recorded - FRIDAY FOREVER (2020)
176. M. Ward - Migration Stories (2020)
177. Andy Hull - Born Of You (Demos: 2008-2010) (2020)
178. Shallou - Magical Thinking (2020)
179. Peace'd Out - Feelings Blade (2020)
180. Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
181. Bruce Springsteen - The River (1980)
182. Art Alexakis - Sun Songs (2019)
183. Watkins Family Hour - Brother Sister (2020)
184. Ringo Starr - Ringo Rama (2003)
185. Kleerup - 2 (2020)
186. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980)
187. Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA (2020)
188. Incubus - Trust Fall (Side B) (2020)
189. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Get Happy!! (1980)
190. Genesis - Duke (1980)
191. Ace Enders - Narrow Mouth (2020)
192. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
193. dvsn - A Muse In Her Feelings (2020)
194. The Used - Heartwork (2020)
195. Hayley Williams - Petals For Armor II (2020)
196. Tove Stryke - Tove Stryke (2010)
197. The Clash - Sandista! (1980)
198. Peter CottonTale - CATCH (2020)
199. STRFKR - Future Past Life (2020)
200. Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980)
201. Kali Uchis - To Feel Alive (2020)
202. The-Dream - SXTP4 (2020)
203. Smino - She Already Decided (2020)
204. Alina Baraz - It Was Divine (2020)
205. Hayley Williams - Petals For Armor (2020)
206. The Police - Zenyattà Mondatta (1980)
207. What What What - Shopping Is A Feeling (2017)
208. Prince - Dirty Mind (1980)
209. LULLANAS - Before Everything Got Real (2020)
210. Ramones - End of the Century (1980)

 

Am I the only one still waiting on the new sainthood reps album? Genuinely thought it was coming out 2019 when they released the first single. Now, it’s like the album is non existent. Haven’t heard anymore about it.

 

Did they ever say anything about a full length? I just assumed they were using the singles as teaser tracks, with the matching artwork and color theme for each but then they just went silent early December and nothing since which I thought was weird. Maybe an issues with having a label to release on?

 

Yeah. Possibly. Not sure to be honest. I swear someone on chorus mentioned an album at some point. Perhaps I’m wrong but I certainly felt like an album was coming. Maybe this year. Haha.