We need to talk about Jensen McRae. I honestly can’t believe she hasn’t blown the fuck up yet. Definitely my most anticipated debut album. Discovered her through a Moses Sumney tweet maybe two years ago now? If you haven’t listened yet, please do, and tell me I’m not crazy. Think she’s gonna do big things. Wolves is probably her highlight thus far. Devastating song. White Boy The Plague
Her Phoebe Bridgers viral song was amazing and her other songs are great too and she seems like a fun person (I watched her livestream on Instagram recently). I wonder when the album is being announced.
The new Fruit Bats album is great so I made a thread to drum up some discussion Fruit Bats - The Pet Parade (March 5, 2021) • forum.chorus.fm
Shakey Graves, Penny & Sparrow, Valley Maker, Novo Amor, and Darlingside are all favorites of mine loosely in that sound space
Most of my singer songwriter stuff leans country, but for non country stuff I'll throw out Ken Yates, Gregory Alan Isakov, Joshua James, Tyler Lyle
All really good suggestions. + Noah Gundersen, S. Carey, David Ramirez. Also the first Night Beds record “Country Sleep” is an all time fav
Missed this one last year. It hooked me from the first song and the second one gutted me. It gets even better from there. @Craig Manning
Yeah that album kills me. I don't remember where I ended up ranking it on my end of year list but it was high. Little White Lie, joy of Jesus, daddy's disappointment...such great songs but some of them are just such heavy topics
I definitely could've used a song or two that was breezier. What else was on your list from last year?
I found it so I'll just post it for you. Probably should have put Sasha Sloan somewhere on this list but oh well. As for 2021 in the singer/songwriter space my favorites so far are Alexander Biggs, Danielle Durack, Sydney Sprague, Julien Baker, Olivia Ellen Lloyd, and The Marfa Tapes album. 1. Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone 2. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 3. Ruston Kelly - Shape & Destroy 4. Katie Pruitt - Expectations 5. Stephanie Lambring - Autonomy 6. 49 Winchester -III 7. Tyson Motsenbocker - Someday I'll Make It All Up To You 8. Courtney Marie Andrews - Old Flowers 9. Caityln Smith - Supernova 10. Brian Fallon - Local Honey 11. Gabe Lee - Honky Tonk Hell 12. Donovan Woods - Without People 13. John Moreland - LP5 14. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Reunions 15. Taylor Swift - Folklore/Evermore 16. Hailey Whitters - The Dream 17. Movements - No Good Left To Give 18. Kelsea Ballerini - Kelsea 19. Ken Yates - Quiet Talkers 20. Field Medic - Floral Prince 21. Ruthie Collins - Cold Comfort 22. Richard Edwards - The Soft Ache and the Moon 23. The Chicks - Gaslighter 24. Lori McKenna - The Balladeer 25. Jeff Crosby - Northstar 26. Will Hoge - Tiny Little Movies 27. Charley Crockett - Welcome To Hard Times 28. Steve Moakler - Blue Jeans 29. Jill Andrews - Thirties 30. Tessy Lou Williams - Tessy Lou Williams