I listen to a lot of older music and am by no means a new-music maven. There’s undoubtedly a lot of great stuff that came out this year that wasn’t even on my radar. That said, here are ten albums I really enjoyed. The list is heavy on 80’s-esque synth-pop and country/Americana, for whatever that’s worth.
Chvrches, “Every Open Eye”
Ashley Monroe, “The Blade”
Florence + The Machine, “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful”
Sufjan Stevens, “Carrie and Lowell”
Tamaryn, “Cranekiss”
Superhumanoids, “Do You Feel OK?”
Brandi Carlile, “The Firewatcher’s Daughter”
Various, “Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)”
Dwight Yoakam, “Second Hand Heart”
Jason Isbell, “Something More Than Free”
A Thinking Reed 