If you are a regular reader, you may have noticed that I haven’t posted a new album review since last year. When New Years Day arrived, I thought about how I wanted to make my album reviews more interesting and more meaningful. I came up with the idea that I would listen more and write less. That is I would listen to lots of albums several times and then write about the ones that moved me the most.
With my focus drawn to reviewing movies, writing my A to Z Challenge posts, and the various distractions of the pandemic and isolation, I’ve ended up not writing a single album review in 2020! To address that I’ve culled some titles from various “Best of 2020, so far” lists as well as suggestions from friends on social media. I plan to listen through all these albums and then write and post 1 to 3 album reviews each Friday in June.
If you have any suggestions of any albums I should add to the list, let me know in the comments, and I’ll be sure to give it a listen.
Tony Allen, Hush Masekela – Rejoice
Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters
The Ballroom Thieves – Unlovely
The Big Moon – Walking Like We Do
Vanessa Carlton – Love Is An Art
CocoRosie – Put the Shine On
Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
Halsey – Manic
Indigo Girls – Look Long
Kvelertak – Splid
Moon Hooch – Life on Other Planets
Mourning [A] BLKstar – The Cycle
Jonah Mutono – GERG
Pinegrove – Marigold
Peel Dream Magazine – Agitprop Alterna
Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
Pert Near Sandstone – Castles in the Air
Porridge Radio – Every Bad
Rina Sawayama – Sawayama
Sparks – A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
SPECTRES – Nostalgio
Moses Sumney – Grae
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – Temple
U.S. Girls – Heavy Light
Waxahatchee – Saint Cloud
Panorama of the Mountains 