YoYo's 2022.5
2022 is halfway over! Here's every album I've heard so far. If you disagree with my ratings, please remember that I am correct and you are not. |
47 | ![](images/albums/429621.jpg-thumbl) | Drake Honestly, Nevermind
---1'S---
I know this album is an easy target but I just genuinely couldn’t stand listening to it |
46 | ![](images/albums/402748.jpg-thumbl) | Underoath Voyeurist
---2'S---
*chugs 2 liter of Mountain Dew* YEAH ME AND MY FRIENDS, WE THINK YOU’RE F**KING FAKE |
45 | ![](images/albums/418493.jpg-thumbl) | deathcrash Return
I have never been so bored in my entire life |
44 | ![](images/albums/423343.jpg-thumbl) | Perfume Genius Ugly Season
I have never been so confused by an album’s hype in my entire life |
43 | ![](images/albums/424110.jpg-thumbl) | Vince Staples RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART
---2.5'S---
Remove everything interesting from the beat and spit in indiscernible monotone, congratulations, you’re officially making “grimy” hip hop |
42 | ![](images/albums/416987.jpg-thumbl) | Pridelands Light Bends
My 2.5s are unintentionally built to trigger tyman128 |
41 | ![](images/albums/419717.jpg-thumbl) | Orville Peck Bronco
See description of #42 |
40 | ![](images/albums/411474.jpg-thumbl) | Big Thief Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
The first 2 songs were okay and then this became the Banjo Kazooie soundtrack and I mentally checked out for the rest |
39 | ![](images/albums/413881.jpg-thumbl) | Earl Sweatshirt Sick!
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See description for #43, but it’s not as egregiously offensive here |
38 | ![](images/albums/422203.jpg-thumbl) | Florence and the Machine Dance Fever
There have actually been very few releases I’ve disliked so far this year - everything on this album is passable but not great |
37 | ![](images/albums/410053.jpg-thumbl) | Archive Call To Arms And Angels
I tried, Sowing. I really did |
36 | ![](images/albums/423502.jpg-thumbl) | Soft Replica Only Ever In Dreams
Formless but very pleasant. I study with this in the background a lot |
35 | ![](images/albums/416167.jpg-thumbl) | The Weeknd Dawn FM
Once again, no bad songs but no truly great songs either |
34 | ![](images/albums/410841.jpg-thumbl) | Hot Water Music Feel The Void
Anyone’s guess as to why this band is still kickin, but this is passable I guess |
33 | ![](images/albums/419034.jpg-thumbl) | Red Hot Chili Peppers Unlimited Love
They are old |
32 | ![](images/albums/415571.jpg-thumbl) | Vein.fm This World is Going to Ruin You
Great metal album with legitimately experience-ruining production |
31 | ![](images/albums/423550.jpg-thumbl) | Harry Styles Harry's House
A couple of absolute bangers, but also a couple of the worst songs I’ve heard this year |
30 | ![](images/albums/421204.jpg-thumbl) | Deserta Every Moment, Everything You Need
Johnny’s keys complaint about the Gospel album is my entire complaint about this album |
29 | ![](images/albums/420401.jpg-thumbl) | Basement Revolver Embody
This EMBODIES the meaning of the term “average” lfgggg |
28 | ![](images/albums/422727.jpg-thumbl) | Overgrow Walls of Mirrors
Good songwriting but why is every single riff doubled with an acoustic guitar |
27 | ![](images/albums/419621.jpg-thumbl) | SVMMERCAMP Sequoia
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Fun lil EP from our very own Conmaniac! |
26 | ![](images/albums/424975.jpg-thumbl) | Typhoon (USA-OR) Underground Complex No. 1
Fun lil EP from our very own Typhoon! |
25 | ![](images/albums/417454.jpg-thumbl) | PUP The Unraveling of PUPTheBand
I want to personally track down whoever is responsible for this production and those interludes. The rest is great |
24 | ![](images/albums/428542.jpg-thumbl) | Out of Service The Ground Beneath Me
They sound like Brand New but they sound the best when they don’t sound like Brand New |
23 | ![](images/albums/419748.jpg-thumbl) | Beach House Once Twice Melody
It do be too long |
22 | ![](images/albums/409497.jpg-thumbl) | Anxious Little Green House
Dude can’t scream but his regular voice is fantastic and so are most of the riffs on this |
21 | ![](images/albums/408565.jpg-thumbl) | Wilderun Epigone
Fun, ambitious prog metal. However the 4-minute acoustic intro is the best thing here by far |
20 | ![](images/albums/425789.jpg-thumbl) | Kardashev Liminal Rite
I respect this album a lot and the drums go hard in the paint, but can we stop doing spoken word interludes in the year 2022 |
19 | ![](images/albums/409940.jpg-thumbl) | Porcupine Tree Closure/Continuation
Contains less of their ornate style that I love, but the boys are back and they are jammin |
18 | ![](images/albums/425280.jpg-thumbl) | Pusha T It's Almost Dry
Pusha T has only rapped about one thing ever and it still makes my butt move and/or groove every time |
17 | ![](images/albums/410834.jpg-thumbl) | Rolo Tomassi Where Myth Becomes Memory
One of my favorite bands who have never really dropped my jaw with a record. This is another wholly satisfying release from them |
16 | ![](images/albums/412815.jpg-thumbl) | Cloakroom Dissolution Wave
Stoner emo is “in” this year |
15 | ![](images/albums/417290.jpg-thumbl) | Bliss Fields Slowly, Forever
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Makes me feel like a protagonist in a ‘90s movie, and that’s all I really need in life |
14 | ![](images/albums/410879.jpg-thumbl) | Gang of Youths Angel in Realtime
Gang of Youths fully capitalize on their desire to write an OST for a Crash Bandicoot game |
13 | ![](images/albums/417067.jpg-thumbl) | Meshuggah Immutable
Meshuggah fully capitalize on their desire to release an acoustic album |
12 | ![](images/albums/421979.jpg-thumbl) | King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Omnium Gatherum
The peaks are unreal, but see description for #23 |
11 | ![](images/albums/413468.jpg-thumbl) | Pinegrove 11:11
The middle section prevents this from making the top 10, but the opening and closing acts are extremely strong |
10 | ![](images/albums/416827.jpg-thumbl) | Soul Glo Diaspora Problems
A ferocious assault of an album in the best possible way |
9 | ![](images/albums/425150.jpg-thumbl) | Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers
Push this album into the top 10 like HUHHHHHH |
8 | ![](images/albums/425134.jpg-thumbl) | Gospel The Loser
Vincent Roseboom is maybe the most impressive musician on earth right now |
7 | ![](images/albums/428727.jpg-thumbl) | Valleyheart Heal My Head
This one has grown on me a lot in the past week or so, some of the guitar tones here are my exact vibe |
6 | ![](images/albums/422688.jpg-thumbl) | Caracara New Preoccupations
I was disappointed when this wasn’t a new album by Preoccupations, but this ended up being pretty fantastic |
5 | ![](images/albums/416258.jpg-thumbl) | Denzel Curry Melt My Eyez See Your Future
Dude is just so fun to listen to, even when his subject matter is incredibly bleak. I’ve considered 4.5ing it a few times, but to no avail |
4 | ![](images/albums/424895.jpg-thumbl) | Lizzy McAlpine five seconds flat
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Five seconds flat lands at number four even though there are no five four time signatures on the album |
3 | ![](images/albums/418753.jpg-thumbl) | Late Night Cardigan Life Is Bleak And It's My Cheat Day
Best vocal performance of the decade so far imo |
2 | ![](images/albums/408406.jpg-thumbl) | Black Country, New Road Ants From Up There
----5'S---
In which a man becomes so sad about planes that he decides to pursue a new career |
1 | ![](images/albums/422948.jpg-thumbl) | Ethel Cain Preacher's Daughter
M O R E R E V E R B |
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