FlagAsh's Top 25 of 2021 |
1 | | Magdalena Bay Mercurial World
Near pop perfection |
2 | | Lil Ugly Mane Volcanic Bird Enemy...
A trippy, quirky, bittersweet journey |
3 | | Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine A Beginner's Mind
Another gorgeous Sufjan album |
4 | | Squid Bright Green Field
Manic, quirky post-punk |
5 | | Genesis Owusu Smiling with No Teeth
A playful mix of neo-soul, funk, hip-hop, and R&B |
6 | | Little Simz Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
A lush, well thought out hip-hop album |
7 | | Bruno Pernadas Private Reasons
If some of the instrumental songs were shorter, it would be higher on the list. but still a beautiful psychedelic journey |
8 | | Black Country, New Road For the first time
Anxious monologues over experimental post-punk |
9 | | Tyler, the Creator Call Me If You Get Lost
He's just on a roll |
10 | | Sweet Trip A Tiny House, In Secret Speeches, Polar Equals
Glad they are back |
11 | | Low Hey What
Hypnotic af |
12 | | Arca KicK iii
This shit goes off |
13 | | Japanese Breakfast Jubilee
A very pleasant indie pop album from start to finish |
14 | | Porter Robinson Nurture
Euphoric af |
15 | | Lucy Dacus Home Video
Some of the best lyrics of this year |
16 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
Just really solid post-rock |
17 | | Silk Sonic An Evening with Silk Sonic
Who knew Bruno could be this fun? |
18 | | St. Vincent Daddy's Home
This grew on me, a solid effort by Annie |
19 | | Brockhampton Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine
It's no Saturation II, but it's very good still |
20 | | Turnstile Glow On
Yeah gonna be yell singing a lot of these songs |
21 | | Cassandra Jenkins An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
One of the most soothing albums of this year |
22 | | Darkside Spiral
Lovely atmosphere, lovely sounds |
23 | | Faye Webster I Know I'm Funny haha
A soft, introspective country-ish vibe |
24 | | JPEGMAFIA LP! (online)
Probably my favorite of his |
25 | | Injury Reserve By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Avant garde hip-hop that demands multiple listens |
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