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Last Active 06-23-23 12:04 pm
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12.28.23 jesper's top 50 albums of 2023 12.23.23 jesper's top 50 songs of 2023
11.29.23 spotify wrapped 2023 10.25.23 what's a perfect song
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12.28.21 jesper's 2021 top 50 albums 12.14.21 jesper's 2021 top 50 songs
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jesper's top 50 albums of 2023
50Spotlights
Alchemy for the Dead


hey all, we're so back
49Parannoul
After The Magic


these are my 50 favourite albums of this year
48Radio Supernova
Paratiisi


as is tradition now i guess i shall not be using this space to talk about the albums
47Free Throw
Lessons That We Swear to Keep


and i will instead be talking about uh myself
46Fall Out Boy
So Much (For) Stardust


ok i lied here's a little about music this year
45Narrow Head
Moments of Clarity


it was pretty good but also probably the least good year for music in forever for me
44Runnner
Like Dying Stars, We're Reaching Out


lots of ‘really great’ albums and very few ‘fucking amazing’ ones but o well lots of good stuff
43Rebecca Black
Let Her Burn


anyway enough about not me, i crave attention (from myself???)
42Flyying Colours
You Never Know


this year has been very good, even if i had to reconsider that exact phrasing a few times…
41Wildes
Other Words Fail Me


…because the final quarter of this year just been a massive yikes
40Echosoft
Weight of Your Own


injured my knee, couldn't run for a month, rent went up, got pneumonia, couldn't run for another month, injured my hip, couldn’t run for another month, poor me and etc
39A.S.O.
A.S.O


but nah, i can't complain tbh
38Mil-Spec
Marathon


finally found an apartment close to my job early this year (no more painful hours spent on trains and missing connections!!!)
37Hotline TNT
Cartwheel


living with my best friend has been great and i love our apartment a lot
36Fever Ray
Radical Romantics


i also still love my job
35Hinako Omori
stillness, softness​.​.​.


(even if some of these damn students i’m teaching criticised me for “not being enthusiastic enough” when i returned right after having only semi-recovered from pneumonia but hey)
34Laveda
A Place You Grew Up In


the other thing that kept me busy besides work and writing really really long reviews here was producing/editing videos
33Lumari
En Phases


and i'm honestly pretty proud of what i was able to do here
32Slayyyter
Starfucker


from interviewing an escort at a zoo to travelling across europe to check out terrible toilets, i had a good time
31Elita
Dysania


speaking of travelling: did a lot of that
30Spanish Love Songs
No Joy


explored a lot of eastern and southern europe this year
29MOAA
Jaywalker


met a lot of interesting people, had a lot of good food, fucked around in a lot of abandoned stuff, and (most importantly) hiked a lot
28Distressor
Momentary


when i think of ‘peak 2023 moments’ one of the first that comes to mind is hiking through alpine pastures in austria while listening to soty (tangled in joy by temple of angels)
27Hot Mulligan
Why Would I Watch


another peak moment was getting to present some of my research on a massive (like fucking massive) cinema screen lol
26Hammock
Love in the Void


(important detail is that i mostly research bs memes)
25bdrmm
I Don't Know


anyway, like i said, i met a lot of cool people this year
24E_DEATH
Forgotten Realms


some of those people are sput people
23Sun June
Bad Dream Jaguar


you know who you are, thanks for the hangs
22underscores
Wallsocket


allow me to shout out some of the most… intriguing non-sput people i met
21Sincere Engineer
Cheap Grills


shoutout to the french guy who randomly gave me fresh orange juice when i was sick in belgrade
20Isadora Eden
Forget What Makes It Glow


shoutout to the german couple who also got locked into an italian airport overnight (i did this intentionally, german couple did not)
19Stimming
Elderberry


shoutout to the hungarian woman i encountered on top of a hill in hungary who proceeded to tell me her life story (wants to be a nurse, loves mountains) and then ran off into a field
18Sign Language (USA-OH)
Madison and Floral


shoutout to the german guy who yelled ‘WE ALL STAND UP FOR WHITE POWDER’ at me and my friend at night in germany. made us feel really nice and safe
17Leith Ross
To Learn


okay cool, time for sput shoutouts. just know that i am def absolutely forgetting ppl here bc i am an idiot
16END
The Sin of Human Frailty


trif, pan: thanks for the bubble teas and vibes. someone: thanks for putting up with me, you've probably seen me more than my mum this year. slothsam: thanks for the many sick recs. atari: thanks for crying over country and pop punk w me. yoyo: thanks for the memes. johnny: fuck you. sint: thanks for trusting me with boobs
15Slowdive
Everything is Alive


sunny: thanks for always being down to check out whatever whatevergaze i review. dedex: thanks for hating winter w me. dewinged, blush, jay, manatea, boney, pots, pika, tyman, phero, egarran, bedex, con, minus, porc, ian, mars, ars, slex, [so many more aaa]: thanks for the great talks/chats/vibes, on or off the sput premises
14Wednesday
Rat Saw God


am absolutely forgetting lots of names but know that you’re all great
13Maria BC
Spike Field


alright so where are we at
12Moon In June (JPN)
ロ​マ​ン​と​水​色​の​街


i’m looking forward to 2024
11Bleach Lab
Lost In A Rush Of Emptiness


really unsure of where it’ll take me/where i’ll have it take me - main objective is to find a phd position somewhere in europe relevant to my research interests, but i’m not putting a strict deadline on this as it be hard/i want something that rly suits me. we’ll see
10Beach Fossils
Bunny


i also want to get back to my level of physical fitness from before i got injured/sick
9DreamWeaver (JP)
blue garden


was recently able to start running again and it sucked so hard, stamina was still there but my lungs have just been ruined and hurt so much (how do u smokers live???)
8JFDR
Museum


i’ll definitely continue consuming way too much dreamy music and writing about it in 2024. please try and check some of the stuff i force onto sput every once in a while out of pity, thanks (i swear not all of it sounds the same)
7Yeule
softscars


i’ll also continue travelling as much as i can
6Acopia
Acopia


at this very moment i am in an apartment in prague with two of my closest friends as i cannot stand being in my home country of the netherlands on my birthday lol
5Temple Of Angels
Endless Pursuit


it is very nice
4Nicole Dollanganger
Married in Mount Airy


will be bothering someone again tonight of course
3Ruby Haunt
Between Heavens


yeah this was a nice year
2Heavenward (USA)
Pyrophonics


i’m happy with how my life is turning out thus far, i’m happy this is how i am entering my 25th year on this planet
1Big|Brave
nature morte


thanks for reading/caring/putting up with this shit
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