| Fogza's favourites of 2023 |
| 25 |  | The Golden Dregs
On Grace and Dignity
The opener on this is a SOTY contender but the rest is good too |
| 24 |  | Feist
Multitudes
More full songs less acoustics but the acoustics are good, just the full ones are better |
| 23 |  | Protomartyr
Formal Growth in the Desert
This is great but I don't feel like it right now |
| 22 |  | Moshimoshi
Green LP
Are the cottage walls bleeding or spewing pink sugar gel, scream if you're ok |
| 21 |  | The Sound
Blood and Poison - Additional Studio Recordings
Pretty untouchable |
| 20 |  | Caroline Rose
The Art of Forgetting
It's like Pris from Bladerunner is in the conservatory with afternoon tea making great, wounded pop |
| 19 |  | The Exit Bags
Our Sun Will Clean Its Holy Wounds
What is under that murk put my life back together wait leave it be it's perfect like that let me adjust my broken legs and it'll be fine |
| 18 |  | Lapsley
Cautionary Tales of Youth
There's a room number on a slip of paper and an open invitation, stop giggling, enjoy it even if it won't last |
| 17 |  | Sufjan Stevens
Javelin
Stop it you're breaking my heart |
| 16 |  | Julie Byrne
The Greater Wings
Stop it you're also breaking my heart |
| 15 |  | Art School Girlfriend
Soft Landing
Ineffable coolness, flick back your fringe and be seduced |
| 14 |  | Baxter Dury
I Thought I Was Better Than You
Witty, vulnerable, hangdog, poor little famous boy but you do feel sorry for him |
| 13 |  | Christine and the Queens
Paranoia, Angels, True Love
Ambitious, enormous, sloppy, spectacular |
| 12 |  | Young Fathers
Heavy Heavy
Feel goodbad hit of the summer |
| 11 |  | Thomas Azier
The Inventory of Our Desire
I am still not sure this shouldn't be higher, like catching the borders of porch light in your hands |
| 10 |  | John Francis Flynn
Look Over the Wall, See the Sky
If the last three were as good as two to five this would be a five |
| 9 |  | Ben Howard
Is It?
Makes having a mini stroke sound like having summer drinks in a deck chair and generally doing lots of other summery stuff but with gravitas too |
| 8 |  | Pile
All Fiction
Mortality is coming it sounds like being crushed by a sphere of pitted ice |
| 7 |  | Eyelids
A Colossal Waste Of Light
Get rickenbacker where you belong |
| 6 |  | Baaba Maal
Being
Let's celebrate even if everything is turning to shit |
| 5 |  | Anohni and the Johnsons
My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
Triumphant comeback, leans more into soul and it slays |
| 4 |  | JFDR
Museum
Seasonal, cyclical, bewitching, poised with the sickle, the sprig, the amphora |
| 3 |  | Youth Lagoon
Heaven Is a Junkyard
Triumphant comeback, carny vibes on the artwork but somehow the record is gossamer beautiful |
| 2 |  | Daughter
Stereo Mind Game
Sounds great, not one clunker, every decision works, endlessly listenable |
| 1 |  | Fever Ray
Radical Romantics
Like if a ghost came on to you but also there's steel drums |
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