Best Music of 2020

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Colemine released retro soul band. If youā€™re familiar with the Kelly Finnigan album that was doing the rounds on the forum recommendations last year itā€™s his band. Enjoyable and good songs really well put together but a bit too safe and lacking originality to make the step from ā€œI really enjoy thisā€ to ā€œI think this is greatā€.
 
Albums Iā€™ve loved this year so far

Moses Sumney - Grae
Laura Marling - Songs For Our Daughter
Bonny Light Horseman
Thundercat - It Is What It Is
Monophonics - Itā€™s Only Us

Laura for sure. My AotY currently. I had no idea I would be as enamored with an album this year as her's had me.
 
Laura for sure. My AotY currently. I had no idea I would be as enamored with an album this year as her's had me.

It was mine too for a long time. Itā€™s bewitching. She an artist that develops at such a rate between every release that I canā€™t wait to see what she has in store for us next. The only reason itā€™s not number one is that Grae has blown me away not only in its ambition but in its ability to fulfill it, itā€™s an astounding achievement, I donā€™t know if anything will top it this year for me, if something does itā€™ll be another truly remarkable album!
 
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It was mine too for a long time. Itā€™s bewitching. She an artist that develops at such a rate between every release that I canā€™t wait to see what she has in store for us next. The only reason itā€™s not number one is that Grae has blown me away not only in its ambition but in its ability to fulfill it, itā€™s an astounding achievement, I donā€™t know if anything will top it this year for me, if something does itā€™ll be another truly remarkable album!

Huh, the album of hers I ordered has an August release date.
 
It was mine too for a long time. Itā€™s bewitching. She an artist that develops at such a rate between every release that I canā€™t wait to see what she has in store for us next. The only reason itā€™s not number one is that Grae has blown me away not only in its ambition but in its ability to fulfill it, itā€™s an astounding achievement, I donā€™t know if anything will top it this year for me, if something does itā€™ll be another truly remarkable album!
The only reason I give Isbell an edge is topicality.
 
If yā€™all like Marling maybe check out Jess Williamson. Her newest, Sorceress, is pretty great but it caused me to dig further and I think I like Cosmic Wink even more.

Also Marling recently did a song exploder episode that was quite fantastic.
 
Listening to Jehnny Bethā€™s (Savages) debut solo album last night Iā€™m very impressed. It completely uncompromising so it might take a while to sink in but I really enjoyed my first listen last night!
 
The new Sarah Jarosz (World On The Ground) is a really solid album with Pay It No Mind, Hometown, and Johnny being an exceedingly strong trio of songs grounding the whole production. It may be a song or two short but it should probably be on some best of lists come years end,
 
EDIT: SEE JUNE EDIT ON PAGE 18.

For now, as of today, here is the list (if you are on the 2017 AOTY thread, I accidentally posted this there too. The Lockdown is getting to me).

1. And You Will Know Us By The Trial of Dead - X: The Goddess Void and Other Stories
2. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
3. Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters
4. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Good Luck Everybody
5. The Beautiful Mistake - You are not broken, I am
6. Dogleg - Melee
7. Hamilton Leithauser - The Loves of Your Life
8. Pinegrove - Marigold
9. Milk Teeth - S/T
10. Hayley Willams - Petals For Armor

Top EP of 2020 (to date) : Alkaline Trio - E.P.

This was updated @ Page 29.
New Additions


1. RTJ - RTJ4
2. And You Will Know Us By The Trial of Dead - X: The Goddess Void and Other Stories
3. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
4. Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters
5. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Good Luck Everybody
6. Dogleg - Melee
7. Milk Teeth - S/T
8. Pinegrove - Marigold
9. Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM
10. Power Trip - Live In Seattle 5.28.2018

Top EP of 2020 : Bon Iver - Blood Bank EP (10th Anniversary)
 
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