Frownland

You're good.

I think that this year started off a little bit shaky but came into stride around April or May and has turned out to be pretty awesome. I don't have a clear frontrunner apart from the new Coltrane album. I'll try doing it by genre.

Metal:
Esoctrilihum - Inhüma

Hip hop:
Armand Hammer - Paraffin

Free improvisation:
Konstrukt + Keiji Haino - A Philosophy Warping, Little by Little That Way Lies a Quagmire

Pop:
Clarence Clarity - Think: Peace

(Experimental) Rock:
Mamaleek - Out of Time

Electronic:
Drew Daniel & John Wiese -Continuous Hole

Classical:
Actress x London Contemporary Orchestra - LAGEOS

Ambient:
The Caretaker - Everywhere at the End of Time: Stage 4

Folk:
Anna & Elizabeth The Invisible Comes to Us

Punk:
S.B.S.M. - Leave Your Body

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windsock

I still think it's too early to call. Stuff like Yandhi, Heir to Despair and Salem 1692 have yet to drop. But if we're talking my current AOTY, it's definitely Crumbling.

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EPOCH6

This is very, very cool. I'm only a couple of tracks in and I'm really looking forward to giving this a full listen tomorrow. Thanks for sharing, reminds me a little bit of the kind of textures that I go to Secede for, check out some of his albums if you're not familiar (When Can, Vega Libre, and Tryshasla are all great).

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Frownland

Dope ****. You should check this (whole series) out.

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windsock

Eh I like the Caretaker but nothing will surpass Empty Bliss in my mind. That album changed my entire psyche dude.

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