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Top 5 Charts:
1.) Elliot Moss – A Change in Diet
Elliot Moss’s music sits in a sweet spot between Bon Iver and Chet Faker — distorted, silky vocals layered over soulful electronica. Despite the similarities, however, A Change in Diet further establishes Moss as his own name in the alternative music scene. His lyrics are simplistic but cutting, leaving room for the well-produced backing instrumentals to soar. Read the rest of music director Jaya’s review of the album here.
2.) Destroyer – Have We Met
Destroyer’s Have We Met is a return to form for the artistic- and poetic-minded Dan Bejar. The artist’s vocals float over a backdrop of lushly layered synthesizer.
3.) Dan Deacon – Mystic Familiar
In Mystic Familiar, Dan Deacon delivers what Terrorbird promotion describes as “the stunning result of years of obsessive work, play, and self-discovery.” Unlike many of his recent projects, this new record marks a return in Deacon’s vocals, which add to the rich tapestry of playful sounds.
4.) glass beach – the first glass beach album
When glass beach set out to create their first album, they went in hard: each song was recorded and re-recorded, experimentally, until the album reached its chaotic, spectacular final form. glass beach sits in a sweet spot somewhere between the absurdity of Animal Collective and 100 gecs and the refined post-emo sounds of groups like American Pleasure Club.
5.) Ezra Furman – Sex Education Original Soundtrack
Ezra Furman’s artsy folk-punk style is a perfect complement to the antics in Netflix’s original show, Sex Education. What makes this soundtrack particularly phenomenal, however, is that the songs hold their own even apart from the show.
Top 30 Charts
| Rank | Artist | Record | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elliot Moss | A Change in Diet | Grand Jury |
| 2 | Destroyer | Have We Met | Merge |
| 3 | Dan Deacon | Mystic Familiar | Domino |
| 4 | glass beach | the first glass beach album | Run For Cover |
| 5 | Ezra Furman | Sex Education Original Soundtrack | Bella Union/Pias |
| 6 | BROCKHAMPTON | Ginger | Question Everything/RCA |
| 7 | Marcus King | El Dorado | Fantasy/Concord |
| 8 | Wolf Parade | Thin Mind | Sub Pop |
| 9 | Sy Somebody | Life Is Cruel, Let’s Be Friends… | Self-released |
| 10 | Mosss | Pale Blue [EP] | Yum |
| 11 | The Black Lips | Sing In A World That’s Falling Apart | Vice/Fire |
| 12 | Alexandra Savior | The Archer | 30th Century |
| 13 | Applesauce Tears | Wonders | Black Cottage |
| 14 | of Montreal | UR FUN | Polyvinyl |
| 15 | Field Music | Making A New World | Memphis Industries |
| 16 | Squirrel Flower | I Was Born Swimming | Polyvinyl |
| 17 | Bambara | Stray | Wharf Cat |
| 18 | Anna Ash | L.A. Flame | Self-released |
| 19 | Yehan Jehan | Earth Arrangements, Vol. 1 | Aphrodite |
| 20 | The Barren Spinsters | Ten Steps To Cynical Thinking | Audioary |
| 21 | The No. 44 | Reflexive // Repeater | Donut Sounds |
| 22 | Legal Vertigo | Tragic Future Film Star | Dine Alone |
| 23 | WAAX | Big Grief | Dew Process |
| 24 | Kate Davis | Trophy | Solitaire |
| 25 | Wild Nothing | Laughing Gas [EP] | Captured Tracks |
| 26 | Marinara | I Feel Like Dog | Self-released |
| 27 | TORRES | Silver Tongue | Merge |
| 28 | Frances Quinlan | Likewise | Saddle Creek |
| 29 | Cheerleader | Almost Forever | Bright Antenna |
| 30 | Pinegrove | Marigold | Rough Trade/Beggars |
Top 3 Adds:
1.) Church Girls – The Haunt
Recommended if you like: Mannequin P*ssy, Sleater-Kinney, Joyce Manor, Ratboys, Camp Cope
2.) Babehoven – Demonstrating Visible Difference of Height [EP]
Recommended if you like: Girlpool, Frankie Cosmos, Beabadoobee, Soccer Mommy, Boy Scouts, Emily Yacina
3.) Asgeir – Bury the Moon
Recommended if you like: Bon Iver, James Blake, Sufjan Stevens, The War on Drugs
Top 10 Adds
| Rank | Artist | Record | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Church Girls | The Haunt | Anchor Eighty Four |
| 2 | Babehoven | Demonstrating Visible Difference of Height [EP] | Self-released |
| 3 | Asgeir | Bury the Moon | One Little Indian |
| 4 | Hey Cowboy! | The Soft Kind [EP] | Self-released |
| 5 | The Homesick | The Big Exercise | Sub Pop |
| 6 | Shadow Show | Silhouettes | Burger |
| 7 | Orla Gartland | Freckle Season [EP] | House Arrest |
| 8 | Say Hi | Diamonds & Donuts | Euphobia |
| 9 | Fat Tony and Taydex | Wake Up | Carpark |
| 10 | Khruangbin and Leon Bridges | Texas Sun [EP] | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |