April is well under way (though it is surprisingly chilly), and charts n’ adds are still rip roaring and ready to go! Check them out here.
Top 5 Charts:
1.) Soccer Mommy – color theory
Soccer Mommy’s sophomore album somehow manages to be both brighter and darker than her debut, Clean. color theory is an exploration in growth, encapsulating the young artist’s rise to indie fame and the struggles that have arisen as a result.
2.) Car Seat Headrest – “Can’t Cool Me Down” [Single]
In 2020, Car Seat Headrest is reinventing itself. This first single release from their upcoming album Making a Door Less Open (their first release in four years) marks a shift from their well-established sound within the realm of gritty rock to their new experimentation in electronic music.
3.) Real Estate – The Main Thing
Coming three years after their last project, Real Estate dives even further into their hook laden indie rock on The Main Thing. The New Jersey band’s bright guitar lines are set against emotionally nuanced lyrics and complex arrangements.
4.) Kevin Krauter – Full Hand
On his sophomore album, Full Hand, Indiana musician Kevin Krauter tackles complicated emotional states and ideas through elliptical songwriting that is at once poetic and truthful. It’s an album that is a holistic look at a human life in progress–personal flaws mean everything until they suddenly don’t.
5.) Boy Romeo – Pure Soul
As Boy Romeo, John Steiner makes power pop as joyful as it is ruthlessly efficient. His songs serve as a reminder that the Beatles and their British Invasion peers were raised as much on traditional pop and jazz standards as rock ‘n’ roll and that aggression was the exception rather than the norm for years in the genre.
Top 30 Charts
| Rank | Artist | Record | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soccer Mommy | Color Theory | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 2 | Car Seat Headrest | “Can’t Cool Me Down” [Single] | Matador |
| 3 | Real Estate | The Main Thing | Domino |
| 4 | Kevin Krauter | Full Hand | Bayonet |
| 5 | Boy Romeo | Pure Soul | Self-released |
| 6 | Swim Mountain | If [EP] | Monday |
| 7 | Sour Widows | Sour Widows | Self-released |
| 8 | Franc Moody | Dream in Colour | Juicebox |
| 9 | The Seshen | Cyan | Tru Thoughts |
| 10 | Loose Buttons | Something Better | Moon Crawl |
| 11 | U.S. Girls | Heavy Light | 4AD/Beggars Group |
| 12 | Dogleg | Melee | Triple Crown |
| 13 | Down Time | Hurts Being Alive | Mutually Detrimental |
| 14 | Ratboys | Printer’s Devil | Topshelf |
| 15 | Nadia Reid | Out of my Province | Spacebomb |
| 16 | The Orielles | Disco Volador | Heavenly/Pias |
| 17 | Christine and the Queens | La Vita Nuova [EP] | Because/Capitol |
| 18 | Sea Wolf | Through a Dark Wood | Dangerbird |
| 19 | Aunty Social | The Day My Brain Broke [EP] | Nettwerk |
| 20 | Birthday Club | Obscure Emotion | Self-released |
| 21 | Joywave | Possession | Cultco/Hollywood |
| 22 | Waxahatchee | Saint Cloud | Merge |
| 23 | Spendtime Palace | Room With A View [EP] | Park The Van |
| 24 | Born Ruffians | Juice | Yep Roc |
| 25 | The Districts | You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere | Fat Possum |
| 26 | Yves Tumor | Heaven to a Tortured Mind | Warp |
| 27 | Jordana | Classical Notions of Happiness | Grand Jury |
| 28 | M. Ward | Migration Stories | Anti- |
| 29 | Porridge Radio | Every Bad | Secretly Canadian/Secretly Group |
| 30 | Acid Tongue | Bullies | Freakout |
Top 3 Adds:
1.) Trace Mountains – Lost in the Country
Recommended if you like: Hovvdy, (Sandy) Alex G, Emily Yacina, LVL UP
2.) Thundercat – It Is What It Is
Recommended if you like: Flying Lotus, Blood Orange, BADBADNOTGOOD, The Internet
3.) Wares – Survival
Recommended if you like: Born Ruffians, White Lung, Generationals, Tokyo Police Club
Top 10 Adds
| Rank | Artist | Record | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trace Mountains | Lost in the Country | Lame-o |
| 2 | Thundercat | It Is What It Is | Brainfeeder |
| 3 | Wares | Survival | Mint |
| 4 | Jaunt | All in One | Self-released |
| 5 | SONOFDOV | Battle Lines [EP] | Mint 400 |
| 6 | JFDR | New Dreams | White Sun |
| 7 | Methyl Ethel | Hurts to Laugh [EP] | Dot Dash |
| 8 | Thurlowood | Discontinue Normal Program | Day Before |
| 9 | Ultimate Fakebook | The Preserving Machine | Sonic Ritual |
| 10 | Flat Worms | Antarctica | God? |