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#40 Alison Goldfrapp "Sound & Light" Flux favourite moments: absolutely delicious chorus synth; 1:43 just bringing the frisson... Ethereal, dreamy synth-pop. Her music exudes summer feels and makes me want to flail. #39: Wednesday "Townies" Bleeds favourite moments: “I never yelled at you about it because you die-ie-ie-ie-IE-IED" delivery is just phenomenal. 2:30 tempo change sublime. When their previous album came out, and it received such critical acclaim, I tried with Wednesday. I really tried, and determined they weren't for me. (Sidebar: Similarly, I've tried with other critical darlings/next big things they've been likened to, namely Black Country New Road and Geese; neither are for me. Don't expect a Geese appearance.) They kept showing up on mixes and playlists and were hard to avoid, and started to grow on me. Then MJ Lenderman's solo album came out, and I was able to connect the dots, revisit the previous record, and appreciate it a bit more. "Bleeds" blew me away and is probably my most listened-to record this year, and "Townies" was one of the high points. Not their last apperance. #38: Wunderhorse "The Rope" [non-album single] favourite moments: the chorus guitar loop; "And I stared right down that barrel / Into the bottom of the world / Don't let go"; the quiet little "f*** off" at the end Just a straightforward rocker, passion and drive. Gravelly, raw vocals supplemented by earnest and emotional lyrics and swirling guitars. An absolute banger of a song that would be a thrill live. #37: Men I Trust "I Come With Mud" Equus Asinus favourite moments: Slide pedal work; delicate vocals I adore how versatile Men I Trust is. Sometimes moody shoegaze-adjacent, sometimes folky, sometimes jazzy. Always interesting. When the slide guitar comes in around 0:40, it's just bliss. Slow drive on a dark night. #36: Sea Lemon "Stay" Diving For A Prize favourite moments: Catchy chorus; gorgeous reverb What a great year for dream pop. This song was an immediate love, so warm and fuzzy, just exuding summer rays. Solid album as well. Blissful, atmospheric song. 50 -- Yumi Zouma - "Bashville on the Sugar" 49 -- Witch Post - "Dreaming" 48 -- Tunde Adebimpe - "Somebody New" 47 -- Alexandra Savior - "Unforgivable" 46 -- Smerz - "You got time and I got money" 45 -- My Morning Jacket - "Time Waited" 44 -- Florence + the Machine - "Everybody Scream" 43 -- Japanese Breakfast - "Mega Circuit" 42 -- Sam Fender - "Tyrants" 41 -- Suki Waterhouse - "Dream Woman" 40 -- Alison Goldfrapp - "Sound & Light" 39 -- Wednesday - "Townies" 38 -- Wunderhorse - "The Rope" 37 -- Men I Trust - "I Come With Mud" 36 -- Sea Lemon - "Stay"

01 01 Hatchie - Liquorice 02 04 Hayley Williams - Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party 03 03 Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream 04 02 Spiritual Cramp - RUDE 05 11 Dove Ellis - Blizzard 06 08 Melody's Echo Chamber - Unclouded 07 10 Just Mustard - WE WERE JUST HERE 08 05 Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover - What Of Our Nature 09 09 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving 10 06 Wednesday - Bleeds 11 07 Big Thief - Double Infinity 12 12 Rocket - R Is For Rocket 13 14 Westerman - A Jackal's Wedding 14 NE This Is Lorelei - Holo Boy 15 NE M83 - Resurrection (OST) 16 13 Keaton Henson - Parader 17 16 crushed - No Scope 18 18 Alison Goldfrap - Flux 19 19 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend 20 15 Nation of Language - Dance Called Memory

01 03 Spiritual Cramp (w/Sharon Van Etten) - You've Got My Number (8) 02 02 Hayley Williams - Parachute (14) 03 01 Magdalena Bay - Second Sleep (12) 04 07 Robyn - Dopamine (5) 05 06 Hatchie - Sage (6) 06 05 Phantogram - Earthshaker (9) 07 09 Florence + the Machine - Sympathy Magic (7) 08 11 Del Water Gap - Small Town Joan of Arc (7) 09 04 Courtney Barnett - Stay In Your Lane (9) 10 14 Magdalena Bay - This Is the World (I Made It For You) (4) 11 13 The Belair Lip Bombs - Another World (6) 12 10 Florence + the Machine - One of the Greats (13) 13 15 Snocaps - Heathcliff (6) 14 17 Anna of the North - No One Knows You Better (5) 15 08 Hatchie - Only One Laughing (13) 16 19 Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Only Girl (4) 17 12 Wednesday - Townies (12) 18 20 Sam Fender - I'm Always On Stage (3) 19 23 Gift - Shadow Stealer (4) 20 21 Keaton Henson - Operator (4) 21 16 Hatchie - Lose It Again (15) 22 27 Melody's Echo Chamber - The House That Doesn't Exist (2) 23 25 Meltt - In Your Arms (2) 24 29 Ratboys - What's Right? (2) 25 NE Dove Ellis - Heaven Has No Wings (1) 26 18 Momma - Cross Your Heart (11) 27 NE Yumi Zouma - 95 (1) 28 22 The Twilight Sad - Waiting For the Phone Call (7) 29 NE Hatchie - Carousel (1) 30 24 Francis of Delirium - Little Black Dress (11)

#45: My Morning Jacket "Time Waited" Is favourite moments: that timeless piano intro; powerful vocal delivery during the bridge Just a beautiful offering from Jim James and the jammy lads of My Morning Jacket. About making sure not to miss the little moments of beauty in life as they will pass us by and never return. I think the performance of this song might be too much live. #44: Florence + the Machine "Everybody Scream" Everybody Scream favourite moments: "I dont have to be quiet and i dont have to be kind"; "SCREAMING MY NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMME"; the outro Just when we needed her most, here comes Florence Welch with an absolute banger that begs to be the first song of a set. Full of authority. And oh my god the bone-chilling delivery of that outro harmony. Just a killer song on an album full of killer songs. #43: Japanese Breakfast "Mega Circuit" For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women) favourite moment: Her delivery is always amazing; that simple piano refrain at the beginning; driving drums Always a welcome time for Michelle Zauner to make a return. While others lamented the new album not picking up the mantle from 'Jubilee', I saw it picking up on the parts that I didn't like from 'Jubilee', though this is reminiscent of a 'Soft Sounds...' b-side and right in my wheelhouse. A critique on the "[decline of] contemporary masculinity [...and the] absence of positive role models" contributing to our, well, present state. #42: Sam Fender "Tyrants" People Watching (b-side to deluxe version) favourite moments: harmony in the chorus; that first guitar lick and that solo in the bridge is just delicious You know from the first note that it's going to be another straight ahead rocker. Sam's a true talent, the pairing with Adam Granduciel is just what the doctor ordered for me. When your non-album tracks are this strong... While released as a b-side on vinyl last year, I'm counting it for this year given its presence on deluxe version of 'People Watching'. (That one's on me, I'm not changing its placement. :P) #41: Suki Waterhouse "Dream Woman" Memoir of a Sparklemuffin (b-side to the deluxe edition) favourite moments: menacing hazy nature; the waviness of the "I don't ever wanna feel another f'n way" delivey What a monster of a song. Magnificently lush, kinda menacing, and generally hypnotic. If this is the route she's going, doing things Lana isn't against a slightly shoegazey backdrop, then I'm all for it. 50 -- Yumi Zouma - "Bashville on the Sugar" 49 -- Witch Post - "Dreaming" 48 -- Tunde Adebimpe - "Somebody New" 47 -- Alexandra Savior - "Unforgivable" 46 -- Smerz - "You got time and I got money" 45 -- My Morning Jacket - "Time Waited" 44 -- Florence + the Machine - "Everybody Scream" 43 -- Japanese Breakfast - "Mega Circuit" 42 -- Sam Fender - "Tyrants" 41 -- Suki Waterhouse - "Dream Woman"

Glad to see "People Watching" getting its laurels. It's 100% Brandon Flowers fronting The War on Drugs performing the Springsteen songbook, in the best possible ways. Just a powerhouse song.

Review of the new album, "Arctic Moon", which was released in September: https://theindyreview.com/2025/09/11/album-review-chameleons-arctic-moon/ They'd released a couple of one-offs in 2024 which appear on the album ("Where Are You?", which was a bit of a deviation from their norm, and I think one other). "Saviors Are A Dangerous Thing" and "Lady Strange" definitely hearken back to their early roots. Worth a listen for sure, but a step below their mid-80s peak.

There's no point in wasting any more time; let's get the countdown started! Will add standout moments, but leave commentary to a minimum. #50: Yumi Zouma: "Bashville on the Sugar" non-album single Favourite moments: that synthy guitar sound at 1:00 (and passim throughout), my god. Allegedly about public transport in New York, you can feel a constant state of movement with the world rushing past. Perpetual chart darlings on my end, Yumi Zouma are constantly reinventing themselves, always seemingly a couple years ahead of the norm, but never really breaking through. Not their last appearance. #49: Witch Post "Dreaming" Beast (EP): favourite moments: Intro guitar sound; pre-chorus duet, line three with Alaska's falsetto I'm a sucker for male/female duets against an indie backdrop. Reminiscent of Sunflower Bean's work. Swirling fuzzy guitars, sweet lyrics. Reminds me of walking or driving at twilight. #48: Tunde Adebimpe "Somebody New" Thee Black Boltz favourite moments: delivery on the lines "Is there nothing in the world that we can say a-bout this?" and "How can we feed this love?" I was never much of a TV On The Radio fan, so this track catching my attention was a surprise. I'd actually given it a few weeks before giving it a try, and it's just a beautiful earworm with a catchy chorus. Lovely album, glad I gave it a chance. Gotta love the unhinged "in the upside-down version of Soul Train" nature of the video. #47: Alexandra Savior "Unforgivable" Beneath the Lilypad favourite moments: horns in the chorus One of my favourite under-the-radar songstresses, she's delivering Angel Olsen by way of Debbie Reynolds on this, the first song on 'Beneath the Lilypad'. Glorious arrangements, just majestic stuff. Her entire discography is worth a visit. #46: Smerz "You got time and I got money" Big city life favourite moments: right from the jump, "Put your hands around my body" delivery; "Baby, can I see you naked? Even though I love how you dress, yeah" is up there for the best lines of the year; odd theremin sound ~2:35-2:50 I resisted checking out the album because the band name sounded dumb. What a mistake, shan't make that again. Haven't heard much like this release this year. Late night mellow jam. Gorgeous song, lovely album. 50 -- Yumi Zouma - "Bashville on the Sugar" 49 -- Witch Post - "Dreaming" 48 -- Tunde Adebimpe - "Somebody New" 47 -- Alexandra Savior - "Unforgivable" 46 -- Smerz - "You got time and I got money"

Fantastic track, and what immediately attracted me to The Chameleons sound. Quite likely my most listened to song over the years. The atmosphere Burgess & Co are able to create on 'Script of the Bridge' is unparalleled. "A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days" is one of the two or three top songs on that album. The delivery at ~2:06 and the drum change-up before that "you can hear a pindrop" outro are just sublime. Glad to hear there are still people campaigning for them. :) I was glad to see that they were able to rekindle hints of that magic on their surprise release from earlier this year.

One year of Buzzjack contributions down, and I figured I'd jump aboard the bandwagon and start posting my End of Year list for 2025. I'll be adding a few songs at a time over the next several days. May add an album list in once the top 50 songs list is complete. While this is my first year contribution here, I'm not new to compiling personal charts. I've created a weekly songs chart off-and-on since the mid-1990s (with the most recent iteration beginning in late-2016). End of year charts are a relatively recent occurrence, though; I've only starting building those at the appropriate time since 2017, and generally just shared with family (save for the creation of Spotify playlist that I run into the ground for the following few months). The rules, such as they are, aren't hard and fast with the End of Year chart. It's not a points-based system. Appearance (especially high placement) on my weekly chart definitely helps, but is not the be all and end all. The End of Year list tends to reflect those songs that stuck with me, and is largely filled with growers and not of-the-moment earworms. It wouldn't surprise me if there are a few weekly number ones that don't make this chart. One of my favourite things to do when beginning to compile my year ender is to consult other lists, identify some stellar songs that I somehow missed, and try and figure where they would slot in. I'd reckon the makeup is generally 75% my personal chart success, 20% late-year discoveries that slipped under my radar, and a meagre 5% "of-the-moment" and "critical darlings that didn't 100% jive with me". I'm not strict with only one song per artist per release, but I do generally try to limit it as much as possible. There are a handful of artists this year who will likely have two songs appear on the chart. (Just trying to keep from the top 50 just being made up of my five favourite albums). One of my pandemic projects was trying to backfill previous years charts, consulting memory, album releases, other charts, and pure whimsy from playlists to create top 50 lists as far back as the mid-1960s. Please see below the top 5s dating back to 1965. Recent years will undoubtedly give a preview of who to expect to see in this year's End of Year chart. Year #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 1965 Nina Simone "Feeling Good" The Beatles "In My Life" The Rolling Stones "(I Can't Get) Satisfaction" Jackson C. Frank "Blues Run the Game" Bob Dylan "Subterranean Homesick Blues" 1966 The Beatles "Paperback Writer" Buffalo Springfield "For What It's Worth" The Rolling Stones "Paint It, Black" The Byrds "Eight Miles High" Otis Redding "Try a Little Tenderness" 1967 The Beatles "A Day in the Life" The Doors "Light My Fire" Aretha Franklin "Respect" Jefferson Airplane "Somebody to Love" Cream "Sunshine of Your Love" 1968 Jimi Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower" The Beatles "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Cream "White Room" Simon & Garfunkel "America" Sly & The Family Stone "Dance To The Music" 1969 Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Cowgirl in the Sand" Crosby, Stills & Nash "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" Led Zeppelin "Dazed and Confused" The Beatles "Here Comes the Sun" Sly & The Family Stone "Everyday People" 1970 Curtis Mayfield "Move On Up" Nick Drake "Northern Sky" David Bowie "The Man Who Sold the World" George Harrison "What Is Life" Gordon Lightfoot "If You Could Read My Mind" 1971 Bill Withers "Ain't No Sunshine" Elton John "Tiny Dancer" Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" The Who "Baba O'Riley" David Bowie "Life on Mars?" 1972 Big Star "Watch the Sunrise" David Bowie "Starman" Nick Drake "Pink Moon" Lou Reed "Perfect Day" Stevie Wonder "Superstition" 1973 James Brown "The Payback" Tom Waits "Little Trip To Heaven" John Martyn "Solid Air" Fleetwood Mac "Hypnotized" The Stooges "Gimme Danger" 1974 Gordon Lightfoot "Sundown" Tom Waits "The Heart of Saturday Night" Queen "Killer Queen" Neil Young "On the Beach" David Bowie "Rebel Rebel" 1975 Patti Smith "Gloria: In Excelsis Deo" Bob Dylan "Tangled Up In Blue" Bruce Springsteen "Jungleland" Bob Marley & the Wailers "No Woman, No Cry" Fleetwood Mac "Say You Love Me" 1976 The Modern Lovers "Roadrunner" Queen "Somebody To Love" Bob Dylan "Hurricane" Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers "American Girl" Patti Smith "Ask the Angels" 1977 Television "Marquee Moon" David Bowie "Heroes" Fleetwood Mac "Go Your Own Way" Bill Withers "Lovely Day" Richard Hell & the Voidoids "Blank Generation" 1978 Buzzcocks "Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone...)" Blondie "One Way Or Another" Patti Smith "Because the Night" The Clash "(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais" Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing" 1979 Gary Numan "Cars" The Boys Next Door "Shivers" The Clash "Train In Vain (Stand By Me)" The Sugarhill Gang "Rapper's Delight" Talking Heads "Life During Wartime" 1980 The Cure "A Forest" Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart" Pretenders "Mystery Achievement" David Bowie "Ashes to Ashes" Echo & the Bunnymen "Do It Clean" 1981 Soft Cell "Tainted Love" Depeche Mode "Just Can't Get Enough" Mission Of Burma "That's When I Reach For My Revolver" The Stranglers "Golden Brown" The Specials "Ghost Town" 1982 New Order "Temptation" Pretenders "Back on the Chain Gang" The Jam "Town Called Malice" Queen & David Bowie "Under Pressure" Grandmaster Flash "The Message" 1983 The Chameleons "Up the Down Escalator" Depeche Mode "Everything Counts" The Smiths "This Charming Man" Big Country "In a Big Country" New Order "Age of Consent" 1984 The Smiths "How Soon Is Now?" Talk Talk "It's My Life" Echo & the Bunnymen "The Killing Moon" Minutemen "History Lesson: Part 2" Prince "When Doves Cry" 1985 New Order "The Perfect Kiss" The Cure "In Between Days" Tears For Fears "Everybody Wants To Rule the World" The Jesus and Mary Chain "Just Like Honey" Simple Minds "Don't You (Forget About Me)" 1986 Peter Gabriel "In Your Eyes" The Chameleons "Swamp Thing" Billy Bragg "Levi Stubbs' Tears" Siouxsie and the Banshees "Cities In Dust" Prince "Kiss" 1987 New Order "True Faith" U2 "With Or Without You" Belinda Carlisle "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" Depeche Mode "Never Let Me Down Again" R.E.M. "The One I Love" 1988 Sonic Youth "Teen Age Riot" The Waterboys "We Will Not Be Lovers" The Pogues "Lullaby Of London" Tracy Chapman "Fast Car" The Church "Under the Milky Way" 1989 The Stone Roses "I Wanna Be Adored" The Cure "Pictures of You" Neil Young "Rockin' in the Free World" Pixies "Debaser" Neneh Cherry "Buffalo Stance" 1990 Depeche Mode "Enjoy the Silence" Alice in Chains "Man in the Box" Cocteau Twins "Heaven or Las Vegas" Sonic Youth "Dirty Boots" Spirit of the West "Home For A Rest" 1991 Chapterhouse "Breather" Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Pearl Jam "Jeremy" R.E.M. "Losing My Religion" Kitchens of Distinction "Drive That Fast" 1992 Catherine Wheel "Black Metallic" Blind Melon "Change" Alice in Chains "Rooster" R.E.M. "Man On the Moon" Buffalo Tom "Taillights Fade" 1993 Mazzy Star "Fade Into You" Bettie Serveert "Kid's Allright" Morphine "Cure For Pain" Pearl Jam "Rearviewmirror" The Cranberries "Dreams" 1994 Blur "This Is a Low" The Cranberries "Zombie" Portishead "Sour Times" Neil Young "Harvest Moon" Oasis "Slide Away" 1995 The Smashing Pumpkins "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" Radiohead "High and Dry" Oasis "Some Might Say" Aimee Mann "You Could Make a Killing" Matthew Sweet "Sick of Myself" 1996 The Brian Jonestown Massacre "Anenome" Pearl Jam "Present Tense" R.E.M. "Electrolite" Modest Mouse "Dramamine" Sloan "The Good In Everyone" 1997 Foo Fighters "Everlong" Radiohead "Paranoid Android" Natalie Imbruglia "Torn" Built To Spill "Kicked It in the Sun" Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds "People Ain't No Good" 1998 Silver Jews "People" The Beta Band "Dry the Rain" David Gray "Babylon" Placebo "Every You Every Me" Dirty Three "Sea Above, Sky Below" 1999 Filter "Take A Picture" Blur "Coffee & TV" Beth Orton "Stolen Car" Silverchair "Emotion Sickness" Matthew Good Band "Load Me Up" 2000 Doves "Rise" PJ Harvey "Good Fortune" Deftones "Change (In the House of Flies)" U2 "Beautiful Day" A Perfect Circle "3 Libras" 2001 The Shins "New Slang" The Strokes "Last Nite" Radiohead "Pyramid Song" Michelle Branch "Everywhere" The Rapture "Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks" 2002 ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead "How Near, How Far" Queens of the Stone Age "No One Knows" Interpol "Obstacle 1" Wilco "Jesus, Etc." Alexisonfire "Pulmonary Archery" 2003 Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps" The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army" The Wrens "This Boy Is Exhausted" The Weakerthans "One Great City!" South "Colours In Waves" 2004 Arcade Fire "Rebellion (Lies)" The Killers "Somebody Told Me" Feist "One Evening" Chad VanGaalen "Clinically Dead" Regina Spektor "Us" 2005 Doves "Snowden" Bloc Party "Banquet" M83 "Teen Angst" Sufjan Stevens "Casimir Pulaski Day" Coldplay "Speed of Sound" 2006 Peter Bjorn and John "Young Folks" The Killers "When You Were Young" Arctic Monkeys "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" The Hold Steady "Stuck Between Stations" Band of Horses "The Funeral" 2007 MGMT "Time To Pretend" Arcade Fire "No Cars Go" Paramore "Misery Business" Wilco "Impossible Germany" Yeasayer "2080" 2008 Frank Turner "I Knew Prufrock Before He Was Famous" Portishead "The Rip" Blitzen Trapper "Furr" Foals "Cassius" M83 "Kim & Jessie" 2009 Phoenix "Lisztomania" Kasabian "Fire" Florence + the Machine "Dog Days Are Over" Grizzly Bear "Two Weeks" Ohbijou "Black Ice" 2010 Foals "Spanish Sahara" Arcade Fire "The Suburbs" Robyn "Hang With Me" This Is the Kit "Earthquake" Titus Andronicus "A More Perfect Union" 2011 M83 "Midnight City" The Horrors "Still Life" Ben Howard "Only Love" Frank Turner "I Am Disappeared" The Kills "Future Stars Slow" 2012 The Lumineers "Stubborn Love" Of Monsters and Men "Little Talks" Japandroids "The House That Heaven Built" Grimes "Oblivion" Lana Del Rey "Off To the Races" 2013 Junip "Line Of Fire" St. Lucia "Elevate" Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds "Jubilee Street" FEMME "Fever Boy" Lorde "Royals" 2014 Courtney Barnett "Avant Gardener" The War on Drugs "Red Eyes" Ben Howard "I Forget Where We Were" Alvvays "Archie, Marry Me" Future Islands "Seasons (Waiting on You)" 2015 Lord Huron "Meet Me in the Woods" Kurt Vile "Pretty Pimpin" Foals "Mountain At My Gates" Grimes "Flesh Without Blood" Beck "Dreams" 2016 Car Seat Headrest "Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales" David Bowie "Lazarus" Angel Olsen "Shut Up Kiss Me" Jim James "Here In Spirit" DIIV "Dopamine" 2017 Lorde "Green Light" Phoebe Bridgers "Emotion Sickness" Ride "Lannoy Point" The War on Drugs "Strangest Thing" Slowdive "Star Roving" 2018 Tash Sultana "Cigarettes" Ben Howard "The Defeat" Iceage (w/Sky Ferreira) "Pain Killer" Natalie Prass "Short Court Style" Robyn "Honey" 2019 Drab Majesty "Oxytocin" Big Thief "Not" Nilufer Yanya "In Your Head" Angel Olsen "Lark" Foals "Sunday" 2020 The Killers "Caution" Phoebe Bridgers "Chinese Satellite" Arlo Parks "Hurt" The Beths "Out of Sight" J. Laser "Blood Moon" 2021 Japanese Breakfast "Be Sweet" The War on Drugs (w/Lucius) "I Don't Live Here Anymore" Ben Howard "What a Day" Flock of Dimes "Two" Yves Tumor "Jackie" 2022 Hatchie "Lights On" Angel Olsen "Big Time" Foals "2am" Momma "Speeding 72" Kevin Morby "This Is a Photograph" 2023 Ben Howard "Days of Lantana" M83 "Amnesia" Slowdive "kisses" Arlo Parks "Weightless" Carly Rae Jepsen "Shy Boy" 2024 Charli xcx (w/Lorde) "Girl, so confusing featuring lorde" Clairo "Add Up My Love" Caroline Polachek "Starburned and Unkissed" Marika Hackman "Slime" Royel Otis "Sofa King"

AV Club certainly gave the record glowing reviews; https://www.avclub.com/dove-ellis-blizzard-album-review Good call on the Rufus Wainwright comparisons, can't help but notice it in the melodies. I also picked up a bit of Keaton Henson. Essential autumnal listening.

Fantastic list so far. A few that are in consideration in my year-ender. I was debating another Water From Your Eyes track for my list, but it's hard to overlook how excellent "Life Signs" is and I may have to rethink. Great Men I Trust choice, hadn't heard Prewn, loved Model/Actriz, and that Maruja record is in contention for my album year-end list. Anxiously awaiting the rest of the countdown :)

01 01 Magdalena Bay - Second Sleep (11) 02 02 Hayley Williams - Parachute (13) 03 06 Spiritual Cramp (w/Sharon Van Etten) - You've Got My Number (7) 04 03 Courtney Barnett - Stay In Your Lane (8) 05 05 Phantogram - Earthshaker (8) 06 08 Hatchie - Sage (5) 07 10 Robyn - Dopamine (4) 08 04 Hatchie - Only One Laughing (120 09 11 Florence + the Machine - Sympathy Magic (6) 10 07 Florence + the Machine - One of the Greats (12) 11 15 Del Water Gap - Small Town Joan of Arc (6) 12 09 Wednesday - Townies (11) 13 14 The Belair Lip Bombs - Another World (5) 14 20 Magdalena Bay - This Is the World (I Made It For You (3) 15 17 Snocaps - Heathcliff (5) 16 13 Hatchie - Lose It Again (14) 17 22 Anna of the North - No One Knows You Better (4) 18 12 Momma - Cross Your Heart (10) 19 23 Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Only Girl (3) 20 27 Sam Fender - I'm Always On Stage (2) 21 24 Keaton Henson - Operator (3) 22 18 The Twilight Sad - Waiting for the Phone Call (6) 23 25 Gift - Shadow Stealer (3) 24 16 Francis of Delirium - Little Black Dress (10) 25 NE Meltt - In Your Arms (1) 26 29 This Is Lorelei - Holo Boy (2) 27 NE Melody's Echo Chamber - The House That Doesn't Exist (1) 28 19 Big Thief - Words (12) 29 NE Ratboys - What's Right? (1) 30 21 Kasabian - Hippie Sunshine (11)

01 02 Hatchie - Liquorice 02 01 Spiritual Cramp - RUDE 03 03 Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream 04 04 Hayley Williams - Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party 05 05 Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover - We Were Just Here 06 06 Wednesday - Bleeds 07 07 Big Thief - Double Infinity 08 NE Melody's Echo Chamber - Unclouded 09 11 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving 10 10 Just Mustard - WE WERE JUST HERE 11 NE Dove Ellis - Blizzard 12 08 Rocket - R Is For Rocket 13 09 Keaton Henson - Parader 14 12 Westerman - A Jackal's Wedding 15 19 Nation of Language - Dance Called Memory 16 16 crushed - No Scope 17 13 The Belair Lip Bombs - Again 18 18 Alison Goldfrapp Flux 19 17 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend 20 14 Snocaps - Snocaps

01 02 Spiritual Cramp - RUDE 02 01 Hatchie - Liquorice 03 03 Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream 04 04 Hayley Williams - Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party 05 05 Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover - We Were Just Here 06 06 Wednesday - Bleeds 07 07 Big Thief - Double Infinity 08 08 Rocket - R Is for Rocket 09 11 Keaton Henson - Parader 10 13 Just Mustard - WE WERE JUST HERE 11 NE Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving 12 09 Westerman - A Jackal's Wedding 13 10 The Belair Lip Bombs - Again 14 12 Snocaps - Snocaps 15 14 Rosalia - LUX 16 15 crushed - No Scope 17 16 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend 18 RE Alison Goldfrapp - Flux 19 NE Nation of Language - Dance Called Memory 20 20 Royel Otis - hickey

01 02 Magdalena Bay - Second Sleep (10) 02 01 Hayley Williams - Parachute (12) 03 05 Courtney Barnett - Stay In Your Lane (7) 04 03 Hatchie - Only One Laughing (11) 05 07 Phantogram - Earthshaker (7) 06 09 Spiritual Cramp (w/Sharon Van Etten) - You've Got My Number (6) 07 04 Florence + the Machine - One of the Greats (11) 08 12 Hatchie - Sage (4) 09 06 Wednesday - Townies (10) 10 16 Robyn - Dopamine (3) 11 13 Florence + the Machine - Sympathy Magic (5) 12 08 Momma - Cross Your Heart (9) 13 10 Hatchie - Lose It Again (13) 14 17 The Belair Lip Bombs - Another World (4) 15 21 Del Water Gap - Small Town Joan of Arc (5) 16 11 Francis of Delirium - Little Black Dress (9) 17 20 Snocaps - Heathcliff (4) 18 19 The Twilight Sad - Waiting for the Phone Call (5) 19 15 Big Thief - Words (11) 20 26 Magdalena Bay - This Is the World (I Made It For You) (2) 21 14 Kasabian - Hippie Sunshine (10) 22 25 Anna of the North - No One Knows You Better (3) 23 28 Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Only Girl (2) 24 27 Keaton Henson - Operator (2) 25 30 Gift - Shadow Stealer (2) 26 24 Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream (15) 27 NE Sam Fender - I'm Always On Stage (1) 28 22 Yumi Zouma - Drag (11) 29 NE This Is Lorelei - Holo Boy (1) 30 18 Sam Fender (w/Elton John) - Talk To You (6)