Playlist
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Best For You and Me by Helado Negro on Phasor (4AD) Best chill guy song of the year
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Breathe by Brijean on Macro (Ghostly International) Best song title that was also an affirmation
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Hinoki Wood by Gia Margaret on Romantic Piano (Jagjaguwar) Best low key meme of the year (and background music)
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No One Noticed by The Marias on Submarine (Nice Life/Atlantic) Best song I kept on repeat
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Add Up My Love by Clairo on Juno (Clairo) rCharm Summer > Brat Summer
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Big Love by Camera Obscura on Look to the East, Look to the West (Merge) Best reintroduction and reminder from a band who I loved in the past
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Featured Kingdome Come by Cindy Lee on Diamond Jubilee (Realistik Studios) Info Best album to be released on Geocities/Bandcamp
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Mood Ring by Dehd on Poetry (Fat Possum) Best bop of the year
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Vampire in the Corner by Magdalena Bay on Imaginal Disk (Mom+Pop) Best final breakdown in a song of the year
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Joker Lips by MJ Lenderman on Manning Fireworks (ANTI-) Best storytelling in a song/album
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orb weaver by draag on actually, the quiet is nice (julia's war) Best "I'm melting into the couch" song
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Soonish by Dummy on Free Energy (Trouble in Mind) Best "I'm dissassociating" song
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1/500 by Spirit of the beehive on You'll have to lose something (saddle creek) Best "this sounds cool but also off-kilter" song
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Pursuit by Mhaol on Snare (Merge) Info Favorite single of the year and "whoa these lyrics are menacing" when you read about them on Genius
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Negative Fantasy by RIP Swirl & untitled (halo) on Negative Fantasy - Single (In Real Life Music / Heavy Duty Music) Best collab
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Sometimes by Mannequin Pussy on I Got Heaven (Epitaph) Best album/song that made me regret not seeing them at August Hall
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Fortress by Modern Color on There Goes The Dream (Other People Records) Favorite riff of the year
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Featured Dallas by Gouge Away on Deep Sage (Death Wish) Best album closer of the year