Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors

8.0

eye for detail, pass the time, fever dream, helping hand, mirror image

Standouts:

"An Attempt to Tip the Scales"

"When the Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass"

"A Song to Pass the Time"

This Is Lorelei - Box for Buddy, Box for Star

8.9

as you wish, let's face it, seeing stars, old-timer, honest mistake

Standouts:

"Where's Your Love Now"

"I'm All Fucked Up"

"Two Legs"

Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway

9.7

sun on the horizon, legend has it, no greater love, tears to my eyes, inseparable

Standouts:

"Glenn Tipton"

"Carry Me Ohio"

"Si, Paloma"

Fever Ray - Plunge

8.4

carnival of light, dive headfirst, fits like a glove, celestial, lockjaw

Standouts:

"Idk About You"

"To the Moon and Back"

"Wanna Sip"

The Clientele - Suburban Light

8.9

blue hour, misty window, lights turned low, to the end of the lane, afternoon delight

Standouts:

"Saturday"

"An Hour Before the Light"

"(I Want You) More Than Ever"

Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal

8.6

just the right time, long-lasting, vacant, letting go, something for the pain

Standouts:

"Love Takes Miles"

"$0"

"Can't Keep Anything"

Rosalia - LUX

8.9

glory, virginal, devotee, gift from above, wipe every tear

Standouts:

"Mio Cristo Piange Diamanti"

"Reliquia"

"Magnolias"

Geese - Getting Killed

8.8

side effects, lit a fire under me, mad to live, once more with feeling, had a good run

Standouts:

"100 Horses"

"Au Pays du Cocaine"

"Cobra"

Playboi Carti - Die Lit

8.4

fright night, hands all over, blastoff, nightmarish, body count

Standouts:

"Poke It Out"

"Fell in Luv"

"Choppa Won't Miss"

Wednesday - Bleeds

8.6

morbid humor, reality bites, scraping the bottom, burnout, many-splendored thing

Standouts:

"Pick Up That Knife"

"Townies"

"Gary's II"

Big Thief - Double Infinity

8.5

match my freak, good ones go, older and wiser, resting place, word salad

Standouts:

"Grandmother"

"How Could I Have Known"

"All Night All Day"

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas

8.7

disappearing act, cascading, lair, icicles, witch's tit

Standouts:

"Heaven or Las Vegas"

"Wolf in the Breast"

"Fotzepolitic"

Dijon - Baby

9.3

answered prayers, debonair, burning down the house, soaked to the skin, snuggle up

Standouts:

"Yamaha"

"Another Baby!"

"FIRE!"

Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson

8.2

smitten, delicate as a flower, meet cute, ill-fated, sweet nothings

Standouts:

"Cargo culte"

"Melody"

"L'Hôtel particulier"

Amaarae - BLACK STAR

9.0

ice and fire, what a rush, fine shyt, mouth-to-mouth, fusion

Standouts:

"She Is My Drug"

"S.M.O."

"B2B"

Sofia Kourtesis - Madres

8.7

big splash, stardust, effervescent, swelter, be there

Standouts:

"Si Te Portas Bonito"

"Estacion Esperanza"

"How Music Makes You Feel Better"

Alex G - Headlights

8.2

for dear life, right in front of my eyes, sunshine and roses, easy street, afternoon nap

Standouts:

"Real Thing"

"Logan Hotel (Live)"

"June Guitar"

Maria Somerville - Luster

8.2

portal, ethereal, Anthropocene, gloom, sheer

Standouts:

"Spring"

"Garden"

"Stonefly"

Beirut - A Study of Losses

9.1

soar, spring festival, by the sea, faraway, story for the ages

Standouts:

"Mani's 7 Books"

"Tuanaki Atoll"

"Forest Encyclopedia"

Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE

8.0

time-tested, enlighten, bedside, sun in my mouth, overgrown

Standouts:

"AWARDS SEASON"

"Everything Is Peaceful Love"

"From"

Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz

8.2

pilgrimage, warped, night swim, trumpet call, holy fire

Standouts:

"Too Much"
"Futile Devices"

"Impossible Soul"

Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

9.5

cosmic arena, stars align, to the moon and back, inertia, frown upside down

Standouts:

"Cop Shoot Cop..."

"No God Only Religion"

"Stay with Me"

Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill

8.1

tidal, beyond words, overcast, lamp light, dear repose

Standouts:

"When We Fall"

"We've All Gone to Sleep"

"Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping"

John Martyn - Solid Air

8.9

phase change, downed, sojourn, misty mountain, rebalance

Standouts:

"Over the Hill"

"May You Never"

"Solid Air"

Panda Bear - Sinister Grift

8.8

cruiser, wave in the mind, tableau, costa, great tomb

Standouts:

"Ferry Lady"

"Praise"

"Elegy for Noah Lou"

Saya Gray - SAYA

8.0

fission, untapped, no pressure, dusk and dawn, weary head

Standouts:

"..LIE DOWN"

"SHELL ( OF A MAN )"

"..THUS IS WHY ( I DON'T SPRING 4 LOVE)"

FKA twigs - EUSEXUA

8.8

full-body, labyrinth, warehouse, siren song, melt like wax

Standouts:

"Room of Fools"

"Girl Feels Good"

"Sticky"

MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

8.9

breakdown, worse for wear, immemorial, from ear to ear, signals crossed

Standouts:

"Joker Lips"

"She's Leaving You"

"Wristwatch"

American Football - American Football

8.4

open book, turn back time, morning sun, softie, liminal

Standouts:

"The Summer Ends"

"Never Meant"

"Stay Home"

Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans

8.6

remembrance, light of the world, soft voice, flock, seventh heaven

Standouts:

"A Good Man Is Hard to Find"

"Sister"

"The Transfiguration"