If I'm being honest, 2023 was a pretty bad year and I'm more than happy to usher it towards the exit. I'm hopeful that 2024 will be a bit better. We'll have to see I guess. Luckily there were still some really great records that came out, helping me get through things, though I think the back half of the year is when things really picked up.
But here it is, my list of my favorite records of 2023. Pretty Flowers dominated my listening this year, though I got that record a lot earlier in the year than many others. Reverse and Pop Marshal picked up the 'I wish it was still the 90s in the UK' award for putting out a record that I would have been just as happy listening to 30 years ago as I am today.
I'm going to be taking a little break from things for a bit here. I'm sure I will be back to writing again pretty soon, but I'm not entirely sure when, but I'd guess I would be back posting things again by February at the very latest. I just need a break and have some other things to take care of. In the mean time, take a stroll through my list and let me know if there's anything egregious that I've missed. Always looking for more tunes to listen to.
*** Shoplifters can’t be part of my top 20 because it’s on PopKid and that just feels odd to me, but obviously I think it’s one of the best things ever as I wouldn’t have helped put it out if it wasn’t.
01 - The Pretty Flowers - A Company Sleeve – Double Helix (Listen)
02 - Reverse - Behind These Walls – Boss Tuneage (Listen)
03 - Pop Marshal – Rejoice - Fixing A Hole (Listen)
04 - Czarface – Czartificial Intelligence – Silver Age / Virgin (Listen)
05 - Dan Sartain – The Lost Record – Bent Rail / Seasick (I wish you could listen, but it's not online)
06 - Three Minute Movie – March Winds And April Showers Bring May Flowers - Bloated Kat / Dead Broke (Listen)
07 - Samiam - Stowaway - Pure Noise (Listen)
08 - Night Court - Humans! - Snappy Little Numbers / Debt Offensive (Listen)
09 - The Subjunctives - Let's Try This Again – Top Drawer (Listen)
10 - Spoilers – There or Thereabouts - Brassneck / Waterslide / Rad Girlfriend / SBÄM (Listen)
11 - Main Source – The Science – P Vine
12 - Mark Murphy & The Meds – Monochrome – Bloated Kat / Brassneck / Cat's Claw / Kezy P / Waterslide
13 - Hooper – Swim the Races Nobody Wants – Snappy Little Numbers
14 - State Drugs – Parade of Red Flags – Snappy Little Numbers
15 - Spells - Loose Change, Vol. 2 - Snappy Little Numbers / Motorcycle Potluck Records / Big Neck Records / Keep It A Secret Records / Shield Recordings
16 - Curious Things - Naif - Snappy Little Numbers / Dumb Ghost
17 - Joel Paterson – The More The Merrier – Ventrella – Nu Tone
18 - China Drum – One Moment Please – Self Released
19 - Falls - Martyr - Waterslide
20 - What Goes Up - Laws of Gravity - Brassneck / Waterslide / Rad Girlfriend
Previously:
2022
2022
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