I was considering putting together a list of my favorite albums (and EPs!) from 2020 so far today when I had a better idea! Instead of giving you my top 10 or something like that I decided to give you album for each letter of the alphabet! At least that was the idea anyway. It turns out finding an album for each letter can be a bit tricky (I’m looking at you Q and X!). The good news is was able to find artist for almost every letter who released an album or EP between January and June this year. So without further ado, here’s my alphabetical list with runners-up for each letter (when possible).
Alright Years – Show Me Something
Runner-up: Almost Always – convalesce
Brave Days – Work in Progress
Runner-up: Belle And The Dragon – Birthrights
Chase Tremaine – Unfall
Runner-up: Charming to the Last – It’s the Little Things
Dens – Taming Tongues
Empty Atlas – Kairos
Runner-up: Emery – White Line Fever
Fight The Fade – In Love. in Hope. in Peace.
Runner-up: Fang Fang – Fang Shui
Gable Price and Friends – Fractioned Heart
Runner-up: Grace Stailey – You’ll Find Your Way Home
Huntingtons – ¡Muerto, Carcel, O Rocanrol!
Runner-up: Har Adonai – Now is Golden
Ian Yates – Mystery
Runner-up: Isla Vista Worship – Carried
Jodi Essex – Irreverent
Runner-up: Jacob Dixon – Lionheart
Klae – Consume Me
Lightworker – Fury by Failure
Runner-up: Lance Blake – Consumed, Vol. 2
Mantric – False Negative
Runner-up: A Mouthful of Thunder – Careful Now
Nate Parrish – I’m a Wreck
Off Road Minivan – Swan Dive
Runner-up: Out of Black – Programmed Mind
Pyramid Park – Not an Island
Runner-up: Peter118 – Live at Meltdown
Quiet Science – Set Free
Righteous Vendetta – Not Dead yet (A Rejected Record)
Runner-up: Red – Declaration
Second to Safety – Esther
Runner-up: Starflyer 59 – Miami
Tigerwine – Nothing is for You
Runner-up: Tyson Motsenbocker – Someday I’ll Make It All Up To You
Undefeated – Shadows
Runner-up: Unwed Sailor – Look Alive
Vacation Club – Always or Never
Runner-up: Valienta – Please Listen on Headphones
where’s starflyer59?
It’s the runner-up behind Second to Safety. I originally had it as the top pick, but decided to flip them as Starflyer 59 is an EP and two of the songs are reworked from Young in my Head.
Surprised you didn’t mention KIDS
I seriously considered using their upcoming album (see the tags), but decided to stick the January-June timeframe.
Are there RIYL for each of these? I don’t have Spotify and there are too many that I have never heard of!
That’s a really good idea. I’m not sure if I’ll get around to updating this list or not, but I’ll try and keep that in mind for future stuff like this.
a few of those aren’t even albums lol. Also Declaratio nwas a million times better than Not Dead Yet
I agree the overall musical sound/cohesiveness of Declaration is greater than Not Dead Yet, but for some reason it’s harder to listen to the former album in headphones (I think it has something to do with compressed audio…maybe the way it was mixed?).
Great list, BTW! Glad to see Dens and Tigerwine made it. Also, I just listened to Lightworker for the first time the other day–they’re new album has some killer tracks!
Empty Atlas is awesome! Thank you for suggesting.