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2023 New Album Ratings (Updates 4/18/23)

Including albums from 2023 that I've listened to since I did part 1. Click here for the previous installment.

1. Lankum - False Lankum  ||   Irish Folk Music, Avant-Folk, Drone   ||   funereal, somber   ||  10/10   || Ireland

2. Model/Actriz - Dogsbody  ||  Noise Rock, No Wave, Dance-Punk  ||  dark, dissonant  ||  9/10  ||  USA

3. Gingerbee - Our Skies Smile  ||  Emo Pop, Screamo, Bitpop  ||  warm, uplifting  ||  9/10  ||  USA

4. Dispirited Spirits - The Redshift Blues  ||  Art Rock, Midwest Emo, Space Rock  ||  epic, technical  ||  8.5/10  ||  Portugal

5. Black Country, New Road - Live at Bush Hall  ||  Chamber Pop, Progressive Pop, Art Rock  ||  sentimental, anxious  ||  8.5/10  ||  UK

6. slowthai - UGLY  ||  UK Hip Hop, Post-Punk  ||  self-hatred, drugs  ||  8/10  ||  UK

7. JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes  ||  Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop  ||  chaotic, vulgar  ||  8/10  ||  USA

8. Nicole Dollanganger - Married in Mount Airy  ||  Singer/Songwriter, Indie Folk, Slowcore  ||  ethereal, religious  ||  8/10  ||  Canada

9. boygenius - the record  ||  Indie Rock, Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter  ||  LGBT, poetic  ||  7.5/10  ||  USA

10. Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)  ||  Neo-Psychedelia, Post-Punk  ||  eclectic, surreal  ||  7.5/10  ||  USA

11. Katie Gately - Fawn / Brute  ||  Art Pop, Post-Industrial  ||  dark, ominous  ||  7.5/10  ||  USA

12. The Waeve - The Waeve  ||  Art Rock, Jazz Rock  ||  eclectic, anxious  ||  7.5/10  ||  UK

13. Paramore - This is Why  ||  Post-Punk Revival  ||  pessimistic, angry  ||  7/10  ||  USA

14. 파란노을 Parannoul  - After the Magic  ||  Shoegaze  ||  noisy, lush  ||  7/10  ||  South Korea

15. Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus  ||  Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B  ||  lush, sensual  ||  6.5/10  ||  USA

16. Rome Streetz & Big Ghost Ltd. - Wasn't Built in a Day  ||  East Coast Hip Hop, Boom Bap  ||  urban, raw  ||  6.5/10  ||  USA

17. The Murder Capital - Gigi's Recovery  ||  Post-Punk Revival  ||  melancholic, bittersweet  ||  6/10  ||  Ireland

18. Miss Grit - Follow the Cyborg  ||  Indie Rock, Synthpop  ||  futuristic, mechanical  ||  6/10  ||  USA

19. quinn - Delinquent  ||  Trap Rap, Experimental Hip Hop  ||  vague, boastful  ||  5.5/10  ||  USA

20. Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power  ||  Emo Pop, Alternative Rock  ||  annoying, anxious  ||  5/10  ||  USA

21. Skyzoo & The Other Guys - The Mind of a Saint  ||  Boom Bap, East Coast Hip Hop  ||  inconsequential, bland  ||  5/10  ||  USA

22. 100 Gecs - 10,000 Gecs  ||  Hyperpop, Alternative Rock  ||  torturous, scattered  ||  4.5/10  ||  USA

23. Dougie Poole - The Rainbow Wheel of Death  ||  Progressive Country, Alt-Country  ||  annoying, boring  ||  4/10  ||  USA

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