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A Tough Pill to Swallow: Top 25 Tracks of 2021

Limit one per artist. Format is #. Artist - Song  ||  Genres  ||  Country

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25. Nick Cave - White Elephant  ||  Chamber Rock  ||  Australia

24. Squid - Narrator  ||  Post-Punk, Experimental Rock  ||  UK

23. Blanck Mass - Starstuff  ||  Progressive Electronic  ||  UK

22. Arca - Fireprayer  ||  Dark Ambient  ||  Venezuela

21. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - Cimmerian Shade  ||  Indie Folk  ||  USA

20. АИГЕЛ [Aigel] - Топи (High)  ||  Trip Hop  ||  Russia

19. Julien Baker - Hardline  ||  Indie Rock  ||  USA

18. Injury Reserve - Knees  ||  Experimental Hip Hop, Experimental Rock  ||  USA

17. Xiu Xiu - One Hundred Years  ||  Experimental  ||  USA

16. Juçara Marçal - Iyalode Mbé Mbé  ||  Experimental Rock  ||  Brazil

15. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - OUR SIDE HAS TO WIN (For D.H.)  ||  Post-Rock  ||  Canada

14. Black Dresses - PEACESIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ||  Electro-Industrial  ||  Canada

13. The Joy Formidable - Sevier  ||  Indie Rock  ||  UK

12. Tropical Fuck Storm - G.A.A.F.  ||  Experimental Rock, Punk Blues  ||  Australia

11. Backxwash - Burn to Ashes  ||  Horrorcore, Experimental Hip Hop  ||  Canada

10. Black Midi - John L  ||  Avant-Prog  ||  USA

9. Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Crimson Stone  ||  Sludge Metal  ||  USA

8. Gazelle Twin & NYX - Fire Leap  ||  Dark Ambient, Ritual Ambient  ||  UK

7. Low - White Horses  ||  Post-Industrial, Experimental Rock  ||  USA

6. Little Simz - Introvert  ||  Conscious Hip Hop  ||  USA

5. Silk Sonic - Leave the Door Open  ||  Smooth Soul  ||  USA

4. Bo Burnham - All Eyes on Me  ||  Alt-Pop  ||  USA

3. Lingua Ignota - Many Hands  ||  Avant-Folk, Neoclassical Darkwave  ||  USA

2. SPELLLING - Boys at School  ||  Progressive Pop, Art Pop  ||  USA

1. Black Country, New Road - Opus  ||  Experimental Rock, Klezmer, Post-Punk  ||  UK

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