Year-End List Aggregate: boygenius' 'the record' is the Album of the Year

[mayjailer]

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[eyeoneye]

As a Sufjan fan of 15+ years, my favorite album this year was Javelin. It's a perfect amalgamation of so many of the sounds he's experimented with over the years and his songwriting is great as always.

I also really enjoyed My Back Was a Bridge For You to Cross by ANOHNI and the Johnsons, The Record by boygenius, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski (huge improvement over Laurel Hell IMO), Laugh Track by The National, and Heaven is a Junkyard by Youth Lagoon.

[rihaty]

I love Sufjan, and while the album is still very sad it somehow seems more hopeful to me. I can’t explain it but he just sounds more sure. It feels lighter, even in the sad moments. Shit Talk is my favorite song of the year.

[eyeoneye]

Shit Talk is my favorite too.

"I will always love you but I cannot look at you" ooooof, Sufjan broke my heart with that one.

[fimh]

i love javelin so much. ~deliver me from the poison pain ahhhHHHhhhHHHhHhhHHh~

[anthknee]

The Loveliest Time by Carly Rae Jepsen

[hallyujah]

That was released in 2022 but a great album for sure!

[kittenmittons]

The Loveliest Time was released in 2023, but The Loneliest Time was 2022!

[hallyujah]

oh my bad!!!!

[rihaty]

Paramore This is Why, Boygenius, and Zach Bryan were my most listened to albums this year. I also love Javelin as well.

[lonesomes]

sufjan and chappell roan prob my top two. also hozier and ryan beatty's albums are up there.

song of the year for me:

[kittenmittons]

Amazing comment, couldn't agree more about "Shit Talk" especially.

[therearewords]

I know it's Sufjan, but eight minutes??

[breakfasttacos]

this song D E V A S T A T E D me when I first heard it!!

[bert_macklin]

did all the other albums die?

[cautionwalrus]

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