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Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2022. Our next list is from Substitute DJ Kelsey Stimple.
I had fun listening to a lot of new music this year. Not much else to say--please see below for my twenty favorites! As soon as this posts, I'll probably change my mind about the order again, but I had to pull the trigger at some point.
#1 God Save the Animals by Alex G (Domino)
#2 Pool Kids by Pool Kids (Skeletal Lightning)
#3 Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief (4AD)
#4 Natural Brown Prom Queen by Sudan Archives (Stones Throw)
#5 Expert in a Dying Field by The Beths (Carpark)
#6 Sore Thumb by Oso Oso (Triple Crown)
#7 Painless by Nilüfer Yanya (ATO)
#8 I Walked With You A Ways by Plains (ANTI-)
#9 Please Have a Seat by Nnamdï (Secretly Canadian)
#10 Versions of Modern Performance by Horsegirl (Matador)
Honorable Mentions
11. Say Sue Me / The Last Thing Left / Damnably
12. Julia Jacklin / Pre Pleasure / Polyvinyl
13. Dehd / Blue Skies / Fat Possum
14. Momma / Household Name / Polyvinyl
15. Wet Leg / Wet Leg / Domino
16. Alvvays / Blue Rev / Polyvinyl
17. MJ Lenderman / Boat Songs / Dear Life
18. Saba / Few Good Things / Self-released
19. Porridge Radio / Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky / Secretly Canadian
20. Martha / Please Don’t Take Me Back / Specialist Subject
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