Updated Fave Albums: 7 Years of MAR Era - Feb 2017-Feb 2024

No order, just mentioning albums I really liked during this period, probably gonna miss a fair few.

Cult of Luna - A Dawn To Fear
Hangman's Chair - Banlieue triste
Alcest - Spiritual Instinct
Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Sleep - The Sciences
Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun
Anna Von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
Beach House - 7
Slowdive - Slowdive
FKA Twigs - Magdalene
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
Lorde - Meldodrama
Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
Julien Baker - Turn out the lights
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
Charli XCX - How I'm Feeling Now
Lana del Rey - Norman Fuckin' Rockwell
Hatchie - Keepsake
SZA - CTRL

I'm too uncultured to post here.  But I haven't listened to a lot - like 20 albums from those 5 years. I'm stuck in 1991-2010. Those are my main 20 years.


1. Norman Fucking Rockwell - Lana Del Rey (my favorite album of the decade. I don't understand why people say it's unlistenable compared to old LDR from 2012-2015. What's different about it?)

2. Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves (basically I like the stuff rated highest. I'm not sure where to look beyond the Pitchfork Top 10 from every year. This album is so pretty, I can see why it's rated so high.... the production is increased and those old country roots are enhanced. The aesthetic of horses, the sunset, and cowboy boots is a good mix.)

3. Taylor Swift - Evermore (feels like chamber folk. Surprisingly it didn't turn off the old Swifties because I feel like it's a bit different. But... they liked it. From Willow to Cowboy Like Me.... while not every single song is really good - and I could live without a few - but that would've been the most listenable stretch of any TS album until her very next one.)

4. Taylor Swift - Taylor's Version: Red (the new songs are the best. On Side 2. From The Moment I Knew to Babe is definitely my favorite all time streak.   In my car on repeat.)

5. Jenny Lewis - On the Line (But....from a few listens to Wet Leg's released songs, I too think it'll eventually move in my Top 5.)

Top 10 fave studio albums - more or less, no order - updated for our 7 year Anniversary -

Mike Krol - Power Chords (2019)
Fontaines D.C. Dogrel (2019)
Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia (2022)
Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020)
The Speedways - Just Another Regular Summer (2018)
The Speedways - Radio Sounds (2020)
The Speedways - Talk of the Town (2022)
The Clockworks - Exit Strategy (2023)
The Bobby Lees - Bellevue (2022)
Amyl and The Sniffers - Comfort to Me (2021)