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Iron's 2023 - Bangers & Pastoralia


My favorite albums of 2023. Such a great year for chamber folk, and not bad for pop bangers either.

Created by: IronAngel | 28.07.2023



1. Susanne Sundfør - Blómi (Chamber Folk/Art Pop/Singer-Songwriter. 4,5/5.)
2. Ichiko Aoba & 12 Ensemble - Ichiko Aoba With 12 Ensemble (Live at Milton Court) (Chamber Folk. 4,5/5.)
3. Big Blood - First Aid Kit (Psychedelic Pop/Experimental Rock/Avant-Folk. 4/5.)
4. Katie Gately - Fawn / Brute (Art Pop/Post-Industrial. 4/5.)
5. Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time (Dance Pop. 4/5.)
6. PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying (Art Rock/Singer-Songwriter/Folk. 4/5.)
7. Ascendant Vierge - Une nouvelle chance (Hard Dance/Euro-Trance/Art Pop. 4/5.)
8. Lisa O'Neill - All of This Is Chance (Contemporary Irish Folk. 4/5.)
9. Titanic - Vidrio (Post-Minimalism/Avant-Garde Pop/Chamber Jazz. 4/5.)
10. Vyva Melinkolya - Unbecoming (Slowcore/Shoegaze. 4/5.)
11. Amaarae - Fountain Baby (Afrobeats/Alternative R&B. 4/5.)
12. Westerman - An Inbuilt Fault (Sophisti-Pop/Art Pop. 4/5.)
13. Flooding - Silhouette Machine (Slowcore/Post-Hardcore. 4/5.)
14. Øxn - CYRM (Irish Neofolk/Avant-Folk/Darkwave/Drone. 4/5.)
15. John Francis Flynn - Look Over the Wall, See the Sky (Irish Avant-Folk. 4/5.)
16. Maruja - Knocknarea (Post-Rock/Art Punk. 4/5.)
17. Vanishing Twin - Afternoon X (Neo-Psychedelia/Indietronica/Ambient Pop. 3,5/5.)
18. Marlene Ribeiro - Toquei no sol (Electroacoustic/Art Pop. 3,5/5.)
19. Iara Rennó - Orí okàn (Vanguarda paulista/Candomblé Music/Avant-Folk. 3,5/5.)
20. Marina Herlop - Nekkuja (Avant-Folk/Art Pop/Electronic. 3,5/5.)
21. Rogê - Curyman (MPB/Samba-rock. 3,5/5.)
22. Sílvia Pérez Cruz - Toda la vida, un día (Chamber Folk/Singer-Songwriter. 3,5/5.)
23. Nicole Dollanganger - Married in Mount Airy (Indie Folk/Slowcore. 3,5/5.)
24. Hania Rani - Ghosts (Ambient Pop/Progressive Electronic/Modern Classical. 3,5/5.)
25. Maya Ongaku - Approach to Anima (Psychedelic/Avant-Folk. 3,5/5.)
26. Brìghde Chaimbeul - Carry Them With Us (Scottish Avant-Folk. 3,5/5.)
27. Colin Stetson - When We Where That What Wept for the Sea (Post-Minimalism. 3,5/5.)
28. Amor Muere - A Time to Love, a Time to Die (Experimental/Post-Minimalism/Avant-Folk. 3,5/5.)
29. Monika Roscher Bigband - Witchy Activities and the Maple Death (Art Pop/Experimental Big Band. 3,5/5.)
30. Lankum - False Lankum (Irish Folk. 3,5/5.)
31. Mansion - Second Death (Doom Metal. 3,5/5.)
32. Sam Wilkes - Driving (Indie Folk/Folktronica. 3,5/5.)
33. Arthur Russell - Picture of Bunny Rabbit (Ambient Pop/Avant-Folk. 3,5/5.)
34. Jonah Yano - Portrait of a Dog (Sophisti-Pop/Neo-Soul/Jazz Pop. 3,5/5.)
35. Hannah Diamond - Perfect Picture (Electropop/Hyperpop. 3,5/5.)
36. Slayyyter - STARFUCKER (Dance-Pop/Electropop. 3,5/5.)
37. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (Alt-Pop. 3,5/5.)
38. Gezebelle Gaburgably - Gaburger (Lo-fi/Indietronica/Power Pop. 3,5/5.)
39. DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - Destiny (House. 3,5/5.)
40. Orvokki - Kasvotusten (Art Pop/Breakcore. 3,5/5.)
41. Daniela Pes - Spira (Art Rock/Progressive Electronic. 3,5/5.)
42. Century - The Conquest Of Time (Heavy Metal. 3,5/5.)
43. Saturnus - The Storm Within (Death Doom. 3,5/5.)
44. Ling Tosite Sigure - last aurorally (J-Rock/Post-Hardcore. 3,5/5.)
45. Paavoharju - Yön mustia kukkia (Psychedelic Folk/Folktronica/Ambient Pop. 3,5/5.)
46. Lau Nau - Aphrilis (Art Pop/Chamber Folk. 3,5/5.)
47. Maria BC - Haruspex (Ambient Pop/Psychedelic Folk. 3,5/5.)
48. Midwife & Vyva Melinkolya - Orbweaving (Slowcore. 3,5/5.)
49. Kitchen - Breath Too Long (Lo-fi/Bedroom Pop. 3,5/5.)
50. bl4ck m4rket c4rt - Today I Laid Down (Lo-fi/Shoegaze/Slowcore. 3,5/5.)
51. Joe Hisaishi & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - A Symphonic Celebration: Music From the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki (Film Music. 3,5/5.)
52. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! (Disco/Dance Pop. 3,5/5.)
53. Cinder Well - Cadence (Chamber Folk/Singer-Songwriter. 3,5/5.)
54. Genevieve Artadi - Forever Forever (Jazz Pop/Progressive Pop. 3,5/5.)
55. Cécile McLorin Salvant - Mélusine (Vocal Jazz. 3,5/5.)
56. Eddie Chacon - Sundown (Smooth soul. 3/5.)
57. Kelela - Raven (Alt-R&B/Eletronic. 3/5.)
58. Josephine Foster - Domestic Sphere (Singer-Songwriter/Freak Folk. 3/5.)
59. Altın Gün - Aşk (Anatolian Rock/Psychedelic Rock. 3/5.)
60. Zopp - Dominion (Canterbury Scene/Symphonic Prog. 3/5.)
61. Kylie Minogue - Tension (Dance-Pop. 3/5.)
62. Kesha - Gag Order (Alt-Pop. 3/5.)
63. Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily - Love in Exile (Ghazal/Chamber Jazz. 3/5.)
64. iANO - What Will We See (Art Pop/Progressive Electronic. 3/5.)
65. The Necks - Travel (ECM jazz/post-minimalism. 3/5.)
66. Lauren Bousfield - Salesforce (Breakcore/Glitch Pop. 3/5.)
67. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs (Hyperpop/rock. 3/5.)
68. Godflesh - Purge (Industrial Metal. 3/5.)
69. Heather Woods Broderick - Labyrinth (Singer-Songwriter/Indie Folk Pop. 3/5.)
70. Wednesday - Rat Saw God (Indie Rock/Noise Rock. 3/5.)
71. underscores - Wallsocket (Indie Rock/Electropop. 3/5.)
72. Cicada - 棲居在溪源之上 (Seeking the Sources of Streams) (Neoclassical New Age/Chamber Music. 3/5.)
73. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12 (Ambient/Modern Classical. 3/5.)
74. Maustetytöt - Maailman onnellisin kansa (Synthpop/Coldwave. 3/5.)
75. Gal Musette - Pendulum (Singer-Songwriter/Indie Folk/Pop. 3/5.)
76. KNOWER - Knower Forever (Synth-Funk/Electropop. 3/5.)
77. Mary Lattimore - Goodbye, Hotel Arkada (New Age/Ambient. 3/5.)
78. Old Saw - Sewn in the Name (Ambient Americana. 3/5.)
79. Marnie Stern - The Comeback Kid (Math Pop/Noise Pop. 3/5.)
80. Dabda - Yonder (Math Pop/Math Rock. 3/5.)
81. The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony (Soft Rock/Retro op Rock. 3/5.)
82. Swans - The Beggar (Experimental Rock/Post-Rock. Unrated - I have not had the time and energy to get into this, but I guess it's bound to be notable.)



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03.01.2024 - 15:09
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Good list
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