Another year comes to a close, which means it’s time to look back on 2021’s musical highlights. This week I count down my favorite releases from the past year: the top 10 LPs and top 5 EPs, plus a reissue highlight. If you enjoy these selections as much as I have, you’ll surely want to check out the Bandcamp links below…
PLAYLIST:
Delivery – Floored
https://deliveryband.bandcamp.com/album/yes-we-do
Olivia’s World – Social Seagull
https://oliviasworld.bandcamp.com/album/tuff-2b-tender
Roxy Girls – Sister Fatima
https://roxygirls.bandcamp.com/album/roxy-girls-are-in-the-drink
Mesh – Company Jeep
https://meshphilly.bandcamp.com/album/mesh
The Tubs – Two Person Love
https://thetubs.bandcamp.com/album/names-ep
The Chills – Walls Beyond Abandon
https://thechillsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/scatterbrain
Dead Finks – (My Human) Extinction
https://deadfinkera.bandcamp.com/album/the-death-and-resurrection-of-johnathan-cowboy
Blair Parkes – step out
https://blairparkes.bandcamp.com/album/new-building
Ibex Clone – Archicast
https://ibexclone.bandcamp.com/album/from-nowhere
The Umbrellas – Pictures
https://theumbrellasca.bandcamp.com/album/the-umbrellas
UV-TV – Distant Lullaby
https://uvtv.bandcamp.com/album/always-something
Ducks Ltd. – 18 Cigarettes
https://ducksltdband.bandcamp.com/album/modern-fiction
Dummy – Atonal Poem
https://notdummy.bandcamp.com/album/mandatory-enjoyment
Fake Fruit – Don’t Put It On Me
https://fakefruitmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fake-fruit
XR – Repeater
https://xrmusic.bandcamp.com
Guardian Singles – Tea Lights Exploding
https://guardiansingles.bandcamp.com/album/guardian-singles
Cycles Per Second :: Best of 2021
Top LPs
- XR – XR (self-released)
- Fake Fruit – Fake Fruit (Rocks In Your Head)
- Dummy – Mandatory Enjoyment (Trouble In Mind)
- Ducks Ltd. – Modern Fiction (Carpark Records)
- UV-TV – Always Something (PaperCup Music)
- The Umbrellas – The Umbrellas (Slumberland Records)
- Ibex Clone – From Nowhere (self-released)
- Blair Parkes – new building (self-released)
- Dead Finks – The Death and Resurrection of Johnathan Cowboy (Urge Records)
- The Chills – Scatterbrain (Fire Records)
Top EPs
- The Tubs – Names (Prefect Records / Trouble In Mind)
- Mesh – Mesh (Born Yesterday)
- Roxy Girls – Roxy Girls Are In The Drink (self-released)
- Olivia’s World – Tuff 2B Tender (Lost Sound Tapes)
- Delivery – Yes We Do (Spoilsport Records)
Favorite Reissue
Guardian Singles – Guardian Singles (Trouble In Mind)