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

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Cycles Per Second :: Best of 2021

Top LPs

1. XR – XR (self-released)
2. Fake Fruit – Fake Fruit (Rocks In Your Head)
3. Dummy – Mandatory Enjoyment (Trouble In Mind)
4. Ducks Ltd. – Modern Fiction (Carpark Records)
5. UV-TV – Always Something (PaperCup Music)
6. The Umbrellas – The Umbrellas (Slumberland Records)
7. Ibex Clone – From Nowhere (self-released)
8. Blair Parkes – new building (self-released)
9. Dead Finks – The Death and Resurrection of Johnathan Cowboy (Urge Records)
10. The Chills – Scatterbrain (Fire Records)

Top EPs

1. The Tubs – Names (Prefect Records / Trouble In Mind)
2. Mesh – Mesh (Born Yesterday)
3. Roxy Girls – Roxy Girls Are In The Drink (self-released)
4. Olivia’s World – Tuff 2B Tender (Lost Sound Tapes)
5. Delivery – Yes We Do (Spoilsport Records)

Favorite Reissue

Guardian Singles – Guardian Singles (Trouble In Mind)