Best 10 Albums of 2019

As the year comes to an end, list season begins. And who am I to keep my dear readers from an unsolicited and subjective “best of” list? In no particular order, my top ten albums of 2019 and then some:

1. Charly Bliss: Young Enough

The sugar rush and split tongue that comes from eating a piece of candy with a hidden razor inside it.

2. PUP: Morbid Stuff

Still a righteous underdog, but knows the Sad Boi shtick won’t (and shouldn’t) last forever. PUP recognizes that you have to get better eventually.

3. Sir Babygirl: Crush On Me

A haunted house painted pink and run by a bisexual Barbie doll.

4. Mannequin Pussy: Patience

Knowing yourself and feeling the entirety of the emotional spectrum is the most punk thing you can do.

5. Insignificant Other: i’m so glad i feel this way about you

The all encompassing crush that comes with having crushes. Emo painted bubblegum pink.

6. Control Top: Covert Contracts

Dousing itself in gasoline and lighting itself on fire. Screaming at you to quit your day job already!

7. Jenny Lewis: On the Line

Unshakeable storytelling too detailed to not be true. Lewis is a flashy and troubled troubadour of a protagonist.

8. Rosie Tucker: Never Not Never Not

Cockeyed and brilliantly sharp narrative. A poem inside an album.

9. Leggy: Let Me Know Your Moon

Minimalistic yet frenzied. A certain sweetness surrounds each serrated hook.

10. 100 gecs: 1000 gecs

Everything you loved about the autotuned pop of the mid 2000s combined with your short-lived moment with Skrillex and trap rap. What my manic episodes sound like in the best way possible.

Longlist:

11. GRLwood: I Sold My Soul to the Devil When I was 12

12. Rico Nasty: Anger Management

13. Megan Thee Stallion: Fever

14. Sass: Chew Toy

15. Girlpool: What Chaos is Imaginary

16. Cherry Glazerr: Stuffed and Ready

17. Empath: Active Listening: Night on Earth

18. Potty Mouth: SNAFU

19. Lizzo: Because I Love You

20. Carly Rae Jepsen: Dedicated

21. black midi: Schlagenheim

22. Oso Oso: Basking in the Glow

23. DUMP HIM: Dykes to Watch Out For

24. Great Grandpa: Four of Arrows

25. Angel Olsen: All Mirrors

26. WAAX: Big Grief

27. Lunch Duchess: Crying For Fun

28. Cheekface: Therapy Island

29. Julia Jacklin: Crushing

30. Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell

That’s all for this year! I listened to over a gecs worth of albums this year, so giving you just thirty was tough. Catch ya in 2020 suckers.