Albums of 2022
This is a list I made back at the end of last year, updated solely for the purposes of kicking off the blog on this page. 2022 felt like a really strong year for music in a way that 2023 has yet to.
While I try not to include music made by people I work with, it was impossible not to include three here that genuinely hit my musical year like a steam train.
No particular order to these - just the ten I loved the most at the time.
Rosalía - Motomami
Absolutely fell in love with this record while on tour over the summer of last year when posters of the artwork were all over Mainland Europe.
Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory
A band i’ve be privileged to tour with a fair bit through both this album cycle and the previous one. This album goes so hard, but has a careful, gentle, melodic intent scattered throughout that Rolo Tomassi have really tapped in to in a very special way in their more recent work. It’s spectacular.
Charli XCX - Crash
Songs off this record just ended up soundtracking some really key moments throughout 2023. Charli knows how to write a banger, and while it’s not my favourite record of hers, its become stitched in to some important 2022 memories.
Muna - Muna
Some real smashers at the front end of this record that have made their way on to a stack of my playlists.
Ithaca - They Fear Us
Another really exceptional heavy record that just gets better as it goes on. Front to back absolute rippers.
Holy Fawn - Dimensional Bleed
Feels delicately crafted in a way that is tricky to achieve with many heavy records. A sonic bath.
Chloe Moriondo - SUCKERPUNCH
Absolutely my favourite pop record of the year. A diverse hop around the genre, but always with bite. Love the occasionally sugary, occasionally sharp production.
Birds In Row - Gris Klein
A real grower from a band I never thought i’d get in to for some reason. The middle and back end of this album are some of the best moments for me. Feels like a record that needs playing live in its entirety, and it would feel entirely natural to do so.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool it Down
This record is bonkers in some of the best ways. Really great songs but I also love how it jumps around across the full spectrum of what Yeah Yeah Yeahs are as a band. A surprise return to what I love about them, but in a refreshing way.
Cavetown - worm food
I feel so much about this record. It is a perfectly crafted, beautiful, heartbreaking and endlessly warm record that has become an enormous part of my professional life but that I take home for myself. It’s a forever record.