26. Father John Misty - 'I Love You, Honeybear'
Although his personality is sometimes too much, I still find some of the lyrics hilarious. The album is full of memorable moments, the production and his vocals are on point. Big improvement from 'Fear Fun'.
25. Courtney Barnett - 'Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit'
There are some weaker spots on this album ("NRCIFDGTTP", "Small Poppies") and I wish "Avant Gardener" made the cut, but wow, just listen to "Depreston", "Pedestrian at Best" or "Boxing Day Blues" and you will know why 'SISAN,ASIJS' is on this list.
26. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "Multi-Love" Possibly the best song about polyamory released this year.
25. Ty Dolla $ign /f Future & Rae Sremmurd - "Blasé"
26. Father John Misty - 'I Love You, Honeybear'
25. Courtney Barnett - 'Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit' // We have the same favorite track here.
Okay. Here's a thing...
There were 2 more albums I wanted to put on my album list - Holly Herndon's 'Platform' and Young Thug's 'Barter 6' which I have recently really gotten into. They are bloody good and I really wanted to include them somewhere so I decided to make a list of honorable mentions.
Actually I should have started with this, but it's never too late I guess
Holly Herndon's album was amazing!!!! My favorite track is Lonely at the Top. Also good on you for PC Music, Deafhaven, Youth Lagoon, and Arca! Love your list so far.
24. Panda Bear - 'Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper'
Noah Lennox is a genius. Of course he can do better than that (see: 'Person Pitch' or Animal Collective's 'Feels', 'Merriweather Post Pavilion' and 'Strawberry Jam'), but 'PBMTGR' is certainly his another strong release. The album cover matches the songs perfectly - everything is bold and colourful.
23. Natalie Prass - 'Natalie Prass'
Such a refreshing sound. Natalie Prass' selt-titled album is full of brilliant moments such as gorgeous opener "My Baby Don't Understand Me", easy-to-get-obsessed-with "Why Don't You Believe In Me" and Disney-like "It Is You".
24. Beach House - "PPP" "PPP" recalls Beach House's best songs - "Take Care" (from 2010's 'Teen Dream') and "On the Sea" (from 2012's 'Bloom').
23. Lower Dens - "To Die In L.A." Great song and the video is even better!
"PPP" is my favouite off of Depression Cherry along with "Sparks", so I'm really glad to see it on your list. "Hi", "To Die in L.A." and "Muti-Love" are awesome as well (although "Can't Keep Checking My Phone" is a bigger jam!).
As for the albums, I enjoyed Panda Bear's album but never find myself going back to it. I also checked out Natalie's album some time ago and didn't like it. On the other hand, I love some of your honourable mentions a lot. Froot, Hallucinogen, and twigs' EP are excellent in my opinion. Mutant, Savage Hills Ballroom, Platform, and the PC Music compilation are nice, too, however, none of those made my list.
22. SOPHIE - 'Product'
I don't get SOPHIE. The album (or single compilation) includes a badly edited version of early single "Bipp" and causing-a-headache "L.O.V.E", but the amazing club-ready "Get Higher" is only a Japasene bonus track. Still, 'Product' is full of solid material. "Lemonade" and "Hard" are simply addictive, while "Vyzee" and "JLWNSG" are such cute bops. Obviously the genre-defying "Bipp" is the strongest moment here, but I'd seriously recommend you to replace the 3-minute version with the longer one (posted below).
21. Viet Cong - 'Viet Cong'
It's beautiful, it's noisy, it's foggy and full of textures. I think we can all agree that "Continental Shelf" is an obvious standout here, but "March of Progression" and epic "Death" are also worth mentioning.
22. Chance The Rapper f/ Saba - "Angels" I did enjoy 'Surf', but "Angels" is certainly one of Chance's strongest releases. Can he put out a new solo mixtape/album already?