Drift's Albums of the Year 2018

# 1

Lamp Lit Prose by Dirty Projectors

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Pop

# 2

Your Queen Is A Reptile by Sons Of Kemet

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Afro-Jazz

# 3

I'm Bad Now by Nap Eyes

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 4

Endless Scroll by BODEGA

Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Art Punk Indie Rock

# 5

LUMP by LUMP + Laura Marling + Mike Lindsay

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Folktronica Indie Folk Art Pop

# 6

Performance by White Denim

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Indie Rock

# 7

A Broke Moon Rises by Papa M

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary Folk

# 8

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 9

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 10

Hope Downs by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 11

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 12

Sparkle Hard by Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 13

Le Kov by Gwenno

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Pop Art Pop Indietronica

# 14

There’s A Riot Going On by Yo La Tengo

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Ambient Pop Indie Rock

# 15

Freedom by Amen Dunes

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Singer-Songwriter

# 16

All Melody by Nils Frahm

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Post-Minimalism Electronic

# 17

Freedom's Goblin by Ty Segall

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Garage Rock Glam Rock Psychedelic Rock

# 18

Calm Down by Ari Roar

Album • May 25 / 2018 Slacker Rock Psychedelic Pop Indie Pop

# 19

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 20

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 21

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Alternative R&B Sophisti-Pop

# 22

Smote Reverser by Thee Oh Sees

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Psychedelic Rock

# 23

Ecstatic Arrow by Virginia Wing

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Art Pop

# 24

Shelley's on Zenn-La by Oliver Coates

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Electronic Progressive Electronic

# 25

Minus by Daniel Blumberg

Album • May 04 / 2018 Art Rock Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 26

And Nothing Hurt by Spiritualized

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 27

The Red Notes by Hieroglyphic Being

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Acid House

# 28

Bon Voyage by Melody's Echo Chamber

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Progressive Pop

# 29

Qualm by Helena Hauff

Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Industrial Techno Electro

# 30

Psychic Data by TVAM

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Post-Punk

# 31

Stranger Today by Our Girl

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 32

Who Are You by E Ruscha V

Album • Mar 02 / 2018

# 33

Persona by Rival Consoles

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Microhouse IDM

# 34

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 35

Pissing Stars by Efrim Manuel Menuck

Album • Feb 02 / 2018 Drone

# 36

Essential by Soulwax

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Electro House

# 37

Alive in the East? by Binker and Moses

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz

# 38

I'm All Ears by Let's Eat Grandma

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop

# 39

>>> by Beak>

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Experimental Rock Electronic Post-Rock

# 40

Clean by Soccer Mommy

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 41

Songs of Praise by shame

Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 42

Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Soul

# 43

Myths 003 by Dungen + Woods

EP • Mar 16 / 2018 Psychedelic Rock

# 44

Distant Early Warning by Laurence Pike

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Free Improvisation

# 45

I Need to Start a Garden by Haley Heynderickx

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 46

Lush by Snail Mail

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 47

Family Portrait by Ross from Friends

Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Outsider House

# 48

Singularity by Jon Hopkins

Album • May 04 / 2018 Tech House Microhouse

# 49

Open Here by Field Music

Album • Feb 02 / 2018 Progressive Pop Chamber Pop

# 50

Tantabara by Tal National

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Afro-Funk Afro-Rock