Drift's Records of the Year 2019

# 1

Purple Mountains by Purple Mountains

Album • Jul 12 / 2019 Alt-Country Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 2

Incidental Music by W. H. Lung

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Neo-Psychedelia Pop Rock

# 3

Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest by Bill Callahan

Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 4

U.F.O.F. by Big Thief

Album • May 03 / 2019 Indie Folk

# 5

The Age Of Immunology by Vanishing Twin

Album • Jun 07 / 2019 Neo-Psychedelia Dream Pop

# 6

All Mirrors by Angel Olsen

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 7

Laughing Matter by Wand

Album • Apr 19 / 2019 Art Rock Psychedelic Rock

# 8

Schlagenheim by black midi

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Math Rock Noise Rock Experimental Rock

# 9

First Taste by Ty Segall

Album • Aug 02 / 2019 Psychedelic Rock Garage Rock

# 10

Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery by The Comet Is Coming

Album • Mar 15 / 2019 Jazz Fusion Nu Jazz

# 11

Oh My God by Kevin Morby

Album • Apr 26 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Folk Rock Soft Rock

# 12

Chalk Hill Blue by Hannah Peel + Will Burns

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Spoken Word Progressive Electronic Ambient

# 13

Doko Mien by Ibibio Sound Machine

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Afro-Funk

# 14

Sharing Waves by Cool Maritime

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Ambient New Age

# 15

45 by School of Language

Album • May 30 / 2019 Indie Pop Progressive Pop

# 16

Face Stabber by Thee Oh Sees

Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Psychedelic Rock

# 17

Reward by Cate Le Bon

Album • May 24 / 2019 Art Pop

# 18

How To Live by Modern Nature

Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Psychedelic Folk Indie Folk

# 19

Horizon by Trash Kit

Album • Jul 05 / 2019 Post-Punk

# 20

Pang! by Gruff Rhys

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Indie Pop Indie Folk

# 21

Blume by Nérija

Album • Aug 02 / 2019 Jazz Fusion

# 22

ANIMA by Thom Yorke

Album • Jun 27 / 2019 Glitch Pop Ambient Pop

# 23

Lines of Sight by Daniel Thorne

Album • Mar 15 / 2019 Post-Minimalism Progressive Electronic

# 24

The Practice of Love by Jenny Hval

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Art Pop Synthpop

# 25

Boat by Pip Blom

Album • May 31 / 2019 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 26

Life Metal by sunn O)))

Album • Apr 26 / 2019 Drone Metal

# 27

What a Boost by Rozi Plain

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 28

Designer by Aldous Harding

Album • Apr 26 / 2019 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 29

Dolphine by Mega Bog

Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Art Pop Psychedelic Pop

# 30

August by Shannon Lay

Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Contemporary Folk

# 31

Fyah by Theon Cross

Album • Feb 15 / 2019 Afro-Jazz Jazz-Funk

# 32

Guild of the Asbestos Weaver by Alexander Tucker

Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Art Pop Indie Rock Minimal Wave

# 33

Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Baroque Pop Art Pop

# 34

Rainford by Lee "Scratch" Perry

Album • May 10 / 2019 Dub Dub Poetry

# 35

Crush by Floating Points

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 IDM

# 36

Western Stars by Bruce Springsteen

Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 37

LEGACY! LEGACY! by Jamila Woods

Album • May 10 / 2019 Neo-Soul

# 38

PROTO by Holly Herndon

Album • May 10 / 2019 Experimental Glitch Pop

# 39

The Talkies by Gilla Band

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Noise Rock Experimental Rock Post-Punk

# 40

GREY Area by Little Simz

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 UK Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 41

PZ1 by Pozi

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Post-Punk

# 42

No Home Record by Kim Gordon

Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Post-Industrial Noise Rock

# 43

Theres Always Glimmer by Gia Margaret

Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 44

Braindrops by Tropical Fuck Storm

Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Art Punk Punk Blues

# 45

Pale Bloom by Sarah Davachi

Album • May 31 / 2019 Modern Classical Drone

# 46

Birthday by Pom Poko

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Noise Pop Indie Rock

# 47

Side Effects by White Denim

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Neo-Psychedelia Indie Rock

# 48

2020 by Richard Dawson

Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Art Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 49

Holy Spring by Laurence Pike

Album • May 17 / 2019 Ambient Free Improvisation

# 50

No. 1 by Pottery

EP • May 10 / 2019 Post-Punk Art Punk