Drift's Records of the Year 2020

# 1

III by Fuzz

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Heavy Psych

# 2

Silver Ladders by Mary Lattimore

Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Ambient New Age

# 3

Untitled (Black Is) by Sault

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Neo-Soul

# 4

Elements by Richard Norris

Album • Dec 18 / 2020

# 5

Dark Matter by Moses Boyd

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Nu Jazz Afro-Jazz

# 6

Six Songs for Invisible Gardens by Green-House

EP • Jan 15 / 2020 New Age Ambient

# 7

We're New Again: A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven by Gil Scott-Heron + Makaya McCraven

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Nu Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz

# 8

Inner Song by Kelly Lee Owens

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Tech House Art Pop

# 9

Land of No Junction by Aoife Nessa Frances

Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Chamber Folk Indie Folk

# 10

Agitprop Alterna by Peel Dream Magazine

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Shoegaze Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 11

Working Men's Club by Working Men's Club

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Synthpop Dance-Punk New Rave

# 12

Positive Mental Health Music by Tiña

Album • Nov 06 / 2020 Indie Rock Psychedelic Pop

# 13

Heaven To a Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 14

Gold Record by Bill Callahan

Album • Oct 21 / 2020 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 15

Sundowner by Kevin Morby

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 16

Daylight Savings by Surprise Chef

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Jazz-Funk Funk

# 17

Sixteen Oceans by Four Tet

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Microhouse Ambient

# 18

Oh Yeah? by Sunwatchers

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Psychedelic Rock Jazz-Rock

# 19

Annual by Modern Nature

EP • Jun 05 / 2020 Art Rock

# 20

Traditional Techniques by Stephen Malkmus

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Psychedelic Folk Folk Rock

# 21

Home by Hania Rani

Album • May 29 / 2020 Modern Classical Ambient

# 22

Summerlong by Rose City Band

Album • May 15 / 2020 Country Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 23

Mirage by Ben Lukas Boysen

Album • May 01 / 2020 Progressive Electronic

# 24

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter Progressive Pop

# 25

It Is What It Is by Thundercat

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Psychedelic Soul Neo-Soul Jazz-Funk

# 26

Viscerals by Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Stoner Metal Heavy Psych

# 27

Automatic by Mildlife

Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Jazz-Funk

# 28

A View of U by Machinedrum

Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Electronic Dance Music

# 29

Deleter by Holy Fuck

Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Indietronica

# 30

Ultimate Success Today by Protomartyr

Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 31

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 32

Species by Bing & Ruth

Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Minimalism Progressive Electronic Post-Minimalism

# 33

Protean Threat by Thee Oh Sees

Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Psychedelic Rock Garage Punk

# 34

Hether Blether by Erland Cooper

Album • May 29 / 2020 Ambient

# 35

instrumentals by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Oct 22 / 2020 Ambient Contemporary Folk

# 36

græ by Moses Sumney

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 37

Malibu Liquor Store by Shit & Shine

Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Experimental Rock

# 38

Bent Arcana by Bent Arcana

Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Jazz Fusion Psychedelic Rock

# 39

Plum by Widowspeak

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Indie Pop Dream Pop

# 40

Debris by Keeley Forsyth

Album • Apr 23 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Avant-Folk

# 41

Ohms by Trees Speak

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Krautrock

# 42

Pain Olympics by Crack Cloud

Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Art Punk Post-Punk

# 43

We Are Sent Here By History by Shabaka and the Ancestors

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Afro-Jazz Spiritual Jazz

# 44

Wu Hen by Kamaal Williams

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Nu Jazz Jazz-Funk

# 45

Sleep On The Wing by Bibio

EP • Jun 12 / 2020 Chamber Folk Psychedelic Folk

# 46

A Hero's Death by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Post-Punk

# 47

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

Album • Jun 03 / 2020 Hardcore Hip Hop Political Hip Hop

# 48

Love + Light by Daniel Avery

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 IDM Techno

# 49

Disco Volador by The Orielles

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Indie Pop Space Age Pop

# 50

Cantus, Descant by Sarah Davachi

Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Drone Ambient