Exclaim!'s 25 Best Albums of 2023 So Far

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# 1

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek

Album • Feb 14 / 2023 Art Pop Alt-Pop Electronic

# 2

Rat Saw God by Wednesday

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 3

SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 4

the record by boygenius

Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Indie Rock

# 5

Multitudes by Feist

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 6

Maps by Billy Woods + Kenny Segal

Album • May 05 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 7

Bekka Maiingan by Zoon

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Shoegaze Neo-Psychedelia

# 8

10,000 gecs by 100 gecs

Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hyperpop

# 9

Bless This Mess by U.S. Girls

Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Pop Soul Synthpop

# 10

Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd by Lana Del Rey

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 11

GOOD LUCK by DEBBY FRIDAY

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Electro-Industrial

# 12

Nature Morte by Big Brave

Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Drone Metal Post-Metal Noise Rock

# 13

Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) by Yves Tumor

Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Post-Punk

# 14

mole by poolblood

Album • Jan 13 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 15

Games of Power by Home Front

Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Post-Punk Synthpop

# 16

Raven by Kelela

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative R&B Electronic

# 17

portrait of a dog by Jonah Yano

Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Jazz Pop Neo-Soul Sophisti-Pop

# 18

This Is Why by Paramore

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Post-Punk Revival

# 19

Dogsbody by Model/Actriz

Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Noise Rock Dance-Punk Industrial Rock

# 20

93696 by Liturgy

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Avant-Garde Metal Black Metal

# 21

Does Spring Hide Its Joy by Kali Malone

Album • Jan 20 / 2023 Drone Minimalism

# 22

Never Enough by Daniel Caesar

Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul

# 23

Mascarade by Gayance

Album • Jan 19 / 2023 Alternative R&B Deep House

# 24

That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware

Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Disco Dance-Pop

# 25

Could Have Done Anything by Charlotte Cornfield

Album • May 12 / 2023 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter