FLOOD's Best Albums of 2021

25 records that helped us reorient ourselves to the outside world.

Source

# 1

GLOW ON by Turnstile

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock

# 2

Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Indie Pop Chamber Pop

# 3

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

EP • Jan 08 / 2021 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul

# 4

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop

# 5

Any Shape You Take by Indigo De Souza

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 6

HEY WHAT by Low

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Post-Industrial Ambient Pop Experimental Rock

# 7

Valentine by Snail Mail

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 8

Ignorance by The Weather Station

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Sophisti-Pop Art Pop

# 9

Home Video by Lucy Dacus

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 10

star-crossed by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Folk Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 11

Let Me Do One More by illuminati hotties

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 12

if i could make it go quiet by girl in red

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Indie Pop Alt-Pop

# 13

CARNAGE by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Album • Feb 25 / 2021 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 14

Fatigue by L’Rain

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Neo-Soul

# 15

SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo

Album • May 21 / 2021 Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 16

The Million Masks Of God by Manchester Orchestra

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 17

I Know I'm Funny haha by Faye Webster

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 18

Promises by Floating Points + Pharoah Sanders

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 19

Death of a Cheerleader by Pom Pom Squad

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 20

Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Alt-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 21

The House Is Burning by Isaiah Rashad

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Southern Hip Hop

# 22

Modern Fiction by Ducks Ltd.

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 Jangle Pop Indie Pop

# 23

Stand For Myself by Yola

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Country Soul Pop Soul

# 24

Illusory Walls by The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Post-Rock Midwest Emo

# 25

Thirstier by TORRES

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Alternative Rock Indie Rock