Loud and Quiet's Albums of the Year 2023

Our top 40 Albums of the year, voted for by our contributors

Source

# 1

False Lankum by Lankum

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Irish Folk Music Avant-Folk

# 2

SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown

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

# 3

in|FLUX by Anna B Savage

Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 4

Vidrio by Titanic + I la Católica + Mabe Fratti

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Post-Minimalism

# 5

Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers

Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 6

Yew by Rosie Carr

Album • Sep 09 / 2023

# 7

Formal Growth in the Desert by Protomartyr

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 8

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

# 9

Look Over the Wall, See the Sky by John Francis Flynn

Album • Nov 10 / 2023 Progressive Folk Irish Folk Music Avant-Folk

# 10

Trip9love...??? by Tirzah

Album • Sep 05 / 2023 Alternative R&B Trap

# 11

Girl with Fish by feeble little horse

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Slacker Rock Noise Pop

# 12

Maps by Billy Woods + Kenny Segal

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

# 13

I've Got Me by Joanna Sternberg

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 14

Land of Sleeper by Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Stoner Metal Heavy Psych

# 15

Black Classical Music by Yussef Dayes

Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Jazz Fusion

# 16

Nails by Benefits

Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Poetry Noise Rock Post-Punk

# 17

The Greater Wings by Julie Byrne

Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 18

Everyone's Crushed by Water From Your Eyes

Album • May 26 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Pop

# 19

O Monolith by Squid

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Punk

# 20

MID AIR by Paris Texas

Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Rap Rock Experimental Hip Hop

# 21

i've seen a way by Mandy, Indiana

Album • May 19 / 2023 Post-Industrial

# 22

the record by boygenius

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

# 23

What's Bad Enough? by Comfort

Album • May 05 / 2023

# 24

Perfect Picture by Hannah Diamond

Album • Aug 17 / 2023 Electropop Bubblegum Bass

# 25

Systemic by Divide And Dissolve

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Drone Metal

# 26

Reflections Vol. 1: Let the Moon Be a Planet by Steve Gunn + David Moore

Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Contemporary Folk

# 27

Less by deathcrash

Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Slowcore

# 28

Tracey Denim by bar italia

Album • May 19 / 2023 Slacker Rock

# 29

Standers by Craven Faults

Album • May 12 / 2023 Progressive Electronic

# 30

A New Tomorrow by Zulu

Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Metalcore Powerviolence

# 31

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI

Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 32

End of Everything by Mega Bog

Album • May 19 / 2023 New Wave Synthpop Art Pop

# 33

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 34

Could Have Done Anything by Charlotte Cornfield

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

# 35

UK GRIM by Sleaford Mods

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Synth Punk UK Hip Hop

# 36

I Get Into Trouble by Maple Glider

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 38

I Killed Your Dog by L’Rain

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia

# 39

Erotic Probiotic 2 by Nourished by Time

Album • Mar 21 / 2023

# 40

Good Living Is Coming For You by Sweeping Promises

Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Post-Punk Art Punk