Obscure Sound's Best Albums of 2019

Obscure Sound kicks off featuring the best albums of 2019.

Published: December 17, 2019 18:38 Source

# 1

IGOR by Tyler, The Creator

Album • May 17 / 2019 Neo-Soul

# 2

Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Baroque Pop Art Pop

# 3

All Mirrors by Angel Olsen

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 4

Purple Mountains by Purple Mountains

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

# 5

House of Sugar by Alex G

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Indie Folk Neo-Psychedelia

# 6

Sandman by Trudy and the Romance

Album • Nov 11 / 2016 Neo-Psychedelia Dream Pop Indie Pop

# 7

Assume Form by James Blake

Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Alternative R&B Art Pop

# 8

Cows on Hourglass Pond by Avey Tare

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Folk

# 9

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album • Oct 03 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Ambient Pop

# 10

Bandana by Freddie Gibbs + Madlib

Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Gangsta Rap

# 11

Reward by Cate Le Bon

Album • May 24 / 2019 Art Pop

# 12

All My Heroes Are Cornballs by JPEGMAFIA

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Experimental Hip Hop Glitch Hop

# 13

MAGDALENE by FKA twigs

Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 14

LEGACY! LEGACY! by Jamila Woods

Album • May 10 / 2019 Neo-Soul

# 15

PSYCHODRAMA by Dave

Album • Mar 08 / 2019 UK Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 16

GREY Area by Little Simz

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

# 17

U.F.O.F. by Big Thief

Album • May 03 / 2019 Indie Folk

# 18

Light Blues by Cigarette

Album • Jun 10 / 2019 Dream Pop

# 19

Everywhere at the End of Time: Stage 6 by The Caretaker

Album • Mar 14 / 2019 Dark Ambient Drone Turntable Music Sound Collage

# 20

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

Album • Mar 15 / 2019 Jazz Fusion Nu Jazz

# 21

No Geography by The Chemical Brothers

Album • Apr 12 / 2019 House Big Beat

# 22

L'Resorts by L'Resorts

Album • Jul 19 / 2019

# 23

the first glass beach album by glass beach

Album • May 18 / 2019 Indie Rock Power Pop Art Rock Midwest Emo

# 24

Incidental Music by W. H. Lung

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Neo-Psychedelia Pop Rock

# 25

Tough Love by Erin Anne

Album • Oct 23 / 2019 Indie Rock

# 26

Rosing by Rosing

EP • May 09 / 2019

# 27

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

Album • Nov 01 / 2019 Psychedelic Soul

# 28

Adult Baby by KAZU

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Ambient Pop

# 29

A Bath Full of Ecstasy by Hot Chip

Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Synthpop Indietronica Electropop

# 30

On the Run by Eagle Eyed Tiger

Album • Nov 22 / 2019 Synthwave

# 31

Two Hands by Big Thief

Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Indie Folk Folk Rock

# 32

Runner by Small Wood House

Album • Dec 01 / 2019

# 33

Randall by Waldo Witt

Album • Nov 15 / 2019

# 34

Blue Girls by Goodie Bag

EP • Oct 11 / 2019

# 35

Agora by Fennesz

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Ambient Electroacoustic

# 36

ANIMA by Thom Yorke

Album • Jun 27 / 2019 Glitch Pop Ambient Pop

# 37

Ghost Planet by Deepest Bison

Album • Mar 14 / 2019

# 38

Every Evening, Sunset Crooks Its Thumb Across the River by Stars In Coma

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Chamber Pop Pop Rock

# 39

uknowhatimsayin¿ by Danny Brown

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Hardcore Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 40

Flying Potion by Flying Potion

Album • Jan 01 / 2019

# 41

Girl with Basket of Fruit by Xiu Xiu

Album • Feb 08 / 2019 Post-Industrial Experimental

# 42

ONDA by Jambinai

Album • Jun 07 / 2019 Post-Rock

# 43

Going Places by Bliss Nova

Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Synthpop Indietronica

# 44

The Practice of Love by Jenny Hval

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Art Pop Synthpop

# 45

Anoyo by Tim Hecker

Album • May 10 / 2019 Ambient Electroacoustic

# 46

Schlagenheim by black midi

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

# 47

Sinister Hand by The Mute Group

Album • Jan 31 / 2019

# 48

In Her Bones by Eugenia Post Meridiem

Album • Oct 11 / 2019

# 49

Rewire by Holden Laurence

Album • May 10 / 2019

# 50

Sinbolism by Ruby Empress

Album • Nov 01 / 2019