Paste's 25 Best Albums of 2020 (So Far)

Featuring Fiona Apple, Perfume Genius, Moses Sumney and more

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# 1

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

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

# 2

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

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

# 3

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 4

Every Bad by Porridge Radio

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Indie Rock Post-Punk

# 5

græ by Moses Sumney

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 6

Reunions by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • May 15 / 2020 Americana Contemporary Country

# 7

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

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

# 8

color theory by Soccer Mommy

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop Bedroom Pop

# 9

Bonny Light Horseman by Bonny Light Horseman

Album • Jan 24 / 2020 Contemporary Folk Americana

# 10

Suddenly by Caribou

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Indietronica

# 11

Heavy Light by U.S. Girls

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Art Pop Pop Soul

# 12

Heaven To a Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 13

Song For Our Daughter by Laura Marling

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 14

Good Souls Better Angels by Lucinda Williams

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Blues Rock Americana

# 15

It Is What It Is by Thundercat

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

# 16

Walking Proof by Lilly Hiatt

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

# 17

SAWAYAMA by Rina Sawayama

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Dance-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 18

Silver Tongue by TORRES

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Indie Rock Art Pop

# 19

Speed Kills by Chubby and the Gang

Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Garage Punk Punk Rock

# 20

how i'm feeling now by Charli XCX

Album • May 15 / 2020 Hyperpop Electropop Bubblegum Bass

# 21

Auto-Pain by Deeper

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 22

The Dream by Hailey Whitters

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Contemporary Country

# 23

Likewise by Frances Quinlan

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 24

Introduction, Presence by Nation of Language

Album • May 22 / 2020 Synthpop

# 25

The New Abnormal by The Strokes

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Indie Rock