PopMatters' 10 Best Indie Pop Albums of 2020

I need to say it: Making a year-end list feels irrelevant right now, at the end of a traumatic, tumultuous year that seems like it'll never really end.

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# 1

Free Advice by Cindy

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Dream Pop Indie Pop

# 2

BREACH by Fenne Lily

Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 3

Koney by Koney

Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Indie Pop Hypnagogic Pop

# 4

Cave Vaults On The Moon In New Mexico by Tan Cologne

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Dream Pop

# 5

Heathers by Terry vs. Tori

Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Dream Pop Jangle Pop

# 6

Or Not Thibault by Thibault

Album • Sep 04 / 2020 Psychedelic Pop Baroque Pop

# 7

Empty Parks by Pia Fraus

Album • Jan 20 / 2020 Dream Pop Shoegaze

# 8

The Legends by The Legends

Album • Jan 01 / 2003

# 9

Needs Help by The Very Most

Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Indie Pop

# 10

Agitprop Alterna by Peel Dream Magazine

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Shoegaze Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia