2," or on the bouncy synths of " Protect My Energy"). The album is at times intense (check out the marching band drums and horn swells on opener " Introvert"), while some songs incorporate playful instrumentation (as on the children's chorus-featuring " Little Q Pt. Across its dense 65 minutes, Little Simz leads listeners on a thrilling, musically-diverse journey. I pretty much knew after my first listen this was going to be my Album of the Year. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert is on a totally different level than everything else on this list -an absolute masterpiece. Injury Reserve- By the Time I Get to Phoenix Remarkably few Netflix opening credit skips. *But this is definitely the song I heard the most this year. Anyway, below is my favorite* music I heard this year: I am also trying a new thing where I note the approximate genre of each album to help y'all filter stuff you are more likely to be interested in.
Also new to me is having 21 months of pandemic fatigue, so I am going to keep things brief with the blurbs (most of you are here for the playlist anyway, let's be real). Though 2021 had a dearth of "instant classic" albums, it was an excellent year for new discoveries nearly half of the artists below were completely new to me this year. Thankfully, I still heard enough music this year to put together this list of favorite albums. Turns out moving in with your partner means that instead of spending hours most evenings checking out new tunes, you binge-watch Gilmore Girls and develop VERY strong opinions on Rory Gilmore's dating choices. What fun times we live in! Anyway, like last year, I did not consume quite as much music as I typically do. I was going to start this with a "man this year mostly sucked but thank god for music" intro but then I re-read some previous posts and realized I do that basically every year.
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