No “best of” list from me this year, but these are the albums I kept coming back to that demanded multiple listens. In no particular order:
Hiss Golden Messenger – Lateness of Dancers
Spoon – They Want My Soul
The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Ty Seagall – Manipulator
Ex Hex – Rips
Spider Bags – Frozen Letter
Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso
T0W3RS – TL;DR
Thee Oh Sees – Drop