Music with an Impact - 2021

2021 in a way seemed like a sequel of the traumatic 2020, but a sequel where everyone's wounds started progressively healing. While the world took a very radical turn in 2020, this past year felt like an attempt at weathering and coming to terms with all that the previous year had shifted in everyone's lives. Many artists who released seminal work had to put their tours on hold, and while some started touring once more in 2021, it was something done in spurts. The year in music for me was comprised of new releases of artists I've known and loved for the past 20 years, but also uncovering work from people I had not heard of before, with albums from quite some time ago. Plenty of great music nonetheless, even if the one produced in 2021 didn't quite resonate (at least not with me). Here's hoping this new year brings more interesting sounds.

Martina Topley Bird - Forever I Wait

St. Vincent - Daddy's Home

Skee Mask - Pool

Charles Webster - Decision Time

Clark - Lisey's Story

Lapalux - Ruinism

Christopher Willits & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ancient Future

Katie Gately - Colors

Pantha du Prince & The Bell Laboratory - Elements of Light

Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid

Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972

Topdown Dialectic - Topdown Dialectic 

More favorites that are not illustrated in the list above.

Photay - On Hold

Seefeel - St / Fr / Sp

Blanck Mass - The Great Confuso EP

Cautious Clay - Blood Type

John Adams - Doctor Atomic Symphony/Guide to Strange Places