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And superlatives! slurperatives

Song Title Artist
50 Pink Venom BLACKPINK
49 Rip Off Momma
48 2am Foals
47 Talk beabadoobee
46 July! JELEEL!
45 Be Cool Maggie Rogers
44 Flower (In Full Bloom) Luna Li
43 Famously Alive Guerilla Toss
42 Simulation Swarm Big Thief
41 Gone Girl SZA
40 Slaughterhouse Chat Pile
39 Fix Bayonets! Preoccupations
38 Holding Back BANKS
37 Mermaid Airplane Guerilla Toss
36 graves Purity Ring
35 Tetramorph Rachika Nayar
34 new body rhumba (from the film White Noise) LCD Soundsystem
33 Blending High Vis
32 Working for the Knife Mitski
31 Call My Bluff Pusha T
30 Jennifer Hindsight Peel Dream Magazine
29 Off Goes The Light Bibio
28 Seeds A.G. Cook
27 the dealer Nilüfer Yanya
26 Ruby Hovvdy
25 Gotta Let It Go Joyce Manor
24 Crash Charli XCX
23 Fallout Yo La Tengo
22 Always Together With You Spiritualized
21 World Wide Pop Superorganism
20 This Is A Photograph Kevin Morby
19 Satin Cash Pt. II Wavedash
18 You When You’re Gone Anxious
17 Expert in a Dying Field The Beths
16 Hysteric White Lung
15 Coochie (A Bedtime Story) Shygirl
14 Detective Lieutenant Drug Church
13 In The Eyes Of Our Love Yumi Zouma
12 Runner Alex G
11 Nobody Knifeplay
Top 10 means 9 sentences about songs I like and 2 sentences about a song I really like.

10. Alvvays - “Belinda Says”

Alluding to the great Belinda Carlisle, “Belinda Says” worries about finally finding what you’re looking for. The song flickers between quiet verses and an absolutely shredding, distorted choruses. Lost in paradise but still working to figure out what that means.

9. Steve Lacy - “Bad Habit”

Propelling to number 1 and sitting there, this song marks some awesome crossover success for Steve Lacy and represents a totally fun, groovy track. Crooning vocals express a missed opportunity turning into something more, affection finally being realized and actualized. A love song come full circle.

8. MUNA - “Solid”

We all have solid babes in our lives. This song goes out to them.

7. Soul Glo - “Gold Chain Punk (whogonbeatmyass?)”

I go over this song in more detail in my album review, so let me leave you with a life hack: if you are feeling down about things just say to yourself “who gon beat my ass?”

6. And So I Watch You From Afar - “VIII Jettison”

The climax of Jettison’s 39 minute story, the eponymous song winds its own wistful tale as it returns and touches on all of the previous points of the album.

5. Anxious - “Growing Up Song”

One of the few graces of getting older is the pain you went through will start to fade away. Sometimes apathy is the only balm left for us who have been through so much. Sometimes, that can turn into forgiveness. I think that’s what this song is about.

4. Beach House - “Sunset”

This song is really pretty and also really fun to play on guitar.

3. Their / They’re / There - “A Symphony of Sparrows”

Their / They’re / There combines the lyricism of Into it. Over it. with some absolutely nasty, noodley guitar riffing. The bridge on this song leaves me speechless.

2. Let’s Eat Grandma - “Levitation”

I might be suffering from a little recency bias, since I started listening to this song a lot more in December, but I think its pop and synth instrumentation bring such a fun direction to the song.

1. Black Country, New Road - “Basketball Shoes”

“Basketball Shoes” is like 13 minutes long, has like 8 different movements, a bunch of brass, and Isaac Wood’s wailing vocals to tie it together. This song really cinches the ending of Ants From Up There, and it is a great little sample of the whole album itself. But like most things, you shouldn’t just jump to the end. Try to enjoy all of Ants From Up There, there aren’t many albums like it.

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You can check out the albums and superlatives above. Here is a playlist of these songs in order, no shuffling:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6IX7K4Niqy6OnLEfNKIOZL?si=ng-iCj2NQ9mtFLrF3fzdaw