Year-End Lists

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We

1. Passerby: Best Albums of 2023
1. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 55 Albums of 2023
2. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2023
2. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
4. Uproxx: Steven Hyden: Favorite Albums Of 2023
4. Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2023
5. Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
5. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
6. The Skinny: Albums of 2023
6. The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2023
6. Northern Transmissions: Best Albums of 2023
6. Bob Boilen: Favorite Albums 2023
6. Observer: Kitty Empire: 10 Best Albums of 2023
7. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2023
7. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2023
7. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
7. The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2023
7. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: The Best Albums of 2023
7. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2023
8. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
8. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
9. NME: The Best Albums of 2023
9. Consequence: 50 Best Albums of 2023
9. Dazed: The 20 Best Albums of 2023
10. Entertainment Weekly: The Best Albums of 2023
11. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2023
11. The Ringer: The 27 Best Albums of 2023
12. The Alternative: Top 55 Releases of 2023
12. DIY: Albums of the Year 2023
15. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2023
23. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
26. The Independent: The 30 Best Albums of 2023
27. The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
29. PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2023
33. Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2023
36. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2023
41. Billboard: Best Albums of 2023
63. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2023

• New York Times: Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2023
• New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2023
• Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2023
• Boston Globe: Our 50 Favorite Albums of 2023
• AllMusic: Best Albums of 2023
• Vogue: The Best Albums of 2023
• Vinyl Factory: Our Favourite Albums of 2023
• American Songwriter: Top 17 Albums of 2023
• Josh Terry: The 60 Best Albums of 2023

Laurel Hell

3. Observer: Kitty Empire: 10 Best Albums of 2022
4. The Forty-Five: The Best Albums of 2022
10. Gigwise: 51 Best Albums of 2022
11. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2022
12. Rough Trade: UK Albums of the Year 2022
12. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2022
17. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
21. NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
21. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
22. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2022
24. Northern Transmissions: Top 50 Albums of 2022
25. The Ringer: The 33 Best Albums of 2022
25. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
26. Clash: Albums Of The Year 2022
28. Albumism: The 100 Best Albums of 2022
39. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2022
43. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
43. Crack Magazine: The Top 50 Albums of 2022
44. Billboard: Best Albums of 2022
45. Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
47. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2022
53. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2022
60. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2022

• New York Times: Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2022

Be the Cowboy

1. Flood: Best Albums of 2018
1. Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2018
1. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2018
1. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2018
1. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2018
1. The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2018
1. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 15 Best Albums of 2018
1. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2018
2. Spin: 51 Best Albums of 2018
2. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2018
2. The Alternative: Top 50 Albums of 2018
2. NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2018
2. New York Times: Jon Pareles: 10 Best Albums of 2018
2. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2018
3. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2018
3. Time: Raisa Bruner: 10 Best Albums of 2018
3. 405: Top 50 Albums of 2018
3. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2018
3. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2018
4. Earbuddy: 50 Best Albums of 2018
4. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2018
4. Albumism: 50 Best Albums of 2018
4. Entertainment Weekly: 20 Best Albums of 2018
5. Observer: Kitty Empire: Top 10 Albums of 2018
5. Guardian: 50 Best Albums of 2018
6. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2018
7. Northern Transmissions: Top 10 Albums of 2018
7. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2018
8. Refinery29: The 10 Best Albums of 2018
9. Hanif Abdurraqib: 47 Favorite Albums Of 2018
9. NME: Best Albums of the Year 2018
10. Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2018
10. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2018
10. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
10. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
11. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2018
14. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2018
16. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2018
18. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018
23. Pretty Much Amazing: Best Albums of 2018
23. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
24. Les Inrocks: Top 50 Albums of 2018
33. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
38. PopMatters: 70 Best Albums of 2018
39. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
44. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2018
62. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2018
64. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
71. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

• AllMusic: Best Albums of 2018
• Flavorwire: The 25 Best Albums of 2018

Puberty 2

2. Uproxx: 20 Best Albums of 2016
5. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2016
5. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2016
5. Brooklyn Vegan: Top Albums of 2016
6. Entertainment Weekly: 50 Best Albums of 2016
8. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2016
8. A.V. Club: 21 Best Albums of 2016
9. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2016
11. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2016
12. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2016
13. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 15 Best Albums of 2016
14. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2016
15. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
15. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2016
18. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2016
19. Treble: The Top 50 Albums of 2016
19. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2016
19. Jordan Cronk: 30 Favorite Albums of 2016
19. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2016
23. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2016
23. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
24. Hanif Abdurraqib: 40 Favorite Albums Of 2016
24. A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
26. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2016
27. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
29. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2016
30. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016
30. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
31. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2016
43. Tiny Mix Tapes: 51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016
46. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2016
49. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
61. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s

• Sasha Frere-Jones: 100 Favorite Albums of 2016
• AllMusic: 48 Best Albums of 2016
• gal-dem: Best Albums of 2016

Bury Me at Makeout Creek

37. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2014