As someone who used to pride himself on how many new albums he could obsessively listen to and catalog on “rate your music dot com,” I admittedly did not listen to that much new music in 2022. As I’ve gotten more used to a work/life balance, I’ve decided to spend less time listening to albums just to listen to them. There have been some drawbacks and benefits to this approach. The benefit is that I feel like I’ve built a better and healthier relationship with the music I DO enjoy. I haven’t wasted time listening to an album just once to seem slightly cooler than the average terminally online Twitter user. The drawback is that I haven’t made nearly as many discoveries as I would in the past. Because of that, this list will be pretty short and only focus on my five favorite records released in 2022. That being said, there are a few records that I’d regret neglecting to mention at all, so here are a few honorable mentions:
Well sweetheart, you were right, I was reading. It’s hard for me to comprehend that the little Jr High kid writing his first essay to be accepted into a magnet program in HS can write so eloquently today. We might be polar opposites on our musical flavors but one thing that I’m sure of is that you make me so proud and I’ll always be your favorite audience!
Well sweetheart, you were right, I was reading. It’s hard for me to comprehend that the little Jr High kid writing his first essay to be accepted into a magnet program in HS can write so eloquently today. We might be polar opposites on our musical flavors but one thing that I’m sure of is that you make me so proud and I’ll always be your favorite audience!