Albums of 2021
For the past couple of years, I've kept a record of the best albums that I've listened to throughout the year. In a time where we appear more at odds than before with our various "wrapped" playlists as composed by the streaming sector, it's more important than ever to redefine this behaviour and develop our own relationships between music and events. I pick out 7 albums that I can tie back to time; performing echolocations against the street. Only a couple of these are 2021 natives, sat apologetically among the melodies of lighter years, coded by the presence and absence of their music alike. But each and every one is my choice, a declaration of independence against someone else's view of my year, against favouritism, against bad graphic design and against the morbid generalisation of everything, for everyone. 1. Plans by Death Cab for Cutie I start in the coldest place, a good album for January. Wintery walks in the lead-up to my return to London, going