You have my attention.
I canât imagine you wonât enjoy it. I know you keep a close eye on Balmat.
Voting Closed
The Results:
1st Richard Dawson - End of the Middle 40 points
2nd Horsegirl â Phonetics On and On 32 points
3rd Sharon Van Etten -SVE and the Attachment Theory 27 points
4th Panda Bear - Sinister Grift (20)
Joint 5th Marie Davidson - City Of Clowns
Oklou - choke enough (both on 19 points)
7th Saya Gray - SAYA (18)
8th John Glacier - Like a Ribbon (17)
9th Jules Reidy - Ghost/Spirit (16)
Joint 10th DARKSIDE - Nothing
Ginnels - The Picturesque
Michael J. Blood - Spaces In Between
The Murder Capital â Blindness (all on 12 points)
The Year So Far:
January 2025
1st Mogwai - The Bad Fire
2nd Ela Minus - DIA
3rd Ethel Cain - Perverts
4th MIKE - Showbiz!
5th jasmine.4.t - You Are The Morning
6th Lambrini Girls - Who Let The Dogs Out
7th Anna B Savage - You & i are Earth
8th Bad Bunny - DebĂ Tirar MĂĄs Fotos
Joint 9th Ditz - Never Exhale
FKA Twigs - EUSEXUA
Really surprised Doves didnât even make top 10.
I wasnât that excited to listen and wouldnât have guessed it would be my favourite of the month before release but it really was excellent.
The Michael J. Blood album has done well considering itâs not on Spotify. Assuming not on the other big streaming services either.
I totally forgot this came out in February, it would easily make my top 5.
This is amazing! Iâd given up on Balmat a bit recently, had got a bit drifty for me. But this is super interesting.
Popped the results in this weekâs newsletter: The internet is furious at Spotify - and not because of royalties this time