top albums 2021

a list in chaotic fashion.

i’ve always liked benny for his ability to make easy-going music. it’s cafe music, walking music, commute music. every day music.

genre-bending. ballads and hard bops. speeds up, slows down, in all the right places. also, i’m a major mark stan.

slushees, sun, unmade beds, hennesy hangovers, breakfast burritos.

at the time this album was released, it felt like a return to normalcy as the world opened up again on the dance floor.

this is magic, it’s light that makes the most sense in a day.

validates the comfort in going out.

i‘m brought to the sober somberness of fold out plastic tables and chairs, bún bò huế, and heineken banter.

out of this year’s tetralogy, this is sonic adrenaline, at its best.

yeah, tiktok made me do it.

the best thing to put on after a long day.