New Commute Albums of the Year 2022

Here are the records that caught and held our attention throughout the year. The list is unranked, but limited to one hundred-ish releases. With hundreds of albums that passed through the New Commute headphones, it was not easy to narrow this down.

We’re thankful for all of the time and attention anybody has given the blog this year. Cheersing a cold seltzer to all of you.

Enjoy the selections on Spotify / Apple Music but it’s better to support your local record store.

A.R. Wilson- Old Gold
[Patience/Impatience]

Alabaster DePlume- GOLD
[International Anthem]

Alex G- God Save The Animals
[Domino]

Alex Izenberg- I’m Not Here
[Weird World]

Alien Nosejob- Stained Glass
[Anti Fade Records]

Almond Joy- Oh Henry!
[Perrenialdeath]

Angel Olsen- Big Time
[Jagjaguwar]

Badge Époque Ensemble- Clouds Of Joy
[Telephone Explosion Records]

Bibio- BIB10
[Warp]

Big Thief- Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
[4AD]

Bobbie Lovesong- Paris By Starlight
[self-released]

Born At Midnite- Alternity
[Arbutus Records]

Cactus Lee- Perfect Middle Hall
[Hippie Scum/Mapache Records]

Cate Le Bon- Pompeii
[Mexican Summer]

Centre El Muusa- Purple Stones
[Sulatron Records]

Cole Pulice- Scry
[Moon Glyph]

Color Green- S/T
[Org Music]

Credit Electric- Out Of Love In The Face Of A Shadow
[Royal Oakie]

Daniel Romano’s Outfit- La Luna
[You’ve Changed Records]

David Michael Moore- Flatboat River Witch: 1994-2015
[ULYSSA]

David Nance- Pulverized And Slightly Peaced
[Pretty Bunco]

Dear Nora- human futures
[Orindal Records]

Dimples’- Soul Chateau
[Laughable Recordings]

Discount Heaven House Band- S/T
[Goaty Tapes]

Divino Niño- Last Spa on Earth
[Winspear]

Droopy Eye- Embruja
[Leaving Records]

Drugdealer- Hiding In Plain Sight
[Mexican Summer]

Eli Winter- S/T
[Three Lobed Recordings]

Erin Rae- Lighten Up
[Thirty Tigers]

Flanger Magazine- After The Bend
[Students of Decay]

Fonteyn- Trip The Light Fantastic
[Born Losers Records]

Haziz- Supertiger
[Day End Records]

Healing Potpourri- Paradise
[Run For Cover]

Hether- Play It Pretty
[Ear Slime]

Hieronymus Harry- The River of Doom
[self-released]

Honey Harper- Honey Harper & The Infinite Sky
[ATO Records]

Jack J- Opening The Door
[Mood Hut]

Jairus Sharif- Water & Tools
{Telephone Explosion]

Jake Xerxes Fussell- Good And Green Again
[Paradise of Bachelors]

John Carroll Kirby- Dance Ancestral
[Stones Throw]

John Moods- The Great Design
[Mansions And Millions]

Jonny Kosmo- Light Speaks The Quilt
[Slimehouse]

Julianna Riolino- All Blue
[You’ve Changed Records]

June McDoom- S/T
[Temporary Residence, Ltd.]

Kate Bollinger- Look At It In The Light
[Ghostly International]

Kevin Morby- This Is A Photograph
[Dead Oceans]

Kikagaku Moyo- Kumoyo Island
[Guruguru Brain]

Kolumbo- Gung Ho
[Calico Discos]

Lee Baggett- Anyway
[Perpetual Doom]

Leland Whitty- Anyhow
[Innovative Leisure]

Les Halles- Eight Fantasies
[self-released]

Lou & Co.- The Dynamite Man
[Mock Records]

Luzius Schuler- Penta Fest
[self-released]

Makaya McCraven- In These Times
[International Anthem]

Mapache- Roscoe’s Dream
[Innovative Leisure]

Marina Allen- Centrifics
[Fire Records]

Martin Courtney- Magic Sign
[Domino]

Michael Rault- S/T
[Wick Records

Misha Panfilov- The Sea Will Outlive Us All
[Miraaž Records]

Misha Sultan- Roots
[Hive Mind Records]

MJ Lenderman- Boat Songs
[Dear Life Records]

Modal Melodies- S/T
[Anti Fade Records]

Molly Lewis- Mirage
[Jagjaguwar]

Monster Rally- Botanica Dream
[Gold Robot]

Nico Georis- A Rainbow In Curved Air
[Spiritual Pajamas]

Nightlands- Moonshine
[Western Vinyl]

North Americans- Lost Tracks
[Third Man Records]

Oog Bogo- Plastic
{Drag City]

Paul Chery- Back On The Music!
[Sunset Music]

Peel Dream Magazine- Pad
[Slumberland Records]

Rich Ruth- I Survived, It’s Over
[Third Man Records]

Say She She- Prism
[Colemine Records]

Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears- S/T
[Curation Records]

Sessa- Estrela Acesa
[Mexican Summer]

Shabason & Krgovich- At Scaramouche
[idée fixe records]

Shirley Hurt- S/T
[Telephone Explosion]

Snooper- Town Topic
[Electric Outlet]

Sofie Royer- Harlequin
[Stones Throw]

SOYUZ- Force of the Wind
[Mr Bongo]

Stephen Bailey- G.G. Ryder
[Third Eye Stimuli]

Surprise Chef- Education & Recreation
[Big Crown Records]

Sylvie- S/T
[Full Time Hobby]

The A’s- Fruit
[Psychic Hotline]

The Living Sky- Enter The Sky
[Home & Garden]

The Medium- For Horses
[yk Records]

The Smoky Dunes- S/T EP
[self-released]

The Uplifting Bell Ends- Super Giant IV
[Third Eye Stimuli]

The Zenmenn & John Moods- Hidden Gem
[Music From Memory]

They Hate Change- Finally, New
[Jagjaguwar]

Tim Bernardes- Mil Coisas Invis​í​veis
[Psychic Hotline]

Time Wharp- Spiro World
[Leaving Records]

Tomberlin- i don’t know who needs to hear this…
[Saddle Creek]

Tony Price- Mark VI
[Telephone Explosion]

Toro y Moi- MAHAL
[Dead Oceans]

Twain- Noon
[Keeled Scales]

Vicky Farewell- Sweet Company
[Mac’s Record Label]

Wednesday- Mowing The Leaves Instead of Piling ‘Em Up
[Orindal Records]

Weyes Blood- And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
[Sub Pop]

Widowspeak- The Jacket
[Captured Tracks]

Wilma Vritra- Grotto
[Bad Taste]

Workhorse- No Photographs
[Dinosaur City Records]

Ylayali- Sparation
[Dear Life Records]

Young Guv- GUV III & IV
[Run For Cover]

David Walker