{"id":24287,"date":"2022-12-16T05:30:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T10:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=24287"},"modified":"2022-12-16T08:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T13:15:01","slug":"musoscribes-best-of-2022-new-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/16\/musoscribes-best-of-2022-new-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Musoscribe’s Best of 2022: New Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"

2022 has been another great year for new music. Even with everything else going on, I\u2019ve reviewed nearly 120 new albums this year on Musoscribe. And in compiling my annual best-of (okay, my favorites<\/i>), it\u2019s been a predictably challenging exercise. To whittle the list down to five, I\u2019ve made a couple of arbitrary (read: unreasonable) rules for myself. The most significant one of those is not to include any artists I\u2019ve named as a best-of in the last couple of years. That meant knocking two truly excellent albums off the list: Maple Mars\u2019 <\/b>Someone\u2019s Got to Listen<\/b><\/i><\/a> and Trees Speak\u2019s <\/b>Vertigo of Flaws<\/b><\/i><\/a>. Both are nonetheless highly recommended.<\/p>\n

With that out of the way, here are my top five new releases of 2022, along with links to full reviews of each. (They\u2019re not ranked; they\u2019re listed her in alphabetical order.)<\/p>\n

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Robert Berry’s 3.2 \u2013 <\/b>Alive at ProgStock<\/b><\/i><\/a> carries the progressive torch of solo Keith Emerson into the current day, courtesy of one of his creative collaborators.<\/p>\n

The Comet is Coming \u2013 <\/b>Hyper-dimensional Expansion Beam<\/b><\/i><\/a> somehow finds a way to combine EDM textures and a Sun Ra musical sensibility, coming up with some of the most original and compelling music you\u2019re likely to encounter.<\/p>\n

GA-20 \u2013 <\/b>Crackdown<\/b><\/i> \u2013 I\u2019m on record as rolling my eyes at guitar-and-drums duos. But this blues outfit is so exceptionally good that they merit an exception. (review and feature coming soon)<\/i><\/p>\n

April March \u2013 <\/b>In Cinerama<\/b><\/i><\/a> is a delightfully retro album that underscores just how great \u201cpop\u201d music can truly be when it\u2019s done with intelligence, sophistication and feeling.<\/p>\n

The New Mastersounds \u2013 <\/b>The Deplar Effect<\/b><\/i><\/a> is the latest by one of the most engaging bands out there. And on this record, they\u2019ve completely integrated a vocalist, with excellent results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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