{"id":32794,"date":"2023-01-02T00:29:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T22:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=32794"},"modified":"2023-01-02T19:37:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T17:37:57","slug":"2022-music-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/2022-music-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 – Music in review"},"content":{"rendered":"
MUSIC<\/div>\n

Year 3 of the New Normal\u2122 has come to a close and it’s time again for year-end lists and reflection.<\/p>\n

Today marks my 16th anniversary on\u00a0last.fm<\/a>\u00a0and I confess I still greatly enjoy the data and charts it collects and manages, especially lately s as I’m finding time so much harder to keep track of. Days blend into months with little to distinguish them…at least that’s been my experience in the strange limbo of the last while.<\/p>\n

It’s been an interesting year for me musically, as I increased the amount of songs I listened to to around the same levels they were at in 2019, around a 47 percent increase from 2021, my lowest year on record. Here’s a look at my favourite music from 2022.<\/p>\n

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A L B U M S<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the first time in a while my top played albums were all old releases; 4 out of my top 10 were from 2021, 3 were older than a decade and 3 were from 2022. Given that the current releases start at 7 on the chart I’m going to take a few liberties here with the data and choose my emotional favourites.<\/p>\n

The bulk of my plays for Ghost’s Impera<\/em> come from one night in March. I had decided to redo the vinyl flooring in my bathroom and metal seemed the obvious soundtrack choice. It was the right decision and 2 songs in I put the album on repeat. Impera<\/em> is a lot of fun. It’s full of great hooks, melodies and energy and I thoroughly enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t the biggest fan of Fontaines D.C.’s previous outputs but Skinty Fia<\/em> is a solid album. It was a late discovery (mid December) but once found it was all I listened to for about a week.<\/p>\n

Interpol are one of my favourite bands and while I racked up a lot of plays for The Other Side of Make-Believe<\/em>, that was mostly for the track Something Changed<\/em>, which is the obvious album standout for me. The album itself is pretty mediocre. It feels a bit like a bunch of B-sides from their earlier days… but I like it for that reason. It feels nostalgic, new but not fully. I found it easy-listening and quite comforting.<\/p>\n

Favourite albums:<\/strong><\/p>\n