2013

I've listened to more new music this year than I've probably ever listened to. As a consequence, I've found a staggering amount of great bands. That's why I find, that presenting only the ten best albums, would be way too restrictive. This is why I'm presenting top 15 albums for this year. I know the blog's name is Annual top 10, but hey, it's my blog and I can do what I want with it. The year is filled with interesting new artists and beautiful melodies and sounds. I was generally disappointed with many of my old favourite artists' new albums. They did not have that much new to offer and some bands or artists like Arcade Fire, The National and John Grant really disappointed me by making albums that were not interesting to me even though I've liked all their previous stuff. This is why this list consists of artists I have found this year. I really like each and everyone of these 15 albums.

First of all I must mention a few albums that are not on the list, even though they're in my opinion really good. The reason why they're not on the list is that I can't really rate them objectively. These albums are Vronsky's Throat Specific Mixture by Vronsky, Pimeä Saari by Risto Juhani and Trains by Johannes Laitila. Vronsky is my own band, so it's clear that even though I would like to shamelessly call it the best album of the year, it's hard to be objective. Risto Juhani on the other hand is one of my best friends, as is Johannes Laitila, who is also my flat mate. Even though these albums do not appear on my list, I recommend them warmly and truly think they are among the best albums of the year. Listen to Vronsky here, Risto Juhani here and Johannes Laitila here.

But after saying this, let's get on with the top 15 albums of 2013 (well-excluding those three mentioned above).