Quarantunes: Guerrilla Candy’s top albums of 2020

It’s almost the end of another year which means it’s time to look back at all the good music I listened to during the past 12 months. While most of the records I listened to in 2020 were comforting favorites from years past, that doesn’t mean I didn’t treat my ears to any new releases. So here, in no particular order, are my 20 favorite albums from 2020.

Pearl Jam “Gigaton”

Drive-By Truckers “The Unraveling”

Run The Jewels “RTJ4”

Smokey Brights “I Love You But Damn”

Nada Surf “Never Not Together”

Deep Sea Diver “Impossible Weight”

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit “Reunions”

Acid Tongue “Bullies”

Bully “Sugaregg”

The Flaming Lips “American Head”

Drive-By Truckers “The New OK”

Brendan Benson “Dear Life”

Gorillaz “Song Machine: Season 1”

Metallica “S&M 2”

Taylor Swift “Folklore”

Naked Giants “The Shadow”

Haley Williams “Petals for Armor”

Deftones “Ohms”

AC/DC “Power Up”

Tomo Nakamya “Melonday”

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Travis Hay is a music journalist who has spent the past 20 years documenting and enjoying Seattle's music scene. He's written for various outlets including MSN Music, the Seattle-Post Intelligencer, Seattle Weekly, Pearl Jam's Ten Club, Crosscut.com and others.

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