As 2021 draws to a merciful close, we take stock of the music released this year and focus on Japanese Breakfast, who had a busy year, including the soundtrack to the video game Sable. We don't do "best of"'s here; we review the past 12 months and press forwards.

  1. CFCF: welcome.WAV (Memoryland, 2021) BGM
  2. DJ Harrison: 2021 Disco (Tales from the Old Dominion, 2021) Stones Throw
  3. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra: Movement 6 (Promises, 2021) Luaka Bop
  4. TV Priest: Journal of a Plague Year (Uppers, 2021) Sub Pop/Hand in Hive
  5. Clown College Dropout: 2021 (2021, 2021) 155
  6. Parquet Courts: Walking at a Downtown Pace (Sympathy for Live, 2021) Rough Trade
  7. Modwump: Vaccine for the Masses (Music for Bunkers, 2021) Submarine Broadcasting Company
  8. Squid: Narrator [w.Martha Skye Murphy] (Bright Green Field, 2021) Warp
  9. Circuit des Yeux: Vanishing (-io, 2021) Matador
  10. Bell Orchestre: Closing (House Music, 2021) Erased Tapes
  11. Vanille: Phonème (Soleil '96, 2021) Bonbonbon/Return to Analog
  12. Royal Canoe: Summer Stay (Sidelining, 2021) Paper Bag
  13. The Garrys: Heavy Flow (Get Thee to a Nunnery, 2021) Grey Shiken
  14. Bomba Estéreo: Agua [w.Lido Pimienta] (Deja, 2021) Sony Music Latin
  15. Bo Burnham: Content (Inside: The Songs, 2021) self-released
  16. Alessandro Cortini: Carta (Forse 1-3 + Vivo, 2021) Important
  17. Daniel Avery: Endless Hours (Together in Static, 2021) Phantasy Sound
  18. Bicep: Lido (Isles, 2021) Ninja Tune
  19. Goodge: Elevator (Elevator single, 2021) Cascade
    TWENTY? Darkside: Liberty Bell (Spiral, 2021) Matador
    TWENTY-ONE! Museum of Love: Cluttered World (Life of Mammals, 2021) Skint
  20. Barker: E7-E5 (BARKER002 12", 2021) Ostgut Ton
  21. Soyjoy: I Picture Your Skeleton (Soycruelty, 2021) Swamp Productions
  22. Jasper Sloan Yip: Halcyon Dream (Strange Calm/Blushing Autumn, 2021) self-released
  23. Teen Daze: Last Time in This Place [w.Joseph Shabason] (Interior, 2021) Cascine
  24. Marissa Nadler: From Vapour to Stardust (The Path of the Clouds, 2021) Sacred Bones
  25. The Weather Station: Tried to Tell You (Ignorance, 2021) Fat Possum
  26. Hans Zimmer: Ripples in the Sand (Paul's Dream: Music from the Dune Soundtrack, 2021) WaterTower
  27. Lucy Dacus: VBS (Home Video, 2021) Matador
  28. Japanese Breakfast: Paprika (Jubilee, 2021) Dead Oceans
  29. Nick Schofield: Travertine Museum (Glass Gallery, 2021) Backward
  30. Japanese Breakfast: Glider (Sable: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 2021) Masterworks
  31. Japanese Breakfast: Campfires (Sable: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 2021) Masterworks
  32. Japanese Breakfast: Glow Worm Cave (Sable: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 2021) Masterworks
  33. Japanese Breakfast: Ibexxi Camp [night] (Sable: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 2021) Masterworks
  34. Japanese Breakfast: The Ewer [day] (Sable: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 2021) Masterworks
  35. Norah Jones: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (I Dream of Christmas, 2021) Blue Note

Bring on 2022 or at least some year that doesn't feel like a boat anchor.

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