Best prog of 2021 so far

So far, my definite 5-star albums for this year are:

miamiscot wrote: My favorites so far: Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe Styx - Crash Of The Crown Evership - The Uncrowned King Cast - Vigesimus Ciccada - Harvest But the best things I've heard all year aren't really Prog: Black Country New Road For The First Time Squid Bright Green Field black midi Cavalcade Dry Cleaning New Long Leg Guided By Voices Earth Man Blues Weezer OK Human

Atvm - Famine, Putrid and f**king Endless
Black Midi - Cavalcade
Needlepoint - Walking Up That Valley
Sault - NINE
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: L.W.
Elephant9 - Arrival Of The New Elders
Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future
Karoline Wallace - Stiklinger
+ the previously unreleased:
Jerzy Milian / Orkiestra Rozrywkowa PRiTV w Katowicach - Znak Wodnika (recorded 1976-1978)

-listened to the latest King Gizzard. Its alright I suppose, but I hope they get out of their Tame Impala-phase really fast.

I had only managed to find three albums back in June when this was posted. I've been listening to some more new stuff over the last month. I think these all might be worthy of around 3.8 out of 5 and higher:

Mirakaze wrote: So far I think this year's shaping up better than the last one. Not every year can be a 2019. The new Rascal Reporters release did not disappoint and I'm looking forward to the new Missigno album too (and very much to the new Devilish Dear album but that's not really prog). My favourite prog albums of this year so far (I've heard most of these just once up until now so my opinion may change in the future): - Rascal Reporters - Redux, Vol. 2: Rascals Revenge And The Great Reset - Monobody - Comma - Black Midi - Cavalcade - The Fourth World Quartet - 1975 - French TV - All Our Failures Are Behind Us - Desertion Trio - Numbers Maker - Real Loud - Real Loud - Mahogany Frog - In The Electric Universe - Sun Colored Chair - Seated - Cody Carpenter - Memories And Dreams

Tapfret wrote: I'm just now listening to Black Midi, which is dominating these lists. Pretty good so far. Might have to pick it up Just bought both their CDs. Great pan head stuff. Favs so far...a lot of listening yet to do. Lind - A Hundred Years Monobody - Comma Canvas Solaris - Chromosphere Schizofrantik - Funk from Hell The Flying Luttenbachers - Negative Infinity

I had the same reaction with black midi. Immediately followed with Black Country New Road and Squid.

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: The new A Formal Horse - Meat Mallet is going to be way up my list by year end.

Edited by Jeffro - August 02 2021 at 06:43

Tapfret wrote: nick_h_nz wrote: It must be that time of the year, as many people seem to be posting their lists of their favourite albums from the year so far. So I thought would give it a go. My first attempt at coming up with a short list had almost 70 albums on it….. (sigh) I kept cutting down until I got to 50 which was relatively easy, and then down to 30, which was harder. But I really struggled to turn that 30 into 25. Eventually I managed, and just for the fuller picture, here in alphabetical order are the top 25, and also the next 25. [list omitted for space] I’ve listened to not quite 200 releases from 2021 so far, and I still haven’t scratched the surface, as I seem to have listened to hardly any of the albums featuring in the lists for the year so far I’ve seen in the last couple of weeks! You are one of the few that can produce a big list that is 80-90% artists I have never heard of.  I have not decided yet if they fit our scope well enough to bring up for suggestion, but that Squid album is a real corker.

To add to my list BBT - Common Ground. Probably their best album since Folklore.