Shaking up the bottle again because the new year doesn’t really count till February, it’s Strictly Butter! 5 years later we return (we know, nobody asked for this) and share with you some of our favorite albums from 2023. We drop it from our usual top 5 to 3, and name a few honorable mentions. We really enjoyed conversing about music like old times and hope to pick the show up again (in likely a newer more loose format) and talk about more new music releases later this year. Thanks for listening!

**SPOILERS?**Alex’s FavoritesKelsea Ballerini-Rolling Up The Welcome Mat (For Good)Ryuchi Sakamoto-12Sleep Token-Take Me Back For Eden

Alex’s full list: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=249267

Ryan’s FavoritesOlivia Rodrigo-GUTSThe Hives-The Death of Randy FitzsimmonsJessie Ware-That Feels Good!

Jeremy’s FavoritesCaroline Polachek-Desire I Want To Turn Into You!Jaimie Branch-Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die!Billy Woods & Kenny Seagal-Maps

LINKSAesop Rock mad words: https://pudding.cool/projects/vocabulary/index.htmlKelsea Ballerini short film EP: https://youtu.be/aMZ5VpfYQJw?si=HIGIQrHZ5I_zuZFtRyuichi Sakamoto (inspired MV courtesy of emof): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyV7bZjI0kcSleep Token: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFHBOKa_ZG0Olivia Rodrigo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlPNh_PBZb4Jessie Ware: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1pOvK9URyUCaroline Polacheck (tiny npr desk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmnZHQNN5ccJaimie branch: https://youtu.be/yhSUtC50ahc?si=gKn7KnrxhaZ3EH08Billy Woods/Kenny Seagal: https://youtu.be/ZVur7jaIYTc?si=-idpReMcIORL-gGU