As a year, 2023 was an abomination. Thankfully, the music makers made some great music for us. New friend and fellow Flenser enthusiast, Wes, hopped on the show to discuss a bunch of 2023 albums we thought were overlooked in the usual music fandom spaces. We each chose four AOTY and then another five runner ups so strap in because this one went long…fuck else you got to do? 

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Wes’s Albums of the Year:Sluice - Radial GateFire! Orchestra - EchoesSpirit Possession - Of the Sign…John Bence - Archangels

Wes’s Runner Ups:Tujiko Noriko - Cr​é​puscule I & IIVictory Over the Sun - Dance You Monster To My Soft Song!Agriculture - AgricultureBIG|BRAVE - nature morteThe Hirsch Effekt - Urian

Jamil’s Runner Ups:Lankum - False LankumCool-Aid - Leather Blvd.Powers / Pulice / Rolin - PrismTrhä - §​º​an​Ω​ë aglivajsamë cá n​ë​lh​¶​iha i eddana pi​¶​eGreg Mendez - Greg Mendez

Jamil’s Albums of the Year:Sprain - The Lamb as EffigyDefcee & Messiah Musik - The Golem of BrooklynNightosphere / Abandoncy / Flooding - 3 Way SplitBríi - Último Ancestral Comum

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