Disclaimer: I’m not a music major nor a critic, so I can’t exactly describe why these albums are good or why I like them. Obviously I have a ‘type’, and this is the new stuff I’ve listened to a lot in 2018 (in no particular order).
Ghost Alive – The Boxer Rebellion
Vide Noir – Lord Huron
Delta – Mumford and Sons
Wildness – Snow Patrol
Come Tomorrow – Dave Matthews Band
Thank You For Today – Death Cab For Cutie
Adult Contemporary – Milo Greene
TPC – Tokyo Police Club
Beside Myself – Basement
boygenius – boygenius
Between Two Shores – Glen Hansard
Crooked Shadows – Dashboard Confessional
Somethingness – Our Lady Peace
Voices in the Silence (EP) – MUTEMATH
The Restless (EP) – The Lone Bellow
Bonus uplifting albums for the religious types:
Reckless Love – Cory Asbury
Evergreen – Audrey Assad
Whole Heart (Live) – Passion
There Is More – Hillsong Worship
There Will Be a Song – Jenny & Tyler
Breakthrough – Chris McClarney
Hallelujah Here Below – Elevation
Living with a Fire – Jesus Culture
Hymns, vol. 1 – Shane & Shane
The Elements – tobyMac
Suite No. 1 – Oh Dreamer – The Brilliance
Burn The Ships – for KING & COUNTRY
I Know A Ghost – Crowder