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