First show of the new year! Do you hear what I hear? Great indie bands in this week’s show, available for your purchase below.

PLAYLIST:

Bob Mould – Password to My Soul
https://bobmould.bandcamp.com/album/blue-hearts

EggS – Old Fashion Virtue
https://howlinbananarecords.bandcamp.com/album/an-unexpected-christmas-gift

Styrofoam Winos – Stuck In A Museum
https://sophomorelounge.bandcamp.com/album/styrofoam-winos-s-t

The Midnight Steppers – The Method Singer
https://themidnightsteppers.bandcamp.com/album/isolation-drives

Wurld Series – Nap Gate
https://wurldseries.bandcamp.com/album/whats-growing

Public Places – 3 Lefts = 1 Right
https://boringproductions.bandcamp.com/album/public-places

Milk Crimes – Ghosts
https://milkcrimes.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts

Demolition Means Progress – Communication
https://demolitionmeansprogress.bandcamp.com/album/undefined-horizon

Youth Valley – Young Sad Lovers
https://make-me-happy.bandcamp.com/album/youth-valley-ep

Swansea Sound – I Sold My Soul On eBay
https://swanseasound.bandcamp.com/track/i-sold-my-soul-on-ebay

Thibault – Spanakopita
https://thibaultband.bandcamp.com/album/or-not-thibault

Sapphire & Steel – Home
https://sapphiresteel.bandcamp.com/album/assignment-1

Cinéma Lumière – Dream Catcher
https://shinyhappyrecs.bandcamp.com/album/cin-ma-lumi-re-will-you-catch-me

Docks – Cardinale Nord
https://hiddenbayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cardinale-nord

Eggy – Your End
https://eggyband.bandcamp.com/album/bravo

Time to close out 2020 (thank god!), and therefore time for my best-of 2020 LPs and EPs list. On today’s show I played tracks from my top 10 LPs, top 5 EPs, and from a few “honorable mention” LPs. All great, all worth buying. See below…

PLAYLIST:

R.E. Seraphin – Clock Without Hands
https://paisleyshirtrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-room-forever

Ribbon Stage – Favorite Girl
https://ribbonstage.bandcamp.com/album/my-favorite-shrine

Dummy – Pool Dizzy
https://notdummy.bandcamp.com/album/ep2

Neutrals – Your House
https://neutrals.bandcamp.com/album/rent-your-house-e-p

Neurotic Fiction – Assimilate
https://neuroticfictionpopband.bandcamp.com/album/romance

Peel Dream Magazine – Pill
https://peeldreammagazine.bandcamp.com/album/agitprop-alterna

The Stroppies – Holes in Everything
https://thestroppies.bandcamp.com/album/look-alive

The Bats – Warwick
https://thebats.bandcamp.com/album/foothills

Guardian Singles – Tea Lights Exploding
https://guardiansingles.bandcamp.com/album/guardian-singles-3

Gum Country – I Don’t Stay Up
https://gumcountry.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere

Smokescreens – Fork In The Road
https://smokescreensla.bandcamp.com/album/a-strange-dream

Galore – In My Head
https://galoresf.bandcamp.com/album/galore

Jetstream Pony – Outside
https://jetstreampony.bandcamp.com/album/jetstream-pony

Melenas – No Puedo Pensar
https://melenas.bandcamp.com/album/dias-raros

En Attendant Ana – Do You Understand?
https://enattendantana.bandcamp.com/album/juillet

Sachet – Arncliffe Babylon
https://sachetsachetsachet.bandcamp.com/album/nets

Sweeping Promises – Hunger For A Way Out
https://sweepingpromises.bandcamp.com/album/hunger-for-a-way-out

Terrible Signal – Retire
https://terriblesignal.bandcamp.com/album/the-window

Cycles Per Second :: Best of 2020

Top LPs

1. Terrible Signal – The Window
2. Sweeping Promises – Hunger For A Way Out
3. Sachet – Nets
4. En Attendant Ana – Juillet
5. Melenas – Dias Raros
6. Jetstream Pony – Jetstream Pony
7. Galore – Galore
8. Smokescreens – A Strange Dream
9. Gum Country – Somewhere
10. Guardian Singles – Guardian Singles

Top EPs

1. Neurotic Fiction – Romance
2. Neutrals – Rent​/​Your House E​.​P.
3. Dummy – Dummy EP
4. Ribbon Stage – My Favorite Shrine
5. R.E. Seraphin – A Room Forever