We’ve had the best EPs, remixes, videos, new artists and songs in Irish music as chosen by you (plus my own choices) but here’s the big one, the top 25 Irish albums of the year. Previous winning albums in the readers’ poll in the last six years include: Jape’s Ocean Of Frequency and Ritual, Villagers’ Becoming A Jackal, Super Extra Bonus Party’s LP, Patrick Kelleher’s You Look Cold and Si Schreoder’s Coping Mechanisms
I hope you find something you missed throughout the year. Delve in. Spotify and Deezer playlists of all available albums at the end of the post.
25. Sea Pinks – Freak Waves
24. Ghost Estates – Ghost Estates
23. Ginnels – Crowns
22. Lethal Dialect – LD50 Part II
21. Seamus Fogarty – God Damn You Mountain
20. Bantum – Legion
19. Logikparty – Oh Cult!
18. Sunken Foal – Friday Syndrome Vol. 1
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
Love Cast Of Cheers, they definitely deserved the top spot! Cracking album.
Thank you!