Ep. 13: Five Albums That Got Us Through 2021

Another crappy pandemic year is coming to a close, but at least we had good music to get us through it. And for the first time since early 2020, the Select Five team got their vaxxed and boosted selves together IRL to record this very special year-ender episode at their old stomping grounds, Bar Shiru! Whether it's old comforts or new discoveries, we'll dive into the five albums Brian, Kate, and Pam loved the most in 2021.

BRIAN’S ALBUMS

Joyce Wrice - Overgrown (2021)

Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant (2021)

Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be an Introvert (2021)

Herbie Hancock - Headhunters (1973)

Lewis Taylor - Lewis Taylor (1996)

KATE’S ALBUMS 

Alice Coltrane - Ptah, the El Daoud (1970)

Sofiane Pamart - Planet Gold (2021)

St. Vincent - Masseducation (2017) 

Tash Sultana - Flow State (2018)

Lorde - Melodrama (2017)

PAM’S ALBUMS

Sitka Sun - All the Way West (2021)

Brijean - Feelings (2021)

Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978/2021 Reissue)

Emma Jean Thackray - Yellow (2021)

BadBadNotGood - Talk Memory (2021)

Listen to all the songs we discussed and many more in our year-ender companion playlist:
https://tinyurl.com/4ctkdf92

Editor’s Note: The St. Vincent song discussed in this episode was mistakenly identified as “Los Angeles.” The actual song title is “Los Ageless.”