Best Pairs Of Albums 2020

One write-in for the Mountain Goats

I'll add a write-in for CS + Kreme

Patricia Taxxon's Gelb/Rosa/Schwartz trilogy ftw

TMG did release two excellent albums but months apart

lol well trolled

also missing taylor swift

Swift's were months apart too. This is about albums released as pairs

Sault’s weren’t iirc

also missing taylor swift

Not familiar. What's her deal?

Hence my assuming no Taylor was the joke

Xp!

Earth Trax 1 & 2

Do the new Four Tets count as one?

The two Black Watch albums this year are both among their best

Also missing Adrianne Lenker

shout out boldy james

I didn't even hear about the new Four Tets. Looks like one is new, and one is made from unreleased mid-90s material.

This actually would have been a good poll if it were done for real, and not just as this week’s Taylor Swift Dudetroll #2.

of the three choices autechre

Four Tet as of this morning

never heard of these bands besides autechre, are they t swift side projects?

no silly, Taylor's side band is Minor Threat

Guilty of Being Taylor

It's really hard to decide between Ae and SAULT I have to say

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going with the most recent one, I Am The King Of Amapiano: Sweet And Dust

South African amapiano is rife with this. these albums are all about luxuriating in the wonderful sameness, as a wise man once said.
some examples:

Daliwonga: Uyang’ Testa and Chameleon
Semi Tee: I’m Only Tweentyone and PianoWaveProject
Vico Da Sporo: Nomalizi, Bandlase, Ekhaya, and Thelane

Old Man Gloom

Bad Bunny

I wish you'd included Bad Bunny.

Old Man Gloom

Master Boot Record – Floppy Disk Overdrive (Metal Blade)
Master Boot Record – Virtuaverse.OST (Blood Music)

The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol – Berserkir Volume One (Cardinal Fuzz)
The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol – Berserkir II (Cardinal Fuzz)

Sturgill Simpson – Cuttin' Grass Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions (High Top Mountain)
Sturgill Simpson – Cuttin' Grass Vol. 2: Cowboy Arms Sessions (High Top Mountain)

Guided By Voices – Styles We Paid For (Rockathon)
Guided By Voices – Surrender Your Poppy Field (GBV Inc)
Guided By Voices – Mirrored Aztec (GBV Inc)

The Explorers Club – The Explorers Club (Goldstar)
The Explorers Club – To Sing And Be Born Again (Goldstar)

Four Tet – Parallel (Text)
Four Tet – 871 (Text)

The Mountain Goats – Getting Into Knives (Merge)
The Mountain Goats – Songs For Pierre Chuvin (Merge)

Drive-By Truckers – The New OK (Anti-)
Drive-By Truckers – The Unraveling (Anti-)

The Alex Butter Field – Psychedelipop (Hank Hoffman)
The Alex Butter Field – Popsychle (Hank Hoffman)

The Soft Pink Truth — Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Continue?
The Soft Pink Truth — Am I Free To Go?

Osees - Protean Threat/Panther Rotate

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writing in Ohms and Black Stallion

Ya, I spaced the Oh Sees, also Metamorphosed, my fave of the three.

John Dwyer has been busy: https://johndwyer.bandcamp.com/

Yikes - Secrets to Super Flipping
Yikes - Whoa Comas Or Blood Bomb

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Write in for Kaatarya

Daniel Romano released 4 or 5 pairs of albums this year

and they are all good or better

Just learned now that Princess Nokia released a pair of albums in 2020 (Everything Sucks / Everything is Beautiful), and so far they both sound great.