Year-End Lists

New Blue Sun

• 2 Best Albums of 2023: Passerby
• 6 Albums of 2023: Gorilla vs. Bear
• 16 20 Best Albums of 2023: Bria McNeal: Esquire
• 16 Best Southern Albums of 2023: Bitter Southerner
• 26 Top 50 Albums of 2023: Beats Per Minute
• 29 Best Albums of 2023: Northern Transmissions
• 31 Best Albums of 2023: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
• 35 Best Albums of 2023: Stephen Thomas Erlewine
• 38 The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Our Culture
• 47 50 Best Albums of 2023: Consequence
• 50 The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Pitchfork

• Top Albums of 2023: Maria Sherman: AP
• Top Ten Albums of 2023: Clémence Polès Farhang
• Best Albums of 2023: Jon Pareles: New York Times Another 20 worthwhile albums, alphabetically
• The 30 Best Albums of 2024: KCRW Honorable mention
• Best Music of 2023: Steve Erickson Runner-up
• Top 50 Albums of 2023: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop Honorable mention