As a year, 2023 was an abomination. Thankfully, the music makers made some great music for us. New friend and fellow Flenser enthusiast, Wes, hopped on the show to discuss a bunch of 2023 albums we thought were overlooked in the usual music fandom spaces. We each chose four AOTY and then another five runner ups so strap in because this one went long…fuck else you got to do?  Ceasefire Now // Save Gaza // End the Occupation // Free Palestine Get this episode on all podcast apps. Subscribe & never miss a new rabbit hole. Wes’s Albums of the Year: Sluice - Radial Gate Fire! Orchestra - Echoes Spirit Possession - Of the Sign… John Bence - Archangels   Wes’s Runner Ups: Tujiko Noriko - Cr​é​puscule I & II Victory Over the Sun - Dance You Monster To My Soft Song! Agriculture - Agriculture BIG|BRAVE - nature morte The Hirsch Effekt - Urian   Jamil’s Runner Ups: Lankum - False Lankum Cool-Aid - Leather Blvd. Powers / Pulice / Rolin - Prism Trhä - §​º​an​Ω​ë aglivajsamë cá n​ë​lh​¶​iha i eddana pi​¶​e Greg Mendez - Greg Mendez   Jamil’s Albums of the Year: Sprain - The Lamb as Effigy Defcee & Messiah Musik - The Golem of Brooklyn Nightosphere / Abandoncy / Flooding - 3 Way Split Bríi - Último Ancestral Comum Follow Wes’s Very Tiny Glaciers project on Bandcamp Follow @thesoniccloth on Instagram Feedback, trash talk, and inquiries: [email protected]