Good afternoon everyone,

How are you doing? Well, I hope. You will be even better with my albums of the year, these are all the party bangers all the time. ENJOY.

Firstly, this isn't an album, it's a mix and you'll love it. Avalon Emerson's DJ Kicks starts kind of elegiac and then moves into str8 up party bangers, it's been this year's top way of getting me into a Friday night. Here's how it opens, the youtube is also worth watching because it's a sweet home movie of a roadtrip she took. With karaoke:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjtzyGT7Ea8

Now, albums!

Let's start with Dua Lipa. I liked it when Dua Lipa released an album in what was for me the low point of the year, on the grounds that people needed to cheer up a bit. DEAD RIGHT, I DID, and this album was a huge part of it. Here's my favourite song from it, fans of the 1990s (or, to be honest, people who remember the 1990s) will enjoy this particularly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAdxhHz6Tu4

I also loved Georgia's album, it's extremely sweet and happy. There is an innocence to her songs that I engaged with really deeply, and I hope you will as well. Also, ahead of this video YouTube gave me an ad by "Visit Finland" which was just Santa telling you to tell people that you love them. It's good advice, thank you Santa and thank you Finland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozLaujDy7jE

Now we move into the "elegiac party bangers" section of my recommendations. Don't worry you're still going to have fun and dance! Rina Sawayama has you absolutely covered there, but you can also feel lots of nostalgia and maybe, when you have finished dancing, stare out of the window:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m8wpFC56JM

Denai Moore combines spacey with a sense of creeping dread that just absolutely works. So if you need some Saturday Night Space Madness in your festivities – and I would argue that you do – check her out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSPnhDiTf58

Okay, you know the first time you heard Wicked Game and you felt like you'd been listening to it all your life, like it had always been a part of your life, in a good way? That's exactly how I felt the first time I heard India Jordan's For You, and that sheen of perfection has just not worn off:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5YJKW3BAiQ

Have a great weekend, everyone. 💗💗💗

Alex.