Inspired By: New Music in 2023

Eleven new album releases this year, yielding much inspiration.

While these albums only make up a fraction of my listening habits, the guideline here is they each were released in 2023. As you will notice, they range dramatically in style and function (how they each inspire me), which could either be amazing, or frustrating as the reader and listener (good luck!) Additionally, they are in no particular order. Each album is linked to the Bandcamp page where you can sample in full, listen to a track, and/or choose to support the artist as well. I’m always seeking new music so pop in a comment at the end with any of your own album suggestions.

Album: Song for an Unborn Son
Artist: Sister Grotto (pre-Midwife)
Genre/s: Slo-core, heaven metal, shoegaze, ambient
Favorite track: Placeholder

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Album: The Greater Wings
Artist: Julie Byrne
Genre/s: Singer-songwriter, folk ambient
Favorite track: Summer Glass

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Album: Jerusalem
Artist: Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru
Genre/s: Piano, classical
Fav track: Aurura

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Album: Powders
Artist: Eartheater
Genre/s: Alternative, experimental pop, electronic
Fav track: Crushing

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Album: Desolation’s Flower
Artist: Ragana
Genre/s: Metal, doom, black metal
Fav track: Pain

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Album: Heavenly Spheres
Artist: Penelope Trappes
Genre/s: Experimental, sound art, ambient
Fav track: Entangled

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Album: Orbweaving
Artist: Midwife & Vyva Melinkolya
Genre/s: Slo-core, heaven metal, shoegaze, ambient
Favorite track: Hounds of Heaven

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Album: As Above, So Below
Artist: Delphine Dora
Genre/s: Ambient, experimental, sound art
Favorite track: L’écho des limbes

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Album: Spike Field
Artist: Maria BC
Genre/s: Ambient, experimental, sound art
Favorite track: Watcher

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Album: When No Birds Sang
Artist: Full of Hell & Nothing
Genre/s: Hardcore, ambient, grindcore, shoegaze (be careful, this album will throw you for a loop)
Favorite track: Like Stars in the Firmament

Album: Music from The Living Monument
Artist: Carmen Villain
Genre/s: Ambient electronic, experimental
Favorite track: Multicolor

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