Tape Op Staff Favs for 2021

It's that time of year again where we go back through our digital listening histories or simply look over at the turntable to get a handle on just what we were enjoying this past year. There were a ton of great releases this year, many of them made during in bedrooms, basements and cabins during lockdowns, quarantines and the spaces in between. We gave a little leeway for some late or perhaps overlooked 2020 releases. Enjoy.

Larry Crane

Steven Wilson - The Future Bites Listen

Anders Parker - Wolf Reckoning Listen

Illuminati Hotties - Let Me Do One More Listen

Yes - The Quest Listen

The Beatles - Let it Be (Super Deluxe Edition) Listen

John Baccigaluppi

The Weather Station - Ignorance Listen

Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview of Phenomenal Nature Listen

Low - Hey What Listen

Hand Habits - Funhouse Listen

Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra - Promises Listen

Arushi Jain - Under the Lilac Sky Listen

Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think it’s Gonna Last? Listen

Geoff Stanfield

Blitzen Trapper - Holy Smokes, Future Jokes Listen

Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort to Me Listen

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000 Listen

Rachel Eckroth - The Garden Listen

Xenia Rubinos - Una Rosa Listen

Nate Smith - Kinfolk 2: See the Birds Listen

Anthony Sarti

Turnstile - GLOW ON Listen

Clams Casino - Winter Flower Listen

The Weeknd - "Save Your Tears" (w/ Ariana Grande) Remix Listen

Crumb - Ice Melt Listen

Sons of Alpha Centauri - Push Listen

Andy Hong

In Inertia - Efflorescence Listen

Wings of the ISANG - The Borderline between Hope and Despair Listen

Pat Metheny - Road to the Sun Listen

Alina Baraz - Sunbeam/Moongate Listen / Listen

Hope Tala - Girl Eats Sun Listen

Rodrigo Amarante - Drama Listen