My Favorite Albums of August 2020

Here’s my monthly list of albums released in June I was feeling, and some other discoveries made during the month.

Previous Month’s Lists: January, February, March, April, May, June, July

You can find my list of my favorite albums of 2020 halfway through the year here

Best:

Abir - HEAT Genre: R&B / Pop

Proof: Yacht / Inferno

Aluna - Renaissance Genre: Synth-Pop / Dance

Proof: Warrior (Feat. SG Lewis) / Body Pump

Aminé - Limbo Genre: Hip Hop

Proof: Pressure In My Palms (Feat. slowthai & Vince Staples) / Riri

Angel Olsen - Whole New Mess Genre: Indie Rock / Alterntaive

Proof: Too Easy (Bigger Than Us) / (We Are All Mirrors)

Another Sky - I Slept On The Floor Genre: Rock / Alterntive

Proof: Fell In Love With The City / The Cracks

blackbear - everything means nothing Genre: Pop / R&B / Hip Hop

Proof: i feel 2 much / i felt that

Bob Moses - Desire EP Genre: Electronic / Dance

Proof: Love We Found / Desire (Feat. ZHU)

BRONSON (Golden Features & ODESZA) - BRONSON Genre: Electronic / Dance

Proof: TENSE / DAWN (Feat. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs)

Burna Boy - Twice as Tall Genre: Dance Hall / Pop

Proof: Way Too Big / Time Flies (Feat. Sauti Sol)

Dabin - Wild Youth (Acoustic) EP Genre: Pop / Acoustic

Proof: In Flames (Feat. Lexi Norton) / Alive (w/ RUNN) // Bonus: Holding On (Feat. Lowell) / Hope It Hurts (Feat. Essenger)

Disclosure - ENERGY Genre: Electronic / Synth-Pop / Dance

Proof: Lavender (w/ Channel Tres) / Douha (Mali Mali) w/ Fatoumata Diawara // Tondo (w/ Eko Roosevelt) / Know Your Worth (w/ Khalid) // Bonus: Know Your Worth (Remix) w/ Khalid Feat. Davido & Tems

Elaine - Elements EP Genre: R&B / Soul

Proof: When We’re Alone / You’re the One

Felt (Murs & Slug) - Felt 4 U Genre: Indie Hop Hop

Proof: Freeze Tag / Borboleta // Bonus: Name In Ya Mouth

GASHI - 1984 Genre: Synth-Pop / R&B

Proof: Mama (Feat. Sting) / Paranoid

Glass Animals - Dreamland Genre: Synth-Pop / Indie Pop

Proof: Tokyo Drifting (w/ Denzel Curry) / Your Love (Déjà Vu) // Bonus: Heat Waves (Diplo Remix)

Inukshuk - Walflower EP Genre: Electronic / Dance

Proof: Chasm / Wallflower (Feat. Rouxx) // Bonus Alive (Feat. Meggie York)

The Japanese House - Chewing Cotton Wool EP Genre: Indie Pop / Electronic

Proof: Something Has to Change / Dionne (Feat. Justin Vernon)

Katy Perry - Smile Genre: Synth-Pop

Proof: Never Really Over / Teary Eyes

Kiesza - Crave Genre: Synth-Pop / Dance

Proof: Run Renegade / All of the Feelings // Bonus: Love Me With Your Lie (Lucus & Steve Remix)

The Killers - Imploding The Mirage Genre: Rock / Alternative

Proof: Dying Breed / My God (Feat. Weyes Blood)

Lecrae - Restoration Genre: Hip Hop

Proof: Set Me Free (Feat. YK Osiris) / Zombie

Lewis Del Mar - AUGUST Genre: Indie Rock / Alternative

Proof: Fever (CH. I) / Do You Need Me

Nas - King’s Disease Genre: Hip Hop

Proof: Ultra Black (Feat. Hit-Boy) / All Bad (Feat. Anderson .Paak)

Opiuo & Vorso - Dusty Bugs EP Genre: Electronic / Dubstep / Dance

Proof: Dusty Bugs / Apocalypse Honey

Orville Peck - Show Poney EP Genre: Country / Alternative

Proof: No Glory in the West / Fancy

Popcaan - FIXTAPE Genre: Reggae / Dance Hall / Hip Hop

Proof: TWIST & TURN (Feat. Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR) / SUH ME LUV IT (Feat. Jade Kingdom)

PVRIS - Use Me Genre: Rock / Alterntive

Proof: Stay Gold / Old Wounds // Bonus: alive (w/ guardin)

Sevdaliza - Shabrang Genre: Indie Pop / alt-R&B

Proof: Darkest Hour / Oh My God

Tkay Maidza - Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2 EP Genre: Hip Hop / R&B

Proof: 24K / Grasshopper

Toni Braxton - Spell My Name Genre: R&B

Proof: Dance / Spell My Name

Troye Sivan - In A Dream EP Genre: Pop

Proof: Easy / STUD

Vic Mensa - V TAPE Genre: Hip Hop

Proof: MACHIAVELLI (Feat. Eryn Allen Kane) / REBIRTH (Feat. BJ the Chicago Kid & Peter CottonTale)

Victoria Monét - JAGUAR Genre: R&B / Soul

Proof: Jaguar / Expereince (Feat. Khalid & SG Lewis)

Washed Out - Purple Noon Genre: Synth-Pop

Proof: Too Late / Paralyzed

Bonus:

A couple EP’s I missed from earlier in the year and a deluxe edition from an 2019 album

FINNEAS - Blood Harmony (Deluxe) Genre: Pop Originally Released: October 2019

Proof: Break My Heart Again / Let’s Fall in Love for the Night (1964) // Bonus: What They’ll Say About Us

Lost Frequencies - Cup Of Beats EP Genre: Electronic / Dance Released: July 2020

Proof: Don’t Leave Me Now (w/ Mathieu Koss) / Love to Go (w/ Zonderling & Kelvin Jones)

Super Duper - Prelude EP Genre: Electronic / Dance Released: June 2020

Proof: Spiritual (w/ Mr Gabriel) / All On You // Bonus: We Had Everything / Pasadena

Others:

AceMo - I Want to Believe, Alice Chater - Aries EP, Cut Copy - Freeze, Melt, Dave East - Karma 3 [Mixtape], Gregory Porter - All Rise, Holly Humberstone - Falling Asleep at the Wheel EP, Hudson Mohawke - B.B.H.E., Hudson Mohawke - Poom Gems, Jacob Latimore - Leo Season, Jacob Collier - Djesse, Vol. 3, Jaye Jayle - Prisyn, Kaash Paige - Teenage Forever, Lane 8 & Friends - Cross Pollination EP, LAN Party - PLUR EP, Les Sins & AceMo - C’mon Les’ Go EP, Loyal Lobos - Everlasting, Maya Hawke - Blush, MoMa Ready - The Other Side EP, Various Artists - Sable Valley Summer Vol. 1, WHIPPED CREAM - WHO IS WHIPPED CREAM?