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Scene Point Blank's Favorites: Year End (2019)

Individual staff lists

Andy's list

1. Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell! (Polydor / Interscope)
2. Big Thief – U.F.O.F. (4AD)
3. La Dispute – Panorama (Epitaph)
4. Otoboke Beaver – Itekoma Hits (Damnably)
5. Chromatics – Closer to Grey (Italians Do It Better)
6. Mannequin Pussy – Patience (Epitaph)
7. Have a Nice Life – Sea of Worry (Flenser)
8. Blanck Mass – Animated Violence Mild (Sacred Bones)
9. David Norland – Glam Tear Stain (Denovali)
10. Knifeplay – Pearlty (Independent)
11. Chai – Punk (Burger / Heavenly)
12. Uboa – The Origin of My Depression (Independent)
13. American Football – American Football (Polyvinyl / Big Scary Monsters)
14. Bersarin Quartett – Methoden und Maschinen (Denovali)
15. Lingua Ignota – Caligula (Profound Lore)
16. Boy Harsher – Careful (Nude Club Records)
17. Lilien Rosarian – A Day in Bel Bruit (Independent)
18. Spool – Spool (Testcard Records)
19. Nivhek – After Its Own Death / Walking in a Spiral Towards the House (Kranky)
20. Holly Herndon – Proto (4AD)
21. Hvile I Kaos – Black Morning, Winter Green (Red Nebula)
22. Jeanines – Jeanines (Slumberland)
23. Deli Girls – I Don't Know How to Be Happy (Sweat Equity)
24. Priests – The Seduction of Kansas (Sister Polygon)
25. Swans – Leaving Meaning (Young God / Mute)

Cheryl's list

1. Mizmor – Cairn (Gilead Media)
2. Alcest – Spiritual Instinct (Nuclear Blast)
3. Schammasch – Hearts Of No Light (Prosthetic Records)
4. Borknagar – True North (Centry Media Records)
5. Orville Peck – Pony (Sub Pop Records)
6. clipping. – There Existed an Addiction to Blood (Sub Pop Records)
7. Blut Aus Nord – Hallucinogen (Debemur Morti Productions)
8. Idle Hands – Mana (Eisenwald)
9. Starless Domain – ALMA (Independent)
10. Cult of Luna – A Dawn to Fear (Metal Blade)
11. Uniform & The Body – Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back (Sacred Bones Records)
12. Impavida – Antipode ( Ván Records)
13. Andavald – Undir skyggðarhaldi (Mystískaos)
14. Earth Moves – Human Intricacy (Truthseeker Music/Through Love Records)
15. Blood Incantation – Hidden History of the Human Race (Dark Descent Records)
16. Spirit Adrift – Divided By Darkness (20 Buck Spin)
17. Sinmara – Hvísl Stjarnanna ( Ván Records)
18. Mephorash – Shem Ha Mephorash (Shadow Records)
19. Darkthrone – Old Star (Peaceville Records)
20. Haunter – Sacramental Death Qualia (I, Voidhanger Records)
21. The Great Old Ones – Cosmicism (Season of Mist)
22. Kvelgeyst – Alkahest (Vendetta Records)
23. Devil Master – Satan Spits On Children Of Light (Relapse Records)
24. Yellow Eyes – Rare Field Ceiling (Gilead Media)
25. NEDXXX – NEDXXX ( Norma Evangelium Diaboli)

Dennis's list

1. ESC Life – Born To Be Mild (PDV Records/Last Exit Music/Ill In The Head Records/Bartolini Records)
2. We Never Learned To Live – The Sleepwalk Transmissions (Holy Roar Records)
3. Idle Hands – Mana (Eisenwald)
4. The Blackjaw – Burn The Artisan (White Russian Records)
5. Drei Affen – Seguimos Ciegxs (PIFIA RECORDS/THROUGH LOVE REC/LEFT HAND LABEL/ZEGEMA BEACH)
6. Drunktank – Return Of The Infamous Four (Morning Wood Records)
7. Teenage Bottlerocket – Stay Rad! (Fat Wreck Chords)
8. Bad Religion – Age Of Unreason (Epitaph Records)
9. Orphanage Named Earth – Saudade (Sanctus Propaganda/Phobia Records)
10. Mgła – Age Of Excuses (No Solace; Northern Heritage)
11. Aoratos – Gods Without Name (Debemur Morti Productions)
12. Misþyrming – Algleymi (Norma Evangelium Diaboli ‎)
13. Glare Of The Sun – Theia (Lifeforce Records)
14. Calabrese – Flee The Light (Spookshow Records)
15. Devil Master – Satan Spits On Children Of Light (Relapse Records)
16. neànder – neànder (Through Love Records)
17. Endless Column – Endless Column (Erste Theke Tonträger)
18. Malvina – Hybrid Wars (Morning Wood Records)
19. Nucleus – Entity (Me Saco Un Ojo Records; Unspeakable Axe Records)
20. Isole – Dystopia (Hammerheart Records)
21. Ten Foot Pole – Escalating Quickly (Disconnect Disconnect Records; Thousand Islands Records; Morning Wood Records; Pee Records)
22. The Cowboys – The Bottom Of A Rotten Flower (Feel It Records; Burger Records)
23. Uma Galera – Viva America (Independent)
24. Vånna Inget – Utopi (Gaphals Records)
25. Westkust – Westkust (Through Love Records; Run For Cover Records; Luxury; Thomason Sounds)

Loren's list

1. Pandemix – In Condemnation (Dirt Cult)
2. Dead Bars – Regulars (A-F)
3. Coathangers – The Devil You Know (Suicide Squeeze)
4. BlackDots – Everything Has Gotta Change (Snappy Little Numbers / La Escalera Records)
5. Nightmarathons – Missing Parts (A-F)
6. Big Eyes – Streets Of The Lost (Greenway Records)
7. Prince Daddy & The Hyena – Cosmic Thrill Seekers (Counter Intuitive Records)
8. Billy Liar – Some Legacy (Red Scare Industries)
9. DIÄT – Positive Disintegration (Iron Lung)
10. Filthy Hearts – Beyond Repair (Hidden Home Records)
11. Good Shade – Way Out (Dirtnap)
12. The Hussy – Looming (Dirtnap Records)
13. Full Sun – Thinkin’ About It (Lets Pretend)
14. Reunions – Winter Heart, Summer Skin (Independent)
15. Howardian – The Silly Shit You Say (Lets Pretend)
16. Fleshies – Introducing The Fleshies (Dirt Cult)
17. Rational Anthem – It's Only Permanent (A-F Records)
18. MakeWar – Get It Together (Fat Wreck Chords)
19. Basement Benders – Shrapnel Songs (Dead Broke Rekerds)
20. Jumpstarted Plowhards – Round One (Recess Records)
21. Petty Larcenists – Stolen Chords and Lifted Riffs (Rad Girlfriend Records)
22. Evening Standards – World’s End (Lets Pretend)
23. Soot Sprite – Sharp Tongue EP (Specialist Subject Records)
24. Rivers Edge – The Runaround (Let's Pretend Records/Dead Broke Rekerds)
25. Vandoliers – Forever (Bloodshot)

Spyros Stasis's list

1. FKA Twigs – Magdalene (Young Turks)
2. Baroness – Gold & Grey (Abraxan Hymns)
3. Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith – Songs from the Bardo (Smithsonian Folkways)
4. Ossia – Devil's Dance (Blackest Ever Black)
5. Waste of Space Orchestra – Syntheosis (Svart)
6. Klein – Lifetime (ijn, inc.)
7. Lingua Ignota – Caligula (Profound Lore)
8. Inter Arma – Sulphur English (Relapse)
9. My Disco – Environment (Downwards)
10. Zonal – Wrecked (Relapse)
11. Giant Swan – Giant Swan (Keck)
12. Fennesz – Agora (Touch)
13. Dis Fig – PURGE (PTP)
14. Esoteric – A Pyrrhic Existence (Season of Mist)
15. Swans – Leaving Meaning (Young God / Mute)
16. Blanck Mass – Animated Violence Mild (Sacred Bones)
17. Lord Mantis – Universal Death Church (Profound Lore)
18. PH – Osiris Hayden (Svart)
19. Huma Utku – Gnosis (Karlrecords)
20. E-Saggila – My World, My Way (Northern Electronics)
21. King Midas Sound – Solitude (Cosmo Rhythmatic)
22. Lightning Bolt – Sonic Citadel (Thrill Jockey)
23. Tunes of Negation – Reach the Endless Sea (Cosmo Rhythmatic)
24. Broken English Club – White Rats II (L.I.E.S)
25. Holly Herndon – Proto (4AD)

Stephanie Thornton's list

1. Ceremony – In the Spirit World Now (Relapse)
2. Glitterer – Looking Through the Shades (Anti-)
3. Vånna Inget – Utopi (Gaphals Records)
4. Moon Duo – Stars are the Light (Sacred Bones)
5. Thom Yorke – Anima (XL Recordings)
6. DIÄT – Positive Disintegration (Iron Lung)
7. The Dead Cvlt – The Cataclyst (PRSPCT Records)
8. Lightning Bolt – Sonic Citadel (Thrill Jockey)