30 songs I discovered in 2022 - a rankdown (due 2/17)

[wheatsquares33]

I've spent more time in 2022 listening to actual full albums from before current year than I ever have before. I almost feel out of touch with the music of current year with how seldom I'd listen to my discover weekly (and that I only kept a personal chart for like 5 weeks this year), but I've discovered so much cool music in 2022 that I can't send into a Madness or whatever, so I've put together a little list of 30 songs I discovered this year that I wanted to share. Mostly tried to stick to deep cuts, lesser known artists, or at least songs I don't think I've seen in a rankdown before because I hope these songs that I uncovered will also be good first listens for participants of this rankdown. 2022 also marks the year I completed reveals for my first rankdown ever (and a 100-song year-end one, no less), so I finally feel confident enough to host my own personal one. 

I probably don't have to explain rankdown to anyone who plans on participating here, just PM your ranked list to me (numbered or unnumbered is fine for me, just please copy & paste the list directly and don't change any spelling). Setting a due date for end of January now, but if I have to extend so be it:

Da list: 
12 Rods – I Wish You Were a Girl

Bear’s Den – When You Break

Benton Falls – No Hero

Bettie Serveert – Ray Ray Rain

Beverly Glenn-Copeland – Ghost House

The Cabs – dai hachi byoto

China Crisis – Best Kept Secret

Cloud Nothings – Wasted Days

Coaltar of the Deepers – The End of Summer

Cousteau – Last Good Day of the Year

Crying – Revive

Cut Copy – Hearts on Fire

David Sylvian – Thalheim

death’s dynamic shroud – Tear in Abyss

Dinosaur Jr. – Little Fury Things

Doris Troy – Just One Look

The Durutti Column – Sketch for Summer

Fair to Midland – A Wolf Descends upon the Spanish Sahara
Fairport Convention – Who Knows Where the Time Goes?

The Format – The First Single (You Know Me)

Funeral for a Friend – Juneau

Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions – Sets the Blaze

Insides – Darling Effect

Lift to Experience – These Are the Days

Linda Thompson – In Love with the Flame

Mindless Self Indulgence – Never Wanted to Dance

Orange Juice – Falling and Laughing

Prefab Sprout – Desire As

Soft Cell – Insecure Me

Wovenhand – Ain’t No Sunshine

Da playlist:

Participants
Me
singingrulebritannia
aerodynamite
zippy
BlurryKyle
willapted33
Trilogy
BB🌕
American Idiot
rowellfarm490

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[Gonza'90]

I see a song I used to listen a lot back in the day
I'm in

[singingrulebritannia]

this is an incredibly cool list

[zippy]

I might submit a list for this. I recognize those songs by Cut Copy, death’s dynamic shroud, and Insides since I’ve listened to their albums.

[wheatsquares33]

About 3 weeks left on this. Thank you for submitting singingrulebritannia

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[wheatsquares33]

Yes this is still happening! Sorry for the lack of reminders, I've partly been forgetting but also with how many year-end chart rankdowns have been happening lately + WTM I was planning on extending a couple weeks out anyway. For now I'm setting the due date as 2/10, we'll see what happens. Thank you aerodynamite for submitting since my last reminder.

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[zippy]

#1: 4.5/5

#2-11: 4/5
#12-26: 3.5/5
#27-30: 3/5

This is how I would rank these songs, and I have a specific reason for my #30.

[wheatsquares33]

Thanks zippy . 1 week left on this, unless you need an extension, just let me know.

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[wheatsquares33]

Like 4 days left! Would like to get up to 10 lists if possible

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[willapted33]

oh just saw this, please add me to the tags I should be able to get a list in

[wheatsquares33]

2 days or so left, but I'll probably extend again if I don't get more lists in. Thank you BlurryKyle for the list.

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[Trilogy]

whaaaaat i didn't know the deadline was that close

there's a lot i have to do for the remainder of the month so i'd love an extension for when i have the time

[American Idiot]

I'll definitely submit my list sometime tomorrow. I only have twelve songs left to rank, but work wants me to be in meetings all day today unfortunately. Which means no music listening >:(

[wheatsquares33]

I'll go ahead and extend out another week. Thank you willapted33 for your list. Will try to do daily reminders, and I think we should be able to get to about ~10 lists in that time. Thank ya'll for your participation  :)

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[wheatsquares33]

Thanks for the list Trilogy. Like 4 days left, would like to get at least 3 more lists in.

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[wheatsquares33]

3 days left!

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[wheatsquares33]

2 days left! Thanks for the lists BB🌕 and American Idiot!

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[wheatsquares33]

Sorry, I've been sick the last couple days and forgot to post a reminder yesterday. I'll extend through the weekend cause I'd like at least one more list in if possible

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[wheatsquares33]

Thank youuuu rowellfarm490 for the list. I'm at 10 now & not sick anymore, so I will start reveals soon, probably later today.

[wheatsquares33]

Wasn't able to get around to this yesterday, but I will today! Going to reveal in sets of 10, and I have some extras for in between as well.

singingrulebritannia aerodynamite zippy BlurryKyle willapted33 Trilogy BB🌕 American Idiot rowellfarm490

[wheatsquares33]

#30

Never Wanted to Dance
Mindless Self Indulgence

Points: 53
SD: 4.692

BlurryKyle – 20
American Idiot – 21
aerodynamite – 26
zippy – 27
rowellfarm490 – 28
wheatsquares33 – 28
BB🌕 – 30
singingrulebritannia – 30
Trilogy – 30
willapted33 – 30

Comments: Yeah wasn't really expecting anything else here to get the #30 spot. MSI isn't new to me or anything, can't say I've been a HUGE fan of theirs, but my husband that doesn't listen to music like at all LOVES them and...KMFDM and that's like all lol. So I've listened to if and Euringer for them, and, even though you won't see me being a huge MSI fan, Never Wanted to Dance DOES fuck. And, you know, getting married was probably my biggest moment in 2022 (well, second to when a guy at the record store tried to give me free Hinder concert tickets, but close), so I wanted to represent that here.

[wheatsquares33]

#29

In Love with the Flame
Linda Thompson

Points: 79
SD: 7.909

wheatsquares33 – 5
American Idiot – 17
BB🌕 – 18
aerodynamite – 22
zippy – 26
Trilogy – 27
singingrulebritannia – 28
willapted33 – 29
BlurryKyle – 30
rowellfarm490 – 30

Comments: Aww, kinda hate to see this one finishing so low. Discovered Linda Thompson's first solo album One Clear Moment listening through some rankdown extras--the song Can't Stop the Girl is really great too! A bit more jaunty and folksy than this one, but overall this is a pretty solid 80s pop record (I like it more than I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight I think). In Love with the Flame is for sure the standout track for me, really sounds like it could have been a smash 80s pop ballad, but I guess 80s pop stardom isn't really what Linda Thompson was going for, I don't think. One of my most listened to tracks of 2022.

[wheatsquares33]

#28

A Wolf Descends Upon the Spanish Sahara
Fair to Midland

Points: 82
SD: 6.233

American Idiot – 7
BlurryKyle – 19
rowellfarm490 – 21
aerodynamite – 24
wheatsquares33 – 24
singingrulebritannia – 26
willapted33 – 26
BB🌕 – 28
Trilogy – 28
zippy – 28

Comments: Shame that Fair to Midland broke up just after they started some mainstream acclaim. I've always liked Dance of the Manatee and did a deeper dive on this band earlier this year, I love their approach to alt metal, very artsy and one-of-a-kind. _Fables from a Mayfly_ is a great record, I recommend it if you haven't heard it and liked this song. Kyla Cries Cologne is another one of my favorites that I could have included here.

[wheatsquares33]

#27

When You Break
Bear's Den

Points: 83
SD: 7.196

zippy – 11
Trilogy – 12
American Idiot – 15
BB🌕 – 24
aerodynamite – 25
wheatsquares33 – 26
willapted33 – 27
singingrulebritannia – 29
BlurryKyle – 29
rowellfarm490 – 29

Comments: I’ve always been partial to the band Bear’s Den, but mostly for their post-2016 material. I listened to their debut this past year though, and it’s...mostly okay. Above the Clouds of Pompeii is a classic, but this track really impressed me. Didn’t expect it to do great here due to it being...radio indie folk, but I just love how this one builds towards the end.

[wheatsquares33]

#26

Juneau
Funeral for a Friend

Points: 85
SD: 8.885

American Idiot – 2
BlurryKyle – 18
wheatsquares33 – 22
Trilogy – 24
singingrulebritannia – 27
rowellfarm490 – 27
willapted33 – 28
aerodynamite – 29
BB🌕 – 29
zippy – 29

Comments: Even though I'm kinda through my "emo phase" at this point...I don't think it would be a true wheatsquares rankdown without SOME emo representation. Honestly uh don't even remember how I discovered this one, think I just remembered that FFAF existed and listened to a few of their bigger hits and this one really stood out to me. Really classic early 2000s emo shit, I live.

[wheatsquares33]

#25

Ain't No Sunshine
Wovenhand

Points: 90
SD: 6.164

Trilogy – 18
aerodynamite – 19
zippy – 21
BB🌕 – 23
BlurryKyle – 22
singingrulebritannia – 23
rowellfarm490 – 23
willapted33 – 24
American Idiot – 28
wheatsquares33 – 30

Comments: I think one of my favorite discoveries in all of 2022 is 16 Horsepower's seminal gothic country album Sackcloth & Ashes. ...I don't have anything from that album in this rankdown, though I did consider it. Instead, I chose this Ain't No Sunshine cover from David Eugene Edwards' side project Wovenhand's first album. Decent record overall, but I just love this cover, I think it's my favorite from that album.

[wheatsquares33]

#24

No Hero
Benton Falls

Points: 102
SD: 5.029

Trilogy – 7
American Idiot – 11
wheatsquares33 – 14
singingrulebritannia – 19
aerodynamite – 21
willapted33 – 21
zippy – 24
BlurryKyle – 25
BB🌕 – 26
rowellfarm490 – 26

Comments: Don’t even remember how I came across this band (probably some random Spotify rec), but I was cooking and needed something to listen to and said idk, I’ll listen to this Benton Falls album. I don’t remember much about it as a whole, but No Hero is the real standout track. This thing hits so fucking hard, the simple bluntness of the lyrics tell such a tragic story.

[wheatsquares33]

#23

Sets the Blaze
Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions

Points: 106
SD: 7.152

aerodynamite – 5
zippy – 15
wheatsquares33 – 16
BB🌕 – 19
Trilogy – 19
singingrulebritannia – 20
willapted33 – 23
rowellfarm490 – 24
American Idiot – 25
BlurryKyle – 28

Comments: This just showed up on album radio for...some album I listened to, and I immediately fell in love with it and listened to the whole album. It's a pretty good chamber folk project from the Mazzy Star frontwoman, but Sets the Blaze remembers my favorite track from it, as brief as it is. Spellbinding.

[zippy]

I was moved by the emotion and atmosphere in “When You Break” so I’m not convinced it’s one of the weaker tracks in this set of songs.

[wheatsquares33]

#22

Best Kept Secret
China Crisis

Points: 108
SD: 7.177

aerodynamite – 14
zippy – 19
rowellfarm490 – 20
American Idiot – 20
singingrulebritannia – 21
willapted33 – 22
Trilogy – 25
BlurryKyle – 26
BB🌕 – 27
wheatsquares33 – 29

Comments: Another alt archive discovery here. I believe we ranked this band once or twice in our retro alt rankdowns, this particular song missed the cut, but it’s for sure my favorite of theirs. I like the uh "Wii Sports-core" vibe, very nice sophisti-pop.