#9 - Nilüfer Yanya - "stabilise" / "chase me" (tie)

Nilüfer gets so much done with spartan lyrics and subtly disquieting instrumentation. I love the fusion of the wistful chords and drums with the febrile tone of her voice as it snakes from panicked to hushed and back on “stabilise.” The shivering guitar more or less repeats itself, evoking a person trying to move but caught in the same cycle.

It’s the same with “chase me,” a song at least partly about the satisfaction of being wanted; the crunching and chattering drums are foreboding, as hard and brusque as a dead romance, and you can hear the weariness in her voice when she cries “it feels like it’s already gone, and it feels like a cold setting sun,” her tone wavering like she’s trying to rid herself of this emotional weight.

The list:

#25 - Destroy Lonely - “NOSTYLIST”

#24 - elusin - “Elksling”

#23 - skaiwater - “#miles”

#22 - Wednesday - “Bull Believer”

#21 - islurwhenitalk - “pink neon lights”

#20 - Two Shell - “home” & “Memory” (tie)

#19 - Luci4 - “ON GANG”

#18 - Harto Falión - “{*______*}” (prod. evilgiane, whitearmor, Gud)

#17 - lecie - “ex post facto”

#16 - Yung Lean ft. FKA twigs - “Bliss”

#15 - DJ:ReCode - “adhd” ft. tobre & “keeper” ft. goji! & BIO (tie)

#14 - Uffie - “dominoes”

#13 - Yeat - “Still countin” & “Out thë way” (tie)

#12 - Ame - "Degree" (prod. Royal, y2tnb, Brycenknwn, Ame)

#11 - Sudan Archives - “ChevyS10”

#10 - Asian Doll ft. Bandmanrill - "Get Jumped" & Bandmanrill - "BANDTHOVEN" (tie)