As 2021 draws to a merciful close, we take stock of the music released this year and focus on Japanese Breakfast, who had a busy year, including the soundtrack to the video game Sable. We don't do "best of"'s here; we review the past 12 months and press forwards. 1. CFCF: welcome.WAV (Memoryland, 2021) BGM 2. DJ Harrison: 2021 Disco (Tales from the Old Dominion, 2021) Stones Throw 3. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra: Movement 6 (Promises, 2021) Luaka Bop 4. TV Priest: Journal of a Plague Year (Uppers, 2021) Sub Pop/Hand in Hive 5. Clown College Dropout: 2021 (2021, 2021) 155 6. Parquet Courts: Walking at a Downtown Pace (Sympathy for Live, 2021) Rough Trade 7. Modwump: Vaccine for the Masses (Music for Bunkers, 2021) Submarine Broadcasting Company 8. Squid: Narrator [w.Martha Skye Murphy] (Bright Green Field, 2021) Warp 9. Circuit des Yeux: Vanishing (-io, 2021) Matador 10. Bell Orchestre: Closing (House Music, 2021) Erased Tapes 11. Vanille: Phonème (Soleil '96, 2021) Bonbonbon/Return to Analog 12. Royal Canoe: Summer Stay (Sidelining, 2021) Paper Bag 13. The Garrys: Heavy Flow (Get Thee to a Nunnery, 2021) Grey Shiken 14. Bomba Estéreo: Agua [w.Lido Pimienta] (Deja, 2021) Sony Music Latin 15. Bo Burnham: Content (Inside: The Songs, 2021) self-released 16. Alessandro Cortini: Carta (Forse 1-3 + Vivo, 2021) Important 17. Daniel Avery: Endless Hours (Together in Static, 2021) Phantasy Sound 18. Bicep: Lido (Isles, 2021) Ninja Tune 19. Goodge: Elevator (Elevator single, 2021) Cascade TWENTY? Darkside: Liberty Bell (Spiral, 2021) Matador TWENTY-ONE! Museum of Love: Cluttered World (Life of Mammals, 2021) Skint 22. Barker: E7-E5 (BARKER002 12", 2021) Ostgut Ton 23. Soyjoy: I Picture Your Skeleton (Soycruelty, 2021) Swamp Productions 24. Jasper Sloan Yip: Halcyon Dream (Strange Calm/Blushing Autumn, 2021) self-released 25. Teen Daze: Last Time in This Place [w.Joseph Shabason] (Interior, 2021) Cascine 26. Marissa Nadler: From Vapour to Stardust (The Path of the Clouds, 2021) Sacred Bones 27. The Weather Station: Tried to Tell You (Ignorance, 2021) Fat Possum 28. Hans Zimmer: Ripples in the Sand (Paul's Dream: Music from the Dune Soundtrack, 2021) WaterTower 29. Lucy Dacus: VBS (Home Video, 2021) Matador 30. Japanese Breakfast: Paprika (Jubilee, 2021) Dead Oceans 31. Nick Schofield: Travertine Museum (Glass Gallery, 2021) Backward 32. Japanese Breakfast: Glider (Sable: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 2021) Masterworks 33. Japanese Breakfast: Campfires (Sable: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 2021) Masterworks 34. Japanese Breakfast: Glow Worm Cave (Sable: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 2021) Masterworks 35. Japanese Breakfast: Ibexxi Camp [night] (Sable: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 2021) Masterworks 36. Japanese Breakfast: The Ewer [day] (Sable: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 2021) Masterworks 37. Norah Jones: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (I Dream of Christmas, 2021) Blue Note Bring on 2022 or at least some year that doesn't feel like a boat anchor. radiofreegak@gmail.com twitter.com/hundredaire www.citr.ca/exploding-head-moviesCFCFMemorylandwelcome.WAVDJ HarrisonTales from the Old Dominion2021 DiscoFloating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony OrchestraPromisesMovement 6TV PriestUppersJournal of a Plague YearClown College Dropout20212021Parquet CourtsSympathy for LiveWalking at a Downtown PaceModwumpMusic for BunkersVaccine for the MassesSquidBright Green FieldNarrator [w.Martha Skye Murphy]Circuit des Yeux-ioVanishingBell OrchestreHouse MusicClosingVanilleSoleil '96PhonèmeRoyal CanoeSideliningSummer StayThe GarrysGet Thee to a NunneryHeavy FlowBomba EstéreoDejaAgua [w.Lido Pimienta]Bo BurnhamInside: The SongsContentAlessandro CortiniForse 1-3 + VivoCartaDaniel AveryTogether in StaticEndless HoursBicepIslesLidoGoodgeElevator singleElevatorDarksideSpiralLiberty BellMuseum of LoveLife of MammalsCluttered WorldBarkerBARKER002 12"E7-E5SoyjoySoycrueltyI Picture Your SkeletonJasper Sloan YipStrange Calm/Blushing AutumnHalcyon DreamTeen DazeInteriorLast Time in This Place [w.Joseph Shabason]Marissa NadlerThe Path of the CloudsFrom Vapour to StardustThe Weather StationIgnoranceTried to Tell YouHans ZimmerPaul's Dream: Music from the Dune SoundtrackRipples in the SandLucy DacusHome VideoVBSJapanese BreakfastJubileePaprikaNick SchofieldGlass GalleryTravertine MuseumJapanese BreakfastSable: Original Video Game SoundtrackGliderJapanese BreakfastSable: Original Video Game SoundtrackCampfiresJapanese BreakfastSable: Original Video Game SoundtrackGlow Worm CaveJapanese BreakfastSable: Original Video Game SoundtrackIbexxi Camp [night]Japanese BreakfastSable: Original Video Game SoundtrackThe Ewer [day]Norah JonesI Dream of ChristmasWhat Are You Doing New Year's Eve?