Ahead of revealing our top twenty EPs of the year, we’re pleased to present the big one: our Top 30 Irish Albums of the Year. Was it a tricky to compile? Very. It’s never easy but it’s always a pleasure. We say it every year but it’s undeniable: the last twelve months have been nothing short of revelatory, and we fully believe the following list of LPs shine a beaming floodlight on what the island of Ireland has to offer, from transcendent traditional revivalism and world-beating hip-hop to obliterating noise and Motorik-driven kosmische worship. 30. Eoin Dolan – UBIQUE UBIQUE by Eoin Dolan 29. Frankenstein Bolts – Aglow & Spark Aglow & Spark by Frankenstein Bolts 28. Rory Nellis – There Are Enough Songs In The World There Are Enough Songs In The World by Rory Nellis 27. Talos – Wild Alee 26. Fionn Regan – The Meetings Of The Waters 25. Davy Kehoe – Short Passing Game 24. Come On Live Long – In The Still In The Still by Come On Live Long 23. Group Zero – Structures and Light Structures And Light by Group Zero 22. Alien She – Feeler Feeler by Alien She 21. The Cyclist – Flourish The Cyclist – Flourish by The Cyclist 20. Joshua Burnside – Ephrata EPHRATA by Joshua Burnside 19. Crevice – In Heart In Heart by Crevice 18. Malojian – Let Your Weirdness Carry You Home Let Your Weirdness Carry You Home by malojian 17. Contour – Appropriation Appropriation by Contour 16. Slow Place Like Home – When I See You… Ice Cream! When I See You…Ice Cream! by Slow Place Like Home 15. Guilty Optics – Colossal Velocity Colossal Velocity by Guilty Optics 14. Shrug Life – ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 13. Bear Worship – WAS WAS by Bear Worship 12. Cat Palace – why don’t you // why don’t you, go off why don’t you // why don’t you, go off by Cat Palace 11. Arvo Party – Arvo Party Arvo Party by Arvo Party 10. Half Forward Line – The Back of Mass The Back Of Mass by Half Forward Line 9. Rejjie Snow – The Moon & You 8. Ships – Precession Precession by Ships 7. Our Krypton Son – Fleas & Diamonds 6. And So I Watch You From Afar – The Endless Shimmering The Endless Shimmering by And So I Watch You From Afar 5. New Jackson – From Night To Night 4. The Jimmy Cake – Tough Love 3. The Bonk – Seems To Be a Verb The Bonk Seems To Be A Verb by The Bonk 2. Lankum – Between The Earth and Sky 1. Percolator – Sestra Sestra LP by Percolator