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The Thin Air’s Top 100 Irish Tracks of 2020 (#100-51)

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Ah, 2020 eh? Unless you were living off the grid in a self-made banana bread house whilst rocking yourself gently to various iterations of ‘Happy Birthday’ as you washed your hands, then you will know that despite collectively living through the pandemic there were plenty of Irish songs to get excited about. 100 to be precise. We’ve listened to them on repeat since we couldn’t attend gigs, raves, or house parties so we’re certain we’ve selected the finest this little locked down island has to offer. It’s safe to say this year epitomised the true meaning of community in this country and some of these songs are the remnants of  the last great sense of togetherness ahead of an unknown landscape for the music industry in 2021.

#50-1 comes tomorrow.

100. nimf – Cloudy Dreams

99. A.S Fanning – All Time

98. Banríon – Ouchie

97. Robbie Stickland – Suffocated

96. Ciaran Lavery – Can I Begin Again

95. Flowers at Night – Gathering

94. Gnarkats – Dreamers

93. Sunken Foal – Barley Stick

92. Elaine Malone – You (1000 Beasts Remix)

91. Magazines – Pink & Blue

90. Leo Drezden – Neo Tolkien

89. Bedrooms – Bus Lanes

88. Buí – A Conversation About Punk

87. Joshua Burnside – Whiskey Whiskey

86. Feather Beds – Fragile

85. Perlee – Slow Creature

84. Field Trip – Weatherman

83. Comrade Hat – Summer of Glove

82. Mark Loughrey – The Snake With A Tale For A Mouth

81. Swimmers Jackson – So Tired

80. Tuath & Lunch Machine – Mountains and Grooves

79. Brave Young Soldier – I Live Here

78. Sal Dulu – B feat. Koncept Jack$on

77. Skelocrats – Princeps

76. Dani Larkin – Samson & Goliath

75. Strange Boy – The Pope

74. JyellowL – Tunnel Vision

73. Sorcha Richardson – The Starlight Lounge

72. Joel Harkin – Vada

71. Gadget and the Cloud – Ten Past Three

70. Problem Patterns – Gal Pals

69. Seamus Fogarty – Jimmy Stewart

68. Æ MAK feat. Seba Safe – i dance in the kitchen

67. Kojaque – Coming Up

66. Fontaines D.C. – I Don’t Belong

65. Our Krypton Son – Bloodletting

64. Messyng x Post Punk Podge – Still At The Music

63. Voix Celeste – B(i)

62. Trá Pháidín – n’fheadar tbh

61. Hilary Woods – Orange Tree

60. Shifting – The Bland Leading the Bland

59. Kneecap x Dyrt – Mam

58. Jackie Beverly – Sea Glass

57. Fixity – Still Still (feat. Muireann Levis)

56. LAOISE – Movies

55. Breezy iDeyGoke – Black Dubh

54. All Times Now Nothing – Dream

53. Katie Kim – Charles / Picking Picking

52. Kean Kavanagh – Roll Over

51. Shammen Delly – I Knew She Would Sparkle