So if you check my listening stats, apparently my favorite albums I've heard this year are The Boss by Diana Ross and Niice N' Wiild by Chuckii Booker. I swear I still try to keep up, though. According to my collection, here are some of the 2019 albums I have refused to let go of. I haven't given all of these the attention they deserve but I either love them already, or have heard them and want to get to know them better.
Big Thief, UFOF
Bill Callahan, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
black midi, Schlagenheim
Bon Iver, i,i
CHAI, PUNK
Mega Bog, Dolphine
Oren Ambarchi, Simian Angel
Prince, Originals (of course)
Pure Bathing Culture, Night Pass
Rozi Plain, What a Boost
Stephen Steinbrink, Utopia Teased
Thom Yorke, ANIMA
Vampire Weekend, Father of the Bride
Various Artists, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Oga's Cantina: R3X's Playlist #1 (obligatory Disneyland-related item)
Honorable mention -- though the album it's on didn't stick with me as a whole, my favorite song of the year so far is "Curls" by Bibio.
And here's a few 2019 albums in my collection that I haven't listened to yet at all, but mean to:
Blood Orange, Angel's Pulse
Chance The Rapper, The Big Day
Cross Record, Cross Record
Hand Habits, placeholder
Jamila Woods, LEGACY! LEGACY!
Jay Som, Anak Ko
Lafawndah, Ancestor Boy
Leo Svirsky, River Without Banks
Lina Tullgren, Free Cell
Lingua Ignota, CALIGULA
Park Jiha, Philos
Prurient, Garden of the Mutilated Paratroopers
Sheer Mag, A Distant Call
The Matthew Herbert Big Band, The State Between Us
Titus Andronicus, An Obelisk
