I probably listened to this record more than any other release from Nashville over the past year. Total Wife’s eponymous LP, one of two long-players the band released in 2021, is an audio nesting doll that reveals a deeper, lush layer of pedal-fueled art rock every time I hear it. Total Wife packs Total Wife densely, seemingly pulling out every neo-psychedelic studio trick in the book as they showcase the inspiration they draw from the European indie scene idolized by the ’90s British rock press (think My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, etc.). However, the band has managed to take quirky electronics, obscured vocals and layers of dissonant guitar chords to a new plateau.
Best Indie-Rock Album
