In late 2019 Passengers “I” was seemingly a catalyst for a torrent of creativity – not least of which was the formation of Virga Drought (a collaboration Passengers & Fervorvore).

When Passed Recordings launched in May of this year, it became the home not just for Virga Drought, but Passengers and Fervorvore too – with each of them producing a track for the seminal Passed Recordings compilation, _scapes.

We asked each of them to list the 5 albums that left the biggest impact on them this year.

Each post from this series will see the 5 albums added to the “Our Favourite Albums of the Passed Year” playlist – so you can listen along with each post as we count down to the end of the year!

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Passengers’ Top 5 Albums of 2022

Callous Daoboys – Celebrity Therapist

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Black Country, New Road – For the first time

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Chat Pile – God’s Country

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billy woods – Aethiopes

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Mamaleek – Dinner Coffee

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Fervorvore’s Top 5 Albums from 2022

Iceage – Plowing into The Field of Love

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Idles – Joy as an Act of Resistance

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Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

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Lupe Fiasco – Drill Music in Zion

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Black Thought & Danger Mouse – Cheat Codes

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We also gave them both the opportunity to expand on these decisions and in the spirit of another great artist…

And that’s it! We’ll be aiming to release these posts every weekend, so keep an eye out for your favourite album! We’re looking forward to hearing your views on this years releases from Passed Recordings too – maybe there’s even time for one more release before the end of the year…

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