2023 Number 9: Silent Skies

NIELS' TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2023: Number 9
Silent Skies - Dormant

Every year needs an album to boo hoo to, and 2023’s coveted Music To Listen To While Feeling Fucking Miserable Award goes to Silent Skies. An album of downbeat piano-and-synth weepies needs to try pretty hard to keep things interesting and the American-Swedish duo Silent Skies, featuring the guy from Evergrey, manage it so admirably that I’ve gone back and listened to their back catalog. Extremely beautiful music for when I’m in the mood for something depressed (which, let’s face it, is basically all the time).