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Best minimalism songs of the 2020s

It opened with nobody able to tour, so records got finished in bedrooms and discovery moved to a feed. Drill turned up in every city with a postcode, and Afrobeats and Latin pop went mainstream worldwide without waiting to be translated.

Songs from the minimalism albums of the 2020s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.

The Will of Tongues cover№ 1Canto SoloSarah Davachi · The Will of Tongues
  1. 2The Will of Tongues coverSongs of the Smile's Fig: III. FolliesSarah Davachi · The Will of Tongues
  2. 3The Will of Tongues coverThe First TuningSarah Davachi · The Will of Tongues
  3. 4The Will of Tongues coverInterlude II: Unison, for BrassSarah Davachi · The Will of Tongues
  4. 5The Will of Tongues coverFour Narrow FormsSarah Davachi · The Will of Tongues
  5. 6The Will of Tongues coverSongs of the Smile's Fig: II. SaltsSarah Davachi · The Will of Tongues
  6. 7The Will of Tongues coverThe Rose Dialogues, Part IISarah Davachi · The Will of Tongues
  7. 8The Will of Tongues coverThe Rose Dialogues, Part ISarah Davachi · The Will of Tongues
  8. 9The Will of Tongues coverThe Second TuningSarah Davachi · The Will of Tongues
  9. 10The Will of Tongues coverInterlude V: Harmonic, for WoodwindsSarah Davachi · The Will of Tongues
  10. 11The Will of Tongues coverSongs of the Smile's Fig: I. HoursSarah Davachi · The Will of Tongues
  11. 12The Will of Tongues coverCanto DuoSarah Davachi · The Will of Tongues
  12. 13The Will of Tongues coverInterlude I: Polyphonic, for StringsSarah Davachi · The Will of Tongues
  13. 14Myuthafoo coverSwirls of YouCaterina Barbieri · Myuthafoo
  14. 15Myuthafoo coverSufyosowirlCaterina Barbieri · Myuthafoo
  15. 16Myuthafoo coverAlphabet of LightCaterina Barbieri · Myuthafoo
  16. 17Myuthafoo coverMyuthafooCaterina Barbieri · Myuthafoo
  17. 18Myuthafoo coverMath of YouCaterina Barbieri · Myuthafoo
  18. 19Myuthafoo coverMemory LeakCaterina Barbieri · Myuthafoo

One great song, one bad album

Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.

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