Compiled by DJ Monk

Über Rock has always championed the artform known as the Extended Player, or EP to the layman – so much so that in 2020 we will be bringing back our regular feature profiling the best short form releases to come our way.

In the meantime, some of our top ninja reviewers reflect on the mini albums that have perked up their aural cortexes during the current year…

DJ Astrocreep

  1. Swamp Coffin – ‘Flatcap Bastard Features’Artwork for Flatcap Bastard Features by Swamp Coffin
  2. Le Menhir – ‘Ombre’
  3. Slow Pulp – ‘Big Day’
  4. Squid – ‘Town Centre’
  5. Honey Lung – ‘Memory’

DJ Monk

  1. The Wildhearts – ‘Diagnosis’
  2. Cursed Sun – ‘Vendetta’
  3. Disgraceland – ‘EP#1’
  4. Grey Stag – ‘The Boats’
  5. Hooligan – ‘Dublin City Rockers’

Jessica Robinson

  1. PVRIS – ‘Hallucinations’

John Bedard

  1. TripleMurder – ‘Cannibalistic’Artwork for Pre-Meditated by TripleMurder
  2. Merda Mundi – ‘Hatred’
  3. Rancho Bizarro – ‘Possessed By Rancho’
  4. Follakzoid – ‘I’
  5. The Drowns – ‘Hold Fast Demons’

Jonny Bakes

  1. Arnocorps – ‘Welcome To The Gym’
  2. Unleash The Archers – ‘Explorers’
  3. Ghost – ‘Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic’
  4. Black Asteroids – ‘III’
  5. Municipal Waste – ‘The Last Rager’

Rich Hobson

  1. A. Williams – ‘A.A. Williams’
  2. Ghost – ‘Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic’
  3. Death Blooms – ‘You Are Filth’
  4. Cane Hill – ‘Kill The Sun’
  5. Thread Of Omen – ‘Confined Reality’

The Dark Queen

  1. Cursed Sun – ‘Vendetta’