Heather Trost (A Hawk and a Hacksaw) lists her favorite albums of 2022

Heather Trost of A Hawk and a Hacksaw released a new album, Desert Flowers, via Ba Da Bing in November. She recorded it mostly in her home studio, and called her A Hawk and a Hacksaw bandmate Jeremy Barnes integral to its creation, saying, "This album wouldn’t sound the way it does without his wonderfully discerning and courageous ear."

"Maybe these songs are a bit like desert flowers," she continued, "pushing their way towards the sun, and in turn searching and pushing roots deep into the ground for water. As above, so below, the light and the dark, extroverted and introverted, color and monochrome." Stream Desert Flowers below.

As 2022 wraps up, we've been asking artists for their favorite music of the year, and Heather made us a list of albums, featuring Thor Harris, Tall Dwarfs, Sessa, and more. Read it below.

HEATHER TROST'S FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2022:
1. Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek - DOST 2 (Bongo Joe)
2. Sarah La Puerta - Strange Paradise (Perpetual Doom)
3. Sessa - Estrela Acesa (Burning Star)
4. Thor Harris - Doom Dub II (Joyful Noise)
5. Tall Dwarfs - Unraveled:1981-2002 (Merge)
6. Branko Mataja - Over Fields and Mountains (Numero Group)
7. Motte - Cold + Liquid (Ba Da Bing)
8. Ustad Noor Bakhsh - Jingul (Honiunhoni)
9. Y Bülbül, Yumurta - Not One, Not Two (Pingipung)
10. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - Mondays At The Enfield Tennis Academy (Eremite Records)