It's hard to believe we're already more than halfway through the dumpster fire of a year that is 2020 ... but hey, at least we got plenty of music to get us through the tough times! Rather than picking our favorite albums of 2020 so far, we decided to select three albums that we "missed" a chance to review on the podcast this year.

Those albums include:

• Circles by Mac Miller (Evan's Pick)
• Healer by Grouplove (Dan's Pick)
• Opulent Decay by Spell (Eric's Pick)

Eric is feelin' quite positive this episode and actually enjoys all of the albums selected — or at least appreciates what they bring to the table. Dan and Evan ... well you'll just have to tune in. On another note of positivity, check out The Mac Miller Fund. It seems like a good cause that helps support young musicians battling addiction (Miller died of an accidental drug overdose at 26). Also: Eric did put together a Spotify playlist of select tracks from his favorite albums of 2020 so far, if you're at all interested.

Beyond the music, Eric created a list of his top five beard companies and Dan put together a list of his top three.

Eric's top 5 beard companies at the time of this recording include:

1. Beardbrand
2. CanYouHandlebar
3. The Beard Baron
4. Black Rebel Beard Co.
5. Fable Beard Co.

Dan's top 3 beard companies at the time of this recording include:

1. Beardbrand
2. CanYouHandlebar
3. Zeus Beard Co.

Eric also references a prior list of beard companies the boys put together on the 2018 Kwanzaa Christmas Holiday Special and Gift Guide episode. In case you want to compare notes between what's on the 2018 list and these 2020 favorites. Finally, the boys all enjoy some 9.6% abv beers!

Eric and Evan consume the Monarch of Mediocre DIPA from 515 Brewing and Dan drinks down Neon Dragons Hazy DIPA from Surly Brewing.