What is the best indie album with male lead vocals?

From Elliott Smith's fragile confessions to Sufjan's orchestral ambition, male voices in indie have covered extraordinary emotional ground. Vote for your favorite.

1. 1
   Either/Or

   Elliott Smith's 1997 intimate acoustic indie folk album, his whispered voice expressing pain with extraordinary craft.
2. 2
   Illinois

   Sufjan Stevens' 2005 orchestral folk album, his angelic tenor delivering a stunning 50-state concept.
3. 3
   For Emma, Forever Ago

   Bon Iver's 2007 debut, Justin Vernon's falsetto-heavy folk record from a Wisconsin cabin.
4. 4
   Grace

   Jeff Buckley's 1994 debut, his astonishing voice spanning multiple octaves in one of rock's greatest vocal performances.
5. 5
   Boxer

   The National's 2007 album, Matt Berninger's baritone the defining instrument in literate melancholic indie rock.
6. 6
   I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

   Bright Eyes' 2005 album, Conor Oberst's quavering voice delivering folk-country heartbreak.
7. 7
   I Love You, Honeybear

   Father John Misty's 2015 baroque pop album, Josh Tillman's sardonic and romantic voice at its most magnetic.
8. 8
   Carrie & Lowell

   Sufjan Stevens' 2015 whispered grief album, spare voice and guitar conveying unbearable loss.
9. 9
   Lost in the Dream

   The War on Drugs' 2014 expansive Heartland rock album, Adam Granduciel's voice buried in waves of guitar.
10. 10
    Singing Saw

    Kevin Morby's 2016 album, his warm baritone the center of dusty literary indie folk.
11. 11
    Muchacho

    Phosphorescent's 2013 album, Matthew Houck's yearning country-soul voice in sweeping indie Americana.
12. 12
    Teens of Denial

    Car Seat Headrest's 2016 double album, Will Toledo's deadpan confessional voice in indie rock.
13. 13
    The Moon & Antarctica

    Modest Mouse's 2000 album, Isaac Brock's ragged yelp delivering existential indie rock.
14. 14
    Funeral

    Arcade Fire's 2004 debut, Win Butler's voice rising to the occasion of death and loss.
15. 15
    God Save the Animals

    Alex G's 2022 album, his versatile voice shifting between falsetto pop and distorted indie rock.