#10 Against Me! - Q's Top 20 Albums of 2014

Our countdown of the Top 20 albums of 2014 cracks top ten today with Against Me! and their spirited record Transgender Dysphoria Blues.

The album's cover is a cross section of a human chest -- fitting for a deeply personal record from a long-silenced perspective. It's an anthemic record in a year when TIME magazine featured a cover story on The Transgender Tipping Point, and it comes from the highly-charged, envelope-pushing world of punk rock. 

Transgender Dysphoria Blues is not just lyrically ground-breaking, it's sonically captivating as well. Guitars buzz like a chorus of sirens, the bass and drums thump maniacally and add bravado to the lyrics. Never has the voice of lead singer Laura Jane Grace erupted with such ferocious urgency and committed strength. 

It's an energizing, inspiring and at times heartbreaking record about struggling to find your true self in a world that doesn't recognize or acknowledge you.