The Best Albums of 2024 (So Far) • Page 2

Rosie Tucker!

 

Mdou Moctar also a good drew pick good job drew

 

some records on my list so far include the new novo amor, haux, and beatenberg albums.

 

1. Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties- In Lieu of Flowers

2. Super American- Gangster of Love

The two albums I can’t stop listening to this year. The Aaron West project is so special. I could listen to the entire discography over and over. Super American is a band I’m new to, but the record is so catchy.

 

Love these. I was a bit surprised at the top 8! Then you guys launched in to all my favs. Love seeing some of the OG’s like Bayside and Strung Out find their way on to lists 30 years in to their careers. Very cool to see Barely Civil pop up a bunch. The Forecast comeback record was both totally new and totally familiar. That Southtowne Lanes album has been stuck on repeat a bit for me as well.

As usual, a little something for everyone. Definitely some bands to check out even for someone who checks out the new stuff pretty heavily each week. I’ll have to roll thru my stuff and get a little list made up. It’s always a blast comparing at the end of the year and later on down the road.

 

Completely leaving off Microwave is a crime.

 

I came here only to see what Grundy was repping that no one else would and I am not disappointed.

Alien Ant Farm forever, yo!

 

@Jason Tate with the One Step Closer. Nice!

 

Pitchfork might do it for you.

 

Feels like the kind of album that woulda been massive like 10-15 years ago in the music scene.

 

Some forgotten albums:

Black Keys - Ohios is for Players
Glitterer - Rationale
The Story So Far - I Want To Disappear
Neck Deep - Neck Deep

 

I can't lie that NXT_GEN captured way more of my attention than I ever thought it would.

 

Good to see Sum 41 getting some love.

 

One Step Closer - All You Embrace
HEAVYHEX - True To You
Resolutions - Monster Mirror
Hot Water Music - Vows
Stand Still - Steps Ascending
Super American - Gangster Of Love
Amber - Room For Understanding
Cold Years - A Different Life
Sleave - How To Get Over
Ghost Work - Light A Candle For The Lonely
Alkaline Trio - Blood, Hair, And Eyeballs
Flight Mode - The Three Times
The Forecast - Good Journey


EPs:
Fly Over States - Ghosts
Finnoguns Wake - Stay Young
kairo. - After Forever
Dime - Dime

 

Imma let ya'll finish but this is the album of the year and I need more people to know that

 

This album is wonderful thank you for posting it

 

Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She... needed to be represented here somewhere. So here I am.

 

You’re like the fifth person I put on it now. Nobody was disappointed.

 

For real! I saw them on the Koyo/Anxious tour and they were great! And Anxious was probably the best that night. So cool to see stuff like this coming out again!

 

The music forum still has A LOT of that

 

Also there is this thread

Mid-Year 2024 User Lists (Best Of 2024 So Far) • Page 3 • forum.chorus.fm

 

A lot of albums that I've listed in my scorings like really poorly or didn't come back to too much - which of course won't make me scoff, it will just make me go and revisit some of them!

Weird not to see Carly Cosgrove or Middle Kids out here (or, oh well, Pedro The Lion or Owen on the other hand)

My two favorites so far have been "Older" by Lizzy McAlpine (a total surprise), and "In Lieu of Flowers" by Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties


Plus, some other surprisingly-gripping releases that I think might not have been vastly discovered around here: Bess Atwell, Friko, Francis of Delirium, Apples With Moya, Been Stellar

 

No Aaron West is disappointing