Personal Top 10 of 2024
In order? I dunno. It's weird to make a list with this little metal-adjacent stuff.
Cheers everyone. |
| 1 |  | Geordie Greep
The New Sound
I was ok with black midi but damn, this is exemplary.
Modern croon? Neo-jazz? Why am I listening to Frank Sinatra's coke ramblings set to music? Why am I starting it over? Why is it playing in my favorite record store? I'm super happy about it, I love this album. ...I love this album? |
| 2 |  | Foxing
Foxing
Did not expect this to surpass Nearer My God but holy mother of |
| 3 |  | Julie Christmas
Ridiculous and Full of Blood
People can have their opinions but I waited literally 14 years for this to happen and it didn't disappoint which just about made my year |
| 4 |  | Everything Everything
Mountainhead
I swear this band can do no wrong. An endless trove of hooks woven into each other. |
| 5 |  | Waxahatchee
Tigers Blood
Again, people seem to have somewhat adverse opinions but this is my favorite of her material. I love the simplicity of it yet every single song has its own soul. |
| 6 |  | Vampire Weekend
Only God Was Above Us
At some point this would've been my #1 because this is everything I've ever wanted from Ezra Koenig, worst self-editor on planet earth. Only a couple months after I crafted "the ideal VW album" out of old tracks, no less. |
| 7 |  | SUMAC
The Healer
While everyone is/was losing their minds over Blood Incantation, y'all forgot the real 80-minute monstrosity of the year. I love keytar as much as the next guy but the bottom end on this tickles my innards. |
| 8 |  | Ulcerate
Cutting the Throat of God
What can I say? This might be better than SIDABS, it might be about even, maybe SIDABS is better. Regardless it's ridiculous that a band can be this consistently high-quality. What are they going to do NEXT?? |
| 9 |  | Einsturzende Neubauten
Rampen
Oh Blixa, how I love thee. I'm a sucker for anything EN (one of those "logo tattoo" things) but this is truly their most impressive material in...god I hate to say decades but woo |
| 10 |  | Uniform
American Standard
Well damn, I don't think I've ever enjoyed Uniform this much. This is absolutely massive and I caught myself looking back across their discography like, "Did I miss something? Where was this the whole time?" |
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