Feather's Top 25 of 2024
Another wonderful year finding and discussing music on sputnik music dot com |
| 25 |  | Twenty One Pilots
Clancy
Never listened to anything by this group after the CORNY Blurry Face and was shocked to find this to be a strong pop release. |
| 24 |  | Frail Body
Artificial Bouquet
Flailed my body to this a bit at the start of the year. |
| 23 |  | Bring Me The Horizon
POST HUMAN: NeX GEn
‘Fun’ metalcore that hits more than it misses |
| 22 |  | The Decemberists
As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
Not one of their strongest releases, but deserves a spot for the massive Joan in the Garden alone. |
| 21 |  | Night Verses
Every Sound Has a Color...
Favorite instrumental band adds some vocals back into the fray to great results! |
| 20 |  | Microwave
Let’s Start Degeneracy
Overall disappointed as I loved all the singles, but they were released over a 2 year period and the rest of the album feels slapped together. |
| 19 |  | Interpersonal
The Long Bright Dark
Late add and a Sputniker! Has potential to grow on repeated listens and MAD respect for the Donnie Darko reference. |
| 18 |  | Little Kid
A Million Easy Payments
BAD ENERGYYYY |
| 17 |  | Mount Eerie
Night Palace
Late add. My only previous experience with them is Microphones in 2020 and this album will likely continue to grow and reach for those heights |
| 16 |  | State Faults
Children of the Moon
Late add as I just spun this for the first time this morning. The guitar ripping at the end of Leviathan sealed the deal on this being included here. Big growth potential. |
| 15 |  | Christian Lee Hutson
Paradise Pop. 10
A return to form after Enders didn’t hit for me. Story telling continues to be sublime. |
| 14 |  | Knocked Loose
You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
Continuing the trend of kickass releases since Tear in the Fabric. Knocked Loose Mother Fucker. |
| 13 |  | Touche Amore
Spiral in a Straight Line
Mezzanine is my favorite track they have released since Flowers and You. |
| 12 |  | Foxing
Foxing
Trim this to a 6 song ep and I would easily slap a 5 on it, unfortunately the remaining tracks do VERY little for me. |
| 11 |  | Marilyn Manson
One Assassination Under God - Chapter 1
Probably not a popular pick, but this is probably my favorite Manson release yet. |
| 10 |  | Dvne
Voidkind
Didn’t hit the towering heights of their last release, but solid atmospheric metal all the way through. |
| 9 |  | Blood Incantation
Absolute Elsewhere
Unique journey of a listen with the genre-mash. Crushed it live and shout out for bringing along Midwife. |
| 8 |  | One Step Closer
All You Embrace
Every time I see this bands name my brain reads it in the same way Christina Perri sings it in the lead up to the chorus of her hit song ‘a thousand years’ |
| 7 |  | Fit for an Autopsy
The Nothing That Is
Crowned my favorite ‘heavy’ release of the year. |
| 6 |  | Poppy
Negative Spaces
As someone who has been actively following Poppy since her 2016 creepy Youtube days, I am so excited to see the level of recognition she is getting this year. |
| 5 |  | The Cure
Songs of a Lost World
Surprise comeback album of the decade. |
| 4 |  | Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties
In Lieu of Flowers
Couldn’t have asked for a better ending to the Aaron West trilogy. |
| 3 |  | Grandaddy
Blu Wav
The emotion conveyed despite simple instrumentation and melodies makes this special. |
| 2 |  | Midwife (USA)
No Depression In Heaven
The mesmerizing mood Midwife is able to create is unlike anyone else. |
| 1 |  | Father John Misty
Mahashmashana
I love FJM’s over the top style and sarcastic, dismissive attitude. Has been a go-to background artist of mine since God’s Favorite Customer. This release has already grown exponentially since my first listen and has already become my favorite release of his. |
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