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My favorite albums of 2024. Amazing year for lo-fi bedroom music, demos and nostalgia, and strong comebackes (e.g. Judas Priest, The Cure, Melt-Banana - and post-rock, for some reason).

Will add genres, and maybe mini-reviews if I can be bothered.

Created by: IronAngel | 12.12.2024



1. Broadcast - Spell Blanket: Collected Demos 2006-2009 (Neo-Psychedelia/Bedroom Folk. 4,5/5.)
2. Mount Eerie - Night Palace (Lo-Fi/Avant-Folk. 4,5/5.)
3. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown (Singer-Songwriter. 4,5/5.)
4. Anastasia Coope - Darning Woman (Freak Folk. 4/5.)
5. Litku Klemetti - Funny Girl (Hypnagogic/Indie Pop-Rock. 4/5.)
6. Mabe Fratti - Sentir que no sabes (Art Pop/Electroacoustic/Avant-Folk. 4/5.)
7. Broadcast - Distant Call: Collected Demos 2000-2006 (Neo-Psychedelia/Bedroom Folk. 4/5.)
8. Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja (Psychedelic Black Metal. 4/5.)
9. Ramper - Solo postres (Post-Rock/Slowcore. 4/5.)
10. Mk.gee - Two Star & the Dream Police (Alt-R&B/Lo-Fi AOR? 4/5.)
11. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch (Singer-Songwriter. 4/5.)
12. Charli XCX - Brat (Electropop/EDM. 4/5.)
13. Geneviève Beaulieu - Augury (Dark Folk/Singer-Songwriter. 4/5.)
14. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World (4/5.)
15. 柴田聡子 [Satoko Shibata] - My Favorite Things (4/5.)
16. 柴田聡子 [Satoko Shibata] - Your Favorite Things (4/5.)
17. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She (4/5.)
18. Hannah Frances - Keeper of the Shepherd (4/5.)
19. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming (4/5.)
20. Luiza Brina - Prece (4/5.)
21. 王若琳 [Joanna Wang] - 破爛酒店 (Hotel la Rut) (3,5/5.)
22. Melt-Banana - 3+5 (3,5/5.)
23. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee (3,5/5.)
24. Klô Pelgag - Abracadabra (3,5/5.)
25. Clarissa Connelly - World of Work (3,5/5.)
26. Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves (3,5/5.)
27. Kali Malone - All Life Long (3,5/5.)
28. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield (3,5/5.)
29. Galneryus - The Stars Will Light The Way (3,5/5.)
30. Clarence Clarity - VANISHING ACT II: ULTIMATE REALITY (3,5/5.)
31. Ascendant Vierge - Le plus grand spectacle de la terre (3,5/5.)
32. maya ongaku - Electronic Phantoms (3,5/5.)
33. samlrc - A Lonely Sinner (3,5/5.)
34. Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes (3,5/5.)
35. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign (3,5/5.)
36. Aluk Todolo - Lux (3,5/5.)
37. Beak> - >>>> (3,5/5.)
38. DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - Hex (3,5/5.)
39. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "No Title As Of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead" (3,5/5.)
40. Loma - How Will I Live Without a Body? (3,5/5.)
41. Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God (3,5/5.)
42. Hail Spirit Noir - Fossil Gardens (3,5/5.)
43. Alcest - Les Chants De L'Aurore (3,5/5.)
44. 40 Watt Sun - Little Weight (3,5/5.)
45. Altar Of Oblivion - In The Cesspit Of Divine Decay (3,5/5.)
46. Ataraxie - Le Déclin (3,5/5.)
47. Pallbearer - Mind Burns Alive (3,5/5.)
48. Julie Christmas - Ridiculous And Full Of Blood (3,5/5.)
49. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wild God (3,5/5.)
50. Joanna Gemma Auguri - Hiraeth (3,5/5.)
51. Keeley Forsyth - The Hollow (3,5/5.)
52. Tristwch Y Fenywod - Tristwch y Fenywod (3,5/5.)
53. The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick - The Iliad and the Odyssey and the Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (3,5/5.)
54. 長谷川白紙 [Hakushi Hasegawa] - 魔法学校 [Mahōgakkō] (3,5/5.)
55. Joose Keskitalo & The Mystic Revelation of Teppo Repo - Tähdet palaavat paikoilleen (3,5/5.)
56. Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - Your Community Hub (3,5/5.)
57. Mamaleek - Vida Blue (3,5/5.)
58. Sofia Freire - Ponta da língua (3,5/5.)
59. Perfume - ネビュラロマンス 前篇 (Nebula Romance: Part I) (3,5/5.)
60. Allie X - Girl With No Face (3,5/5.)
61. Juliana Gattas - Maquillada en la cama (3,5/5.)
62. Hamferð - Men Gu​ð​s Hond Er Sterk (3,5/5.)
63. Capilla Ardiente - Where Gods Live And Men Die (3,5/5.)
64. Midwife - No Depression in Heaven (3,5/5.)
65. Margo Guryan - Words and Music (3,5/5.)
66. Ladaniva - Ladaniva (Postcards) (3,5/5.)
67. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood (3,5/5.)
68. Rachel Chinouriri - What a Devastating Turn of Events (3,5/5.)
69. Amaarae - roses are red, tears are blue: A Fountain Baby Extended Play (3,5/5.)
70. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future (3,5/5.)
71. Saimaa - Vol. 6 (3,5/5.)
72. Friko - Where We've Been, Where We Go From Here (3,5/5.)
73. Alexander Gregory Kent - Teaches Dust to Reason (3,5/5.)
74. Four Tet - Three (3,5/5.)
75. 椎名林檎 [Sheena Ringo] - 放生会 (Hōjōya) (3/5.)
76. Scott McMicken & THE EVER-EXPANDING - When It's Happening (3/5.)
77. The Softies - The Bed I Made (3/5.)
78. Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer (3/5.)
79. Mikko Joensuu - Long Ark (3/5.)
80. Lætitia Sadier - Rooting for Love (3/5.)
81. Hannah Miette - Hannah Miette (3/5.)
82. Counting Hours - The Wishing Tomb (3/5.)
83. Sesame - I Will Turn, I Will, I Will (3/5.)
84. Molly Lewis - On the Lips (3/5.)
85. Jane Weaver - Love in Constant Spectacle (3/5.)
86. Three Quarter Skies - Fade In (3/5.)
87. Clinic Stars - Only Hinting (3/5.)
88. Panglossian - Traces de pas (3/5.)
89. memoryloop - being and nothingness (3/5.)
90. The Flight Of Sleipnir - Nature's Cadence (3/5.)
91. Sólstafir - Hin Helga Kvöl (3/5.)
92. Liana Flores - Flower of the Soul (3/5.)
93. Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate (3/5.)
94. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk (3/5.)
95. Jonah Yano - Jonah Yano & the Heavy Loop (3/5.)
96. julie - My Anti-Aircraft Friend (3/5.)
97. Tara Jane O'Neil - The Cool Cloud of Okayness (3/5.)
98. Nightbird - Out of These Days (3/5.)
99. Owen - The Falls of Sioux (3/5.)
100. Joanne Robertson & Dean Blunt - Backstage Raver (3/5.)
101. Martha Skye Murphy - Um (3/5.)
102. Tindersticks - Soft Tissue (3/5.)
103. Cosmo Sheldrake - Eye to the Ear (3/5.)
104. Pet Shop Boys - Nonetheless (3/5.)
105. Herhums - To Save Us All (3/5.)
106. Tapir! - The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain (3/5.)
107. Outer World - Who Does the Music Love? (3/5.)
108. Traveler - Prequel To Madness (3/5.)
109. Geotic - The Anchorite (3/5.)
110. Kevin Coleman - Imaginary Conversations (3/5.)
111. Michael A. Muller - Mirror Music (3/5.)
112. Adam Wiltzie - Eleven Fugues for Sodium Pentothal (3/5.)
113. Still House Plants - If I Don't Make It, I Love U (3/5.)
114. Sierra Ferrell - Trail of Flowers (3/5.)
115. Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well (3/5.)
116. UNRATED
117. 角銅真実 [Manami Kakudo] - Contact
118. Maruja - Connla's Well
119. gum.mp3 - Black Life, Red Planet
120. Céu - Novela
121. Μαρίνα Σάττι [Marina Satti] - P.O.P.
122. A.G. Cook - Britpop
123. Various Artists - Your Voice Is Not Enough
124. Coffins - Sinister Oath
125. Colin Stetson - The Love It Took to Leave You
126. Trial Run - Feeling Better Yet?
127. Rita Payés - De camino al camino
128. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
129. This Is the Glasshouse - 867
130. Harry Gorski-Brown - Durt Dronemaker After Dreamboats
131. Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose
132. Opinion - Troisième Opinion
133. Twine - New Old Horse
134. Spiral Staircase - The Perfect Child
135. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
136. Datura - Obsidian
137. Clairo - Charm



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Today - 14:21
IronAngel
Published although it's work in progress. In order of rating, but inside each rating bracket the albums are in no particular order. Except number 1.
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Today - 15:36
Boxcar Willy
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
How'd you like the new Clairo? I heard "Bags" a few years ago in a department store and loved it so much I had to Shazam it
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
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Today - 15:49
IronAngel
Written by Boxcar Willy on Today at 15:36

How'd you like the new Clairo? I heard "Bags" a few years ago in a department store and loved it so much I had to Shazam it

Hadn't heard her before. Still making my mind up after two spins, but I really like her style of easy-listening soft-rock. In addition to the 70s influences, I hear Sade and occasionally Stereolab, even. Not exactly the same sound, but it serves that lazy coffee shop morning vibe that Pearl Charles' Fleetwood Mac -tributing Magic Mirror did in 2021. There's not too much music like that, so it's welcome.

Feels a bit uneven though, I imagine a few songs will stay in my thematic playlists rather than coming back to the full album.
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Today - 15:53
Boxcar Willy
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Written by IronAngel on Today at 15:49

Hadn't heard her before. Still making my mind up after two spins, but I really like her style of easy-listening soft-rock. I hear Sade and occasionally Stereolab, even. Not exactly the same sound, but it serves that lazy coffee shop morning vibe that Pearl Charles' Fleetwood Mac -tributing Magic Mirror did in 2021.

Feels a bit uneven though, I imagine a few songs will stay in my thematic playlists rather than coming back to the full album.

An issue with a lot of pop albums IMO. Lots of great singles, but not a cohesive album. I see it's getting good reviews, so maybe I'll toss it on today!
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

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