Albums and Songs of the Year 2024

[Avalon_Fields]

I’ve been expecting this to come out from someone so I’ll do our traditional end of year favourites. Top 10 or 20 albums (Released in 2024) and your song of the year! If I can I’ll do a best of eFestivals chart compilation. I’m looking forward to finding a gem or two I’ve missed!

Edited December 9, 2024 by Avalon_Fields

[Claire96]

Top 10 Albums of 2024:

 

1. Romance by Fontaines D.C.

2. Songs of a Lost World by The Cure

3. Charm by Clairo

4. Brat by Charli XCX

5. Cartoon Darkness by Amyl and the Sniffers.

6.  All Born Screaming by St. Vincent

7. No Name by Jack White

8. Prelude to Ecstasy by The Last Dinner Party

9. Heavy Jelly by Soft Play

10. Dark Rainbow by Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes

 

Honourable mentions for: Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay & Vicious Creature by Lauren Mayberry

 

Song of the Year 2024:

Torn between In The Modern World by Fontaines D.C. and Drone:Nodrone by The Cure

 

[Don1]

Albums

 

Fontaines DC - Romance
Wunderhorse - Midas
Royel Otis - Pratts & Pain
Ducks Ltd - Harms Way
Daniel Noah Miller - Disintegration
Nilufer Yanya - My Method Actor
Future Islands - People Who Aren't There Anymore
Jamie XX - In Waves
Junodream - Pools Of Colour
Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

 

Song would be be Fontaines DC - Bug or Favourite, Royel Otis - Sofa King, or Wunderhorse - Silver

[Justcalledtosay]

Album - Fontaines D.C. - Romance

Single - Noah Kahan/Sam Fender - Homesick (re-release)

[Padjeq]

Great American Bar Scene by Zach Bryan

Clancy by TwentyOne Pilots

Madra by New Dad

Post Human: Next Gen by Bring Me the Horizon

Eternal Sunshine by Ariana Grande

13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips by Xiu Xiu

Prude by Drug Church

Romance by Fontaines DC

Radical Optimism by Dua Lipa

Viva Hinds by Hinds

 

No real order there.

 

Favourite song of the year is We Can't Be Friends by Ariana Grande.

 

 

 

[Gnomicide]

1. Bill Ryder Jones - Ichyd Da

2. Red Rum Club - Western Approaches

3. Big Special - Postindustrial Hometown Blues

4. Black Crowes - Happiness Bastards

5. Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive

6. Jack White - No Name

7. Frank Turner - Undefeated

8. Elbow - Audio Vertigo

9. Soft Play - Heavy Jelly

10. Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes

 

Song of the year is a tough one. I'll go with Shithouse by Big Special. It may have been available last year, but the album was released this year so it counts.

 

[cdm22]

I have a top 5 of:

 

1. AURORA  - What happened to the heart?

2. Sprints - Letter to self

3. The Cure - Songs of a lost world

4. Mannequin Pussy - I got heaven

5. English Teacher - This could be Texas

 

With song of the year being 'Dreams' by AURORA. Her Royal Albert Hall gig was my gig of the year too.

Edited December 9, 2024 by cdm22

[Talcroft]

Albums:

=1 Fontaines DC- Romance

=1 Jamie XX - In Waves

=1 Sprints - Letter to Self

=1 Floating Points - Cascade

5. Four Tet - Three

6. New Dad - Madra

7. English Teacher - This Could be Texas 

8. Charli XCX  - Brat

9. Underworld - Strawberry Hotel

10. Caribou - Honey (winning no awards but there's some bops on there). 

 

Songs: Barry Can't Swim - Still Ridin, Jamie XX - Treat Each Other Right/Breather/Still Summer (can't pick), Fontaines - Favourite, Sprints - Shadow of a Doubt. 

[chloe_91]

in no particular order

 

Amyl & The sniffers - Cartoon Darkness

Charli XCX - Brat

Royal Otis - Pratts & Pain

Fontaines DC - Romance

Wunderhorse - Midas

 

 

Singles: Caribou - come find me, MJ Lendermen she's leaving you

 

[GhostOfMaurice]

Ok, this isn't "of the year", but as far as "of the season" goes, I'm enjoying Sleigher by Ben Folds.

[Gejonimo]

1) Kneecap - Fine Art

2) Geordie Greep - The New Sound

3) One Step Closer - All You Embrace

4) Amyl & The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness

5) Better Lovers - Highly Irresponsible

6) Charli XCX - brat and it's completely different but also still brat

7) Charli XCX - brat

'8) Fontaines DC - Romance

9) Jack White - No Name

10) Bayside - There Are Worse Things Than Being Alive

 

Song of the year was released as a single last year but was on an album released in 2024 so I'm counting it - Punk's Dead by Soft Play. If it has to be released this year then Holy, Holy by Geordie Greep

[Trunks1993]

No order;

 

Fontaines DC - Romance

MGMT - Loss of Life

Mount Kimbie - The Sunset Violet

Charlie XCX - Brat

Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene

Special Request - Street Anthems (maybe some recency bias)

The Smile - Walls of Eyes

Blossoms - Gary

Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate

Ski Mask - Resort

Floating Points - Cascade

 

Best song - Fontaines DC - Favourite

 

(Edit - forgot about Resort)

Edited December 9, 2024 by Trunks1993

[Meerkat]

1 hour ago, Claire96 said:

Top 10 Albums of 2024:

 

1. Romance by Fontaines D.C.

2. Songs of a Lost World by The Cure

3. Charm by Clairo

4. Brat by Charli XCX

5. Cartoon Darkness by Amyl and the Sniffers.

6.  All Born Screaming by St. Vincent

7. No Name by Jack White

8. Prelude to Ecstasy by The Last Dinner Party

9. Heavy Jelly by Soft Play

10. Dark Rainbow by Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes

 

Honourable mentions for: Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay & Vicious Creature by Lauren Mayberry

 

Song of the Year 2024:

Torn between In The Modern World by Fontaines D.C. and Drone:Nodrone by The Cure

 

Oh hadn’t realised Lauren Mayberry had an album out this year, interested to give that a go later. Thanks!

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Albums

 

Justice - Hyperdrama

Floating Points - Cascade

Jon Hopkins - Ritual

Underworld - Strawberry Hotel

Four Tet - Three

Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud

Skee Mask - Resort

 

[CantWaitForGlasto22]

 

1. Vampire weekend - only God was above us 

2.Fontaines DC - Romance 

3. Wunderhorse - Midas 

4. English Teacher - This Could be Texas 

5. The K’s - I wonder if the world knows 

6. Aurora - what happened to the heart 

7. Last Dinner Party - prelude to ecstasy 

8. SPRINTS - letter to self 

9. Charlie XCX - Brat 

10. Confidence man - 3am 

 

Single - Favourite (Fontaines) or Capricorn (VW)

 

[baggie92]

Top 10 albums:

 

Charli xcx - Brat

Fontaines D.C - Romance

The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World

Soft Play - Heavy Jelly

High Vis - Guided Tour

Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet

The K's - I Wonder If The World Knows?

Wunderhorse - Midas

The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy 

Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us

 

Song - Fontaines D.C. - Favourite

Edited December 9, 2024 by baggie92
Added song of the year

[Giraffe Man]

No order 

 

Jack White- No Name 

London Grammar- The Greatest Love 

Ezra Collective- Dance, No One’s Watching 

Waxahatchee- Tigers Blood 

St Vincent- All Born Screaming 

Fontaines DC- Romance 

The Cure- Songs From A Lost World 

MJ Lenderman- Watching Fireworks 

Kendrick Lamar- GNX

Kelly Lee Owens- Dreamstate

[Avalon_Fields]

1. Waxahatchee Tigers Blood

2. Jack White No Name

3. Vampire Weekend Only God Was Above Us

4. Brittany Howard What Now

5. Sam Lee Songdreaming

6. Avett Brothers XXX

7. Future Islands People Who Aren’t There

8. Kings of Leon Can We Please Have Fun

9. English Teacher This Could Be Texas

10. Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard

…I should have added The Cure somewhere…

 

Seeing Future Islands at Bearded Theory made me realise I’d need to check out their albums and I love them, I don’t even know why but I find this song from their latest album very moving and I’ve played it more than anything else this year: Corner of my Eye

Edited December 9, 2024 by Avalon_Fields
The Cure

[foolee]

1. Fontaines D.C. - Romance

2. Amyl & The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness

3. Green Day - Saviors

4. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy 

5. Jack White - Noname

6. Kneecap - Fine Art

7. Soft Play - Heavy Jelly

8. Better Lovers - Highly Irresponsible 

9. Lauran Hibberd - Girlfriend Material

10. Twenty One Pilots - Clancy

 

I did also enjoy High Vis & Bob Vylan but not enough to make the cut. 

Edited December 9, 2024 by foolee

[Olshansky]

These are my picks 

 

1 - Kim Gordon, The Collective 

2 - King Hannah, Big Swimmer 

3 - Moin, You Never End

4 - Font, Strange Burden

5 - Gurriers, Come and See 

6 - Joan As Policewoman, Lemons Limes & Orchids 

7 - WH Lung, Every Inch of Earth Pulsates

8 - Jessica Pratt, Here in the Pitch

9 - Fontaines DC, Romance 

10 - Beth Gibbons, Lives Outgrown

 

song of the year, probably Girl So Confusing by Charlie XCX surprisingly. 

 

If i added another 10 it'd be 

 

11 - Haley Heynderickx, Seed of a Seed 

12 - New Dad, Madra 

13 - English Teacher, This Could Be Texas

14 - The Cure, Songs of a Lost World

15 - Willie Nelson, Last Leaf On The Tree

16 - Deary, Aurelia (EP)

17 - Bingo Fury, Bats Feet For a Window

18 - Adult Jazz, So Sorry So Slow

19 - Blue Bendy, So Medieval

20 - Girl and Girl, Call a Doctor 

Edited December 9, 2024 by Olshansky
Added stuff

[Titters]

Skee Mask - Resort

 

Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da

Naima Bock - Below a Massive Dark Land

Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown

Field Music - Limits of Language 

Moon Diagrams - Cemetery Classics

Kiasmos - II 

Porridge Radio - Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me

Jamie xx - In Waves. 

 

 

Absolutely ruckloads bubbling under... Joe Webb, William Basinski, Rebelski, Omari Jazz, Ezra Collective, Underworld, St Vincent, Local Natives, Jane Weaver....

 

 

Track of the Year... Probably "Gentle" by Naima Bock. 

[Ben7amin_]

God this is always so Hard -  So here is 20 albums i liked this year in no particular order but in capitals for some reason

 

 

CARIBOU - HONEY

NEW DAD - MADRA

SPRINTS - LETTER TO SELF

AMYL & THE SNIFFERS - CARTOON DARKNESS
THE SMILE - WALL OF EYES

KNEECAP - FINE ART

KENDRICK LAMAR - GNX

NIA ARCHIVES - SILENCE IS LOUD
ENGLISH TEACHER - THIS COULD BE TEXAS

FONTAINS DC - ROMANCE

MANNEQUIN PUSSY - I GOT HEAVEN

DROP 7 - LITTLE SIMZ

BOB VYLAN - HUMBLE LIKE THE SUN

FLOATING POINTS - CASCADE

MGMT - LOSS OF LIFE

LIME GARDEN - ONE MORE THING

JON HOPKINS - RITUAL

FOUR TET - THREE

JUSTICE - HYPERDRAMA
IDLES - TANGK

[Chapple12345]

Albums of the year - far too many to choose from but the top 5 that springs to mind are: 

Romance - Fontaines DC

Prelude to Ecstacy - The Last Dinner Party 

Tangk - Idles 

Brat - Charli XCX 

3AM (La La La) - Confidence Man 

 

Some of my songs of the year: 

In The Modern World - Fontaines DC

Good Luck Babe - Chappell Roan

Burn Alive - The Last Dinner Party

Aw Shoot - CMAT 

We Make Hits - Yard Act

And my ultimate guilty pleasure - Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter 

 

 

 

[Punksnotdead]

Really excellent year for albums, my top 4 in particular are right up there with my favourite albums of the last 10 years:

 

1. Bright Eyes - Five dice, all threes

2. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood 

3. Fontaines DC - Romance

4. The Cure - Songs from a lost world 

5. Withered Hand & Katherine Williams - Wilsson/Williams 

6. Arab Strap - I'm totally fine with it...

7. NewDad - Madra

8. Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd da

9. Sprints - Letter to self

10. Camera Obscura - Look to the east, look to the west 

 

Honourable mentions to Grandaddy, English Teacher, James and Frank Turner 

[Pipine]

I tend not to listen to whole albums, I have a very Spotify curated listening habit.. I should look up all the albums I’ve missed (and try not to skip through them after the first few bars don’t grab me).

 

Having said that some albums did end up being played a lot this year…

 

Both Brat albums - Charli XCX

Hit me hard and soft - Billie Eilish

Patterns in Repeat - Laura Marling

Radical Optimism - Dua Lipa

 

I think my favourite song was probably 360 by Charli XCX.. followed very closely by Girl, So Confusing feat Lorde.

 

Edited December 9, 2024 by Pipine