2024 was another topper of a year for records! Of course, life, live music, YouTubers (mainly Seeking A Thread and the utterly endearing Baggy Hi-Fi!) and football got in the way so loads of amazing records only got only one or two spins. I'm planning on catching up with them all when I retire. As usual, all titles are links to the records. Here's hoping 2025 brings half as many treats!
New Albums
The Softies "The Bed I Made" (Father/Daughter)
Stephen Pastel and Gavin Thomson "This Is Memorial Device" (Domino)
Tia Rosa "Misterio Lounge 3000" (Inscrutable)
Mo Dotti "opaque" (self-released)
Beth Gibbons "Lives Outgrown" (Domino)
The Bevis Frond "Focus On Nature" (Fire)
Ulla & Ultrafog "It Means A Lot" (Motion Ward)
Amy Rigby "Hang In There With Me" (Tapete)
Simon Joyner "Coyote Butterfly" (Grapefruit)
Dummy "Free Energy" (Trouble In Mind)
Rachel Love "Lyra" (The Cat Collects)
Mt. Misery "Love In Mind" (Prefect)
Thee Heart Tones "Forever & Ever" (Big Crown)
Belong "Realistic IX" (Kranky)
Various Artists "Two Two Seven" (Prefect)
There aren't any stats to prove it but I'm pretty sure the April Magazine song, above, from "Two Two Seven" was my most listened-to song of the year.
New Singles / e.p.s
Seefeel "Everything Squared" 12" & "Squared Roots" CD (both Warp)
The Embrooks "Terry and Julie" 7" (Disques Rogue)
The Cords "Bo's New Haircut" cassette (Heavenly Creature)
JJ and The A's "Eyeballer" 7" (La Vida Es Un Mus)
Thee Heart Tones "No Longer Mine b/w Cry My Tears Away" 7" (Big Crown)
Added Dimensions "Time Suck / Hellbent EP" 7" (Domestic Departure)
Emilia Sisco, Cold Diamond & Mink "Let Me In" (Timmion)
Florence Adooni "Uh-Ah Song" 7" (Philophon)
Rosettes "Souvenir" 7" (Timmion)
The Crystal Teardrop "By The River" 7" (Popclaw)
Little Skull "s/t" 7" (Horn of Plenty)
The Gabys "s/t" 7" (fruits & flowers)
Selfsame "s/t" & Zero key "s/t" 12"s (both False Aralia)
Cindy "Swan Lake" 12" (Tough Love)
Reissues
Birdie "Some Dusty" lp (Slumberland)
Naoki Zushi "IV" 2*lp (World of Echo)
Eddie Marcon "Yahho no Potori" lp (A Colorful Storm)
Ozean "Ozean" 12" (Numero Group)
Linda Smith "I So Liked The Spring" & "Nothing Else Matters" lp (Captured Tracks)
Guided By Voices "Tonics + Twisted Chasers" lp (Superior Viaduct)
Roy Montgomery "Temple IV" 2*lp (Kranky)
Simon Joyner "The Cowardly Traveler Pays His Toll" (Homeless)
Windy & Carl "Consciousness" lp (Kranky)
Twelve Cubic Feet "Straight Out The Fridge" lp (Sealed)
Spoonfed Hybrid "Spoonfed Hybrid (30th Anniversary Edition)" 2*lp (4AD)
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