Album Recommendations: 2024 Edition

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

CHEMTRAILS new record "the joy of sects" is out in 3 days.... catchy queer pop punk, probably a bit more pop than I would usually go for but they are v good live

Always the negative bummer . .I am far less keen on this LP than I was on the excellent Vultures and the Peculiar Smell Of The Inevitable. Maybe it will grow on me.

 

[neonwilderness]

New Arab Strap album out in May

 

[ddraig]

A lush LP from Cardiff
Beyond the Midnight Sun
Don Leisure featuring Amanda Whiting

 

[ddraig]

And another by a great Cardiff band

Youth Club by Junior Bill

https://juniorbill.bandcamp.com/album/youth-club

They did the launch in the community centre some of the record is about and gave 2 new/young bands, who practice there, sets on the night

 

[rutabowa]

Always the negative bummer . .I am far less keen on this LP than I was on the excellent Vultures and the Peculiar Smell Of The Inevitable. Maybe it will grow on me.

nah I'm not keen either, all the songs seem to do the same quirky trick which gets a bit irritating. also they say "titus andronicus" in exactly the same way as ian dury does "spasticus autisticus" which is a bit too obvious a rip off... I bet they will still be fun live though.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

nah I'm not keen either, all the songs seem to do the same quirky trick which gets a bit irritating. also they say "titus andronicus" in exactly the same way as ian dury does "spasticus autisticus" which is a bit too obvious a rip off... I bet they will still be fun live though.

I'm a bit gutted. The first lp and eps were a bit duff, but I was obsessed with the song vultures and two or three from the peculiar smell lp. Their banger hit rate just went up and up. . .but it seems to have stopped. I wasn't crazy about business class war, but it might be the best song on the LP.
The reviews seem to have been very positive though, so who am I to moan?

 

[plurker]

Rekab has a new album out. I think it may have come out very late 2023 but hey, I'm putting it here.

It's lovely warm squelchy spacey deep acid electro/techno - his stuff is always top notch and this is no different... so cosy

This is great, thanks for posting - this is a new artist to me.

 

[braindancer]

This is great, thanks for posting - this is a new artist to me.

He's prolific. My favourite of his is called Lost in Wires. Check it out....

 

[May Kasahara]

A lush LP from Cardiff
Beyond the Midnight Sun
Don Leisure featuring Amanda Whiting

This is fantastic, thanks for the tip

 

[May Kasahara]

New one from Mannequin Pussy is out in March and sounding pretty great.

 

[belboid]

Gruff Rhys & Ty Segal out tomorrow.

One sounds familiarly lush and the other magnificently raw.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Second one by The Smile out today too.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Polaroid Lovers by Sarah Jarosz - never heard of her before, but it's nice country-indie-rock from what I've heard so far:

 

[rutabowa]

the single off Drunk Mums upcoming lp is a ripper, intrigued:

they're like Chats and amyl and the sniffers older brothers who never made it big... hopefully this does it

 

[Buddy Bradley]

new sleater-kinney out today

Took a while to grow on me, but I think this is actually pretty good - not as immediate as No Cities To Love, but better than their last two:

 

[May Kasahara]

Polaroid Lovers by Sarah Jarosz - never heard of her before, but it's nice country-indie-rock from what I've heard so far:

Enjoying this (obvs )

 

[braindancer]

J Mascis has a new one out today.

Hmmm - it saddens me to say, as a huge Dinosaur Jr and Mascis fanboy that after a few admittedly distracted listens it seems a bit uninspiring....

It's perfectly pleasant of course - I can listen to J strumming away and crooning about being misunderstood and not being able to say the things he wants to - before letting rip with another one of his fuzzy solos all day - but nothing here has really jumped out and grabbed me.

I still love you though J.

 

[starfish]

New album out from Future Islands.

 

[hitmouse]

Debut EP from Grazia, fun punky stuff, one of them's ex-Sauna Youth if that helps at all?

 

[rutabowa]

I do remember Sauna Youth actually! that's good

 

[marty21]

New one that I saw on RYM and decided to check out - Shoelace & A Knot by yungatita, quite pleasant indie rock:

I like !

 

[braindancer]

The Closest Thing to Silence - Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer

Really beautiful album. Quite hard to describe - you could say it's ambient, but that doesn't really do it justice.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

And another by a great Cardiff band

Youth Club by Junior Bill

https://juniorbill.bandcamp.com/album/youth-club

They did the launch in the community centre some of the record is about and gave 2 new/young bands, who practice there, sets on the night

Rob is very talented.

 

[ddraig]

Rob is very talented.

Great guy too, very underrated

 

[SpookyFrank]

Afterlands, side project from the singer from the Phantom Band, have an album due out in May. First track out is a lovely bit of slowly disintegrating psych-folk.

 

[Indeliblelink]

New album of electro tracks and ambient interludes from Plant43 -

 

[neonwilderness]

Liking the sound of this from Beth Gibbons, album out in May

 

[May Kasahara]

Liking the sound of this from Beth Gibbons, album out in May

Very excited about this!

 

[Indeliblelink]

Paranoid London - Arseholes, Liars, and Electronic Pioneers
Dirty acid house/techno dancefloor groovers.

 

[braindancer]

Wow. If you like psychedelic space rock then be sure to check out this album from French band Slift.

It absolutely SLAYS. Playing in Brighton in a couple of weeks. Definitely getting a ticket...