From shoegaze to country, hyperpop to hip-hop, here find theVoguestaffs picks of the best albums of 2024.
Cook is arguably best known as your favorite pop stars secret weapon.
But its all done with such elegance that you cant help but find yourself being repeatedly drawn in.
Oh, and it soundsgreatin a car while driving at night.
Beyonce,Cowboy Carter
This aint Texas… but its onefirecountry album!
And if you havent cried-shouted to Skinny in your room yet, youre simply not living.
And maybe the real me.
And I think shes pretty.
(Kamala IS brat, anyone?)
Knowing that Charli is probably already one step ahead, planning her next giant leap for pop-kind.
But it isnt all rosy.
Opener Nomad twists the knife with Im touch-starved and shameless / But Id rather be alone than a stranger.
Love and lust, she reminds us, is just as thorny.
Hannah Jackson
Coco & Clair Clair,Girl
Bitchy, beautiful, your boyfriends favorite DJ.
But the record finds its strength in sly moments of sincerity and tenderness too.
Do you see me how I want you to see m?
Do you think I’m cool if I watch this movie?
goes a line in Gorgeous International Really Lucky.
Because hot girls get anxious too.
Her skill as a performer, though, is matched by the music.
It may have taken a while to get there, but Palladinos debut was firmly worth the wait.
Father John Misty,Mahashmashana
The indie singer-songwriter Father John Misty has never done neat and tidy.
And the songs can be really long.
Start with the orchestral title track which wanders through Mistys vision of apocalypse.
Stop off at the catchy Josh Tilman and the Accidental Dose which conjures the wry self-mythologizing of albums past.
(Im gon hit your business if its momentary blissness, he growls before gasping desperately for air.)
Its been a delight to witness.
These are bedroom pop songs that sound like theyve been dragged across a Texas prairie.
Really, though: Whats a band with a conscience and a point of view to do?
.well, merely shouty, screamy, and mosh-instigating, theyve advanced toward a new battlefront: love.
And thats something to shout about.
Seeing her perform this record live was nothing short of a revelation and punk as fuck.
L.G-F.
Kneecap,Fine Art
Failte!
Kneecap and their debut albumFine Artis conceptually built around riotous, drug-hazed nights in their beloved local.
Bars on I bhFiacha Linne are big and boisterous, while Im Flush is punky and electro.
This is true character and creativity that transcends genre.Comhghairdeas!A.C.
What makesImaginal Diskworth a listen?
Its wild concept and immersive, dreamlike soundscape.
In my opinion, itsjustthe sonic remedy the doctor ordered for the anxiety-inducing events of the past year.
The question remains: Are you ready for the imaginal disk to be inserted?
While his musical prowess is indisputable, its his wise-beyond-his-years songwriting that sets him apart.
Its weird and utterly wonderful.
But Apollo cant help but return to yearning.
Remi Wolf,Big Ideas
WithBig Ideas,Remi Wolf has done a lot of growing up.
On 2021sJuno,she dabbled with sobriety and discussed avoiding her exes.
Now, she may not be sober, but shes also not numbing herself to discomfort.
One of her best yet.
(When was the last time you put on Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa?)
A tight ten tracks: Keepers all of them.
RadioheadAmnesiac, PavementTerror Twilight, Modest MouseWe Were Dead Before the Ship Sanknone their best).
(A perfect puzzling together of Sad Boys and Drain Gang you might say.)
