2024 was certainly a good year for music and I couldn't commit to a specific genre in this review. There were phases when I listened to a lot of new electronic music, only to return to indie rock in the broadest sense and then favor singer/songwriters again.
Bill Ryder-Jones, an English singer-songwriter from Liverpool, released an album this spring that captivates with its beauty. Excellent songs across the board, reminiscent of the psych-folk of Gorky's Welsh Zygotic Mynci on the one hand and featuring sweet melodies, melancholy piano and strange tempo changes on the other. The album will probably go down as another overlooked masterpiece.
Anyone who thought Dublin's Fontaines D.C. would lose their stature after their fourth album was wrong. Here, too, they manage to write great songs. They have moved away from their early days, their songs are more differentiated and gather more inspiration. In the end, it even sounds as if they have covered an early song by The Cure. A consistently good album that loses none of its fascination even after repeated listens.
Justin Robertson released a few weeks ago Moon 1, the debut of his new project Five Green Moons. He moved away from his house controls and has dug deep in the sounds of PIL, Gang of Four, On-U Sound and Sabres of Paradise. He takes us to a dystopian disco where we share memories of dark post-punk echos.
Another album that stands out was the twelfth album by Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet Three. It touches on the many musical styles that he has already crossed before: Hip Hop, Down Beat, House. In the intro to ‘Skater’, my favorite number from ‘Three’, you can hear the rolling, drowned out by a looped guitar that meets synths reminiscent of 80's film soundtracks and voices somewhere far in the background, more echoes than vocals.
More songs next time.
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