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2024 Top Twelve Golden Biscuits


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What a year for music. Too many albums, too few days. Welcome to my first official year-end Top Twelve Golden Biscuits. Here, I’ll attempt to create some sort of catalog where I rank my favorite albums of the year. This year was the first time where I seriously considered ordering my list alphabetically instead of having some sort of hierarchy. In the end I caved. Below I have tried to include records across all genres that I loved and struggled to call one better than the other. Enjoy!




12. Friko – Where we’ve been, Where we go from here





11. Terry Gross –  Huge Improvement 





10. Charlie XCX – Brat 





9. Geordie Greep – The New Sound





8. Sote – Sound System Persepolis 




7. Final – What We Don’t See 





6. Ahmed] – Wood Blues





5. Container – Yacker





4. Lo.S.O – Posted



 


3. Glans – slow tree





2. Oranssi Pazuzu – Muuntautuja 






1. Smote – A Grand Stream




Here are some honorable mentions that I also loved from this year. Yes of course I'm missing some, but this already feels like too much: 


  • Sisso, Maiko – Singeli Ya Maajabu 

  • Knoll - As Spoken 

  • Tapir! - The Pilgrim, Their God and The King of My Decrepit Mountain

  • E L U C I D - Revelator 

  • Daisy Rickman - Howl

  • Winged Wheel - Big Hotel 

  • Lip Critic - Hex Dealer

  • Saagara – 3

  • Uniform - American Standard 

  • Rhodri Davies - Relics of the Horsehair Harp

  • Jaubi - A Sound Heart 

  • The Bug - Machine 

  • Erika Angell - The Obsession With Her Voice 

  • AG Cook - Britpop

  • Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee 

  • Squarepusher - Dostrotime

  • Charles Lloyd - The Sky Will Be There Tomorrow 

  • Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

  • Magic Tuber Stringband - Needlefall

  • Frontier Ruckus - On the Northline 

  • Still House Plants - If I don’t make it, I love u

  • The Marias - Submarine

  • William Doyle - Springs Eternal 

  • Avalanche Kaito - Talitakum

  • Fat White Family - Forgiveness Is Yours

  • Sealionwoman - Nothing Will Grow in the Soil

  • Jeff Parker - The Way Out of Easy

  • Gordan - Gordan

  • Polar Inertia - Environmental Control 





If you enjoyed this list, then check out my 2024 playlist at this link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sYtaMI4iq1fGwm5GImGJo?si=2363359af8f5492a 




Happy Holidays!
Nathan

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