My Favorite Records of 2024 (So Far)

Avoid the Year End Best Of rush, make a mid year list!

Here are the records that have remained in rotation and show signs of enduring into the months beyond. It’s been an amazing year for music so far, and there are plenty of records that were released in the first half of the year that will likely make my year end list.

Presented unranked, in order of release date:

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

Phasor - Helado Negro

elvis, he was Schlager - Church Chords

Bite Down - Rosali

Here in the Pitch - Jessica Pratt

Mayday - Myriam Gendron

Small Medium Large - SML

All of the above purchased on Bandcamp — go to live shows, buy records and merch from artists, do whatever you can to support them directly (n.b. as of this writing I am employed by Bandcamp).