The Quietus Albums of the Year 2024

Published: December 02, 2024 07:30 Source

# 1

Norther by Ex-Easter Island Head

Album • May 17 / 2024

# 2

Tristwch Y Fenywod by Tristwch Y Fenywod

Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Avant-Folk Neofolk

# 3

You Never End by Moin

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Experimental Rock Post-Rock

# 4

13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips by Xiu Xiu

Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Experimental Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 6

If I Dont Make It, I Love U by Still House Plants

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Experimental Rock Post-Rock

# 7

Spectral Evolution by Rafael Toral

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Ambient Electroacoustic

# 8

The Shovel Dance by Shovel Dance Collective

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 English Folk Music Progressive Folk

# 9

Muuntautuja by Oranssi Pazuzu

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Avant-Garde Metal

# 10

Filthy Underneath by Nadine Shah

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Art Rock Art Pop Gothic Rock

# 11

To All Trains by Shellac

Album • May 17 / 2024 Post-Hardcore Noise Rock

# 12

Forgiveness Is Yours by Fat White Family

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia

# 13

Atlas of Green by Dialect

Album • Sep 20 / 2024 Progressive Electronic Post-Minimalism

# 14

At Fargrounds by Jacken Elswyth

Album • May 17 / 2024

# 15

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 16

What Is Not Strange? by Tashi Wada

Album • Jun 07 / 2024

# 17

Charm by Clairo

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Soft Rock Sophisti-Pop

# 18

Rhetoric & Terror by Nonpareils

Album • Sep 20 / 2024

# 19

Spot Land by Gnod

Album • May 31 / 2024 Drone Psychedelic Rock

# 20

Nothing Will Grow in the Soil by Sealionwoman

Album • Sep 13 / 2024

# 21

Orchards of a Futile Heaven by The Body + Dis Fig

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Death Industrial Post-Industrial

# 22

Iechyd Da by Bill Ryder-Jones

Album • Jan 12 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 23

Springs Eternal by William Doyle

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Indie Rock Art Pop

# 24

MO LÉAN by RÓIS

Album • Oct 04 / 2024

# 25

Rampen (Apm: alien pop music) by Einstürzende Neubauten

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Post-Industrial

# 28

Perpetual Musket by Elijah Minnelli

Album • Jun 21 / 2024

# 29

Your Truth is a Lie by Eros + Rosa Anschütz

Album • Nov 01 / 2024

# 30

Anemones by Xylitol

Album • Jul 05 / 2024 Breakcore IDM

# 31

Night Reign by Arooj Aftab

Album • May 31 / 2024 Chamber Folk Chamber Jazz

# 32

Delights of My Life by Eric Chenaux Trio

Album • May 31 / 2024

# 33

Marciology by Roc Marciano

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 East Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Drumless

# 35

Learning to Swim on Empty by Wu-Lu

EP • May 17 / 2024 Downtempo Trip Hop

# 36

Cellophane Memories by Chrystabell + David Lynch

Album • Aug 02 / 2024 Ambient Pop

# 37

In E by Water Damage

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Drone Experimental Rock Noise Rock

# 38

Love in Constant Spectacle by Jane Weaver

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Psychedelic Pop Art Pop

# 39

Vajranala by Senyawa

Album • Jun 14 / 2024

# 40

Cloudward by Mary Halvorson

Album • Jan 19 / 2024 Avant-Garde Jazz Chamber Jazz

# 41

Stífluhringurinn by Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson

Album • Jun 21 / 2024

# 42

A Firmer Hand by Hamish Hawk

Album • Aug 16 / 2024

# 43

GNX by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Nov 21 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop

# 44

The Tumbling Psychic Joy of Now by Holy Tongue + Shackleton

Album • Aug 23 / 2024

# 45

3 by Saagara + Wacław Zimpel + Giridhar Udupa

Album • Oct 18 / 2024

# 47

Rong Weicknes by Fievel Is Glauque

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Progressive Pop Jazz Pop Art Pop

# 48

Active Agents and House Boys by British Murder Boys

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Industrial Techno EBM

# 49

Jürg Frey: String Quartet No. 4 by Quatuor Bozzini

Album • Jan 23 / 2024

# 50

The Collective by Kim Gordon

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Industrial Hip Hop Experimental Rock Noise Rock

# 51

BLUE LIPS by ScHoolboy Q

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 52

Queridão by Dj Anderson do Paraiso

Album • Mar 01 / 2024

# 53

Sleep Well by Persher

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Industrial Metal Sludge Metal

# 54

The Obsession With Her Voice by Erika Angell

Album • Mar 08 / 2024

# 55

Viewfinder by Wendy Eisenberg

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Avant-Garde Jazz Chamber Jazz