The 10 BEST Albums of 2024... SO FAR!

[@KyrosOfficial]

Thanks so much for showing us the love! Excellent list, we are glad you've enjoyed the album as much as we loved making it! ❤

[@RhymeSignatures]

You've made a belter!! So many amazing songs one after the other, a genre-defining masterpiece!

[@almo-music]

Thank you so much for spotlighting the album again, I'm so happy to be featured along all these greats! ❤

[@RhymeSignatures]

Reconciliation still kicks my ass from start to finish every single time, one of the best of the 2020s!!

[@sgailemusic]

Legend! Thank you for showcasing the album again man, priveliged to be the dark horse of the year so far 😂

[@RhymeSignatures]

It's such an addictive ride!! Cannot get enough of it!

[@TheProgCorner]

Here we go!!!!!

[@CarlosBaroni]

Loved the list! I think the only one that I know from your list is the Reconciliation album from Almo (top 10, no doubt). Now I've new stuff to dig in. Thanks! Keep it going!

[@RhymeSignatures]

Oh you've got some seriously good albums to look forward to my friend!

[@SuperBlackdalhia]

Thanks I got some new stuff to listen to! Fully agree with your statement on DVNE.

[@RhymeSignatures]

Hell yeah 🤟🤟🤟

[@mwep415]

Men Guðs hond er Sterk has crept up to my number 2 so far, surprised to see it missing from yours!

[@RhymeSignatures]

Honestly I was surprised too! I think it's more an indication of how strong the competition is, rather than any slight against it though :)

[@DAnthony32]

Glad to see you rank the Sgaile album so highly now. Got onto him from one of your previous videos and absolutely loved it. Always appreciate the work you do.

[@RhymeSignatures]

Always appreciate the support you show! Super glad you vibed with Sgaile!

[@brantwinter915]

I am new to your stuff but holy crap have you highlighted some hidden gems I have not heard yet.. Amskray is incredible! And from there I am moving to Kyros.. Great stuff, keep up the amazing work!!

[@RhymeSignatures]

Delighted to have you around! Yeah, you're in for such a ride with Kyros, still handing high in my year's rankings!!

[@brantwinter915]

@@RhymeSignatures Amskray continues to blow me away!! Incredible stuff.. If you havent heard or checked out Plantoid you should get on that. It came out this year, the album is called Terrapath!!

[@RhymeSignatures]

@@brantwinter915 I have!! That's amazing amazing album 🥰🥰

[@maika9643]

Right Place, Wrong Person by RM is my fav so I definitely recommend it to everyone, it’s incredible

[@RhymeSignatures]

Not heard that! I'll check it out :)

[@wheelsofmercury]

I love your energy! Great list, mate! You’ve earned another subscriber.

[@RhymeSignatures]

Ayyyy 😎😎 appreciate it dude! Hope you enjoy your stay!

[@AutumnsEndMusic]

Another crushing video review to soak in. Seeing a big-picture of 2024 is a good waypoint. Great work, as always. Thanks, good sir!

[@RhymeSignatures]

It's my favourite video to do outside of the final year end list!!

[@derekj5580]

That SLIFT album sat on my Bandcamp wishlist for months before I finally decided what to do with it. Good call. Cover is simple but disquieting. The Sgaile album is my #1 for the year so far. Brilliant, joyous, uplifting.

[@RhymeSignatures]

Traverse the Bealach really is one of the best albums to come out in years, it's so so good

[@mutate34]

I like the bands Objections and Memorials that recently did evening sets on radio BBC6. Objections were kind of alt-rock/Sonic Youth ish and Memorials are a punkier Stereolab. Curious about getting/hearing more of Waxahatchee's one. In prog terms I'm not sure. Curious about anything this new Cardiacs line up/tribute and it's side projects might do I suppose. Curious about hearing more of Lava La Rue and Nilufer Yanya. I see on Bandcamp today American acoustic fingerstyle guitarist Yasmin Williams has a new album out this week. I'd love that.

[@RhymeSignatures]

Oooh, some stuff for me to explore there!

[@jeremysette3657]

Do an Honorable Mentions vid...you have to now! Love your list. Looking forward to digging into what I haven't heard yet. Here's mine: 1. The Lemon Twigs- "A Dream is All We Know" 2. Francis of Delirium- "Lighthouse" 3. Lizzy McAlpine- "Older" 4. Aquilus- "Bellum II" 5. Caligula's Horse- "Charcoal Grace" 6. Imminence- "The Black" 7. Kacey Musgraves- "Deeper Well" 8. Benjamin Francis Leftwich- "Some Things Break" 9. ALMO- "Reconciliation" I0. Arooj Aftab- "Night Reign" Honorable Mentions Amskray- "Die Happy" MGMT- "Loss of Life" Taylor Armstrong- "When it Rains" JJ Grey & Mofro- "Olustee" Andrew Bird- "Sunday Morning Put-On" Hot Water Music- "VOWS" Angus & Julia Stone- "Cape Forestier" The Decemberists- "As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again" Sykofant- "Sykofant" Greyhaven- "Stereo Grief"

[@RhymeSignatures]

What a fantastic selection of albums! A couple ones I've not heard yet too! 👀👀👀

[@StephaneGallay]

Great list and I love to listen to your passion for these albums. My thoughts on some of these: Slift is definitely on my top for this year. Sgaile and Kyros are really cool. Almo is nice, but feels way too much like Haken for my tastes. Alcest, Azure and Aquilus are definitely on my "to get" list.

[@RhymeSignatures]

Those three "A" artists will blow your mind! All SO good

[@StephaneGallay]

@@RhymeSignatures I tend to buy digital, but Azure digipack looks really nifty, I hope I'll find it in Paris in a couple weeks.

[@arnaudb.7669]

Great! Thanks

[@sVieira151]

Nice list! A few of those I haven't listened to and I need to rectify that, especially Sgaile and Kyrus🧐 I know you mentioned you had listened to the other Aquilus albums - I was curious how you'd rank the three of them? My top 10 so far are... I just realised I haven't listened to 10 albums in full this year. I need to remedy that 🥲

[@RhymeSignatures]

I would say Griseus = Bellum II > Bellum I if I was to rank them as I'm feeling right now :) I think you'll love Sgaile, it's such a grower!

[@airsicklowlandr]

Top 10 for me: Illyria - Wanderlust (FFO Alcest, Kardashev, Slice the Cake) Aquilus - Bellum II Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To Hippotraktor - Stasis (FFO the Ocean) Avralize - Freaks Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace DVNE - Voidkind Artificial Language - Distant Glow Greyhaven - Stereo Grief Casey - How to Disappear

[@RhymeSignatures]

That Knocked Loose album is fucking amazing

[@tonykuriger573]

Needs more Caligula's Horse.

[@RhymeSignatures]

They were creeping round the corner! Would have been there if I'd done a top 20 :)

[@JohnnyRecently]

Not in order: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - "The Last Human Being" Present - "This Is Not The End" Ellesmere - "Stranger Skies" The Aristocrats- "Duck" Big Big Train- " The Likes of Us" Celeste- "Echi Di Un Futuro Passato" Chronicles of Father Robin- "Book III" Aquilus- Bellum II Azure- Fym From December of 2023...Rubber Tea- "From A Fading World"

[@RhymeSignatures]

Some incredible picks there! Definitely some crossover with my honourable mentions 👀👀

[@zeroontology]

Nice to see Sleepytime Gorilla Museum get some attention!

[@cistvaen]

If you're a fan of the new Alcest, Sgaile Aquilus albums, you may enjoy our debut "At Light's Demise". Atmospheric black infused with death/doom FFO Agalloch, My Dying Bride, Winterfylleth, Swallow the Sun etc!

[@RhymeSignatures]

Sounds right up my alley, I'll check it out, thank you!

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

many I don't know!..However I do know Azure and Kyros of course...and I wishlisted thanks to Lorenzo at altprogcore, that Amskray album last month. I did give it a go, and I follow why you and others enjoy it. Just a few names, I am a little surprised were MIA..or could be on the Honorable Mentions? In Vain Persefone (if EPs qualify) Dirt Poor Robins

[@RhymeSignatures]

I generally don't include EPs, but the absence of DPR and IV would be solved if this was a top 20 ;)

[@TheProgCorner]

And ZERO crossover (well, I did have Azure and Kyros in my Honorable Mentions…) as predicted!!!!

[@RhymeSignatures]

Now I'm definitely excited to see yours!!

[@Hellenicheavymetal]

Top 6 for me would be: Alcest Ulcerate Wormwood Cistvaen Necrophobic Judas Priest

[@RhymeSignatures]

I love love LOVE Ulcerate, but I've not spent enough time with it yet! It's entirely possible it will be in my year end list though!

[@cistvaen]

Thanks for the mention!

[@amskrayband]

[@RhymeSignatures]

Y'all worked your way into my heart ❤️❤️

[@amskrayband]

@@RhymeSignatures and you in ours! 😁

[@G-Man01]

Hard to tell the name/spelling of many of these without proper tags.

[@gavin8489]

Incredible soyjak physiognomy. This man moderates at least 15 subreddits.

[@RhymeSignatures]

Honey please, it's around 27 at last count