Hardcore/punk/metal veteran Chris Colohan of Cursed, Left For Dead, Ruination, and other bands has most recently been busy fronting SECT (whose lineup also includes Fall Out Boy/Racetraitor drummer Andy Hurley and members of Earth Crisis, Catharsis, Undying, Day of Suffering, and more), and they released one of this year’s best punk records with Plagues Upon Plagues. As the year comes to a close, Chris has now shared with us a list of his favorite albums of 2024, and his picks include The Cure‘s comeback album, the final album by LA punk vets X, Portishead singer Beth Gibbons‘ long-awaited solo album, PA noise punks Pissed Jeans, Toronto punks S.H.I.T., Oxbow offshoot Buñuel, Indiana rapper Freddie Gibbs, Tuareg artist Mdou Moctar, and the new trip-hop-leaning album from Chelsea Wolfe. His picks, in list form:
The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
Pissed Jeans – Half Divorced
X – Smoke & Fiction
Chelsea Wolfe – She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She
Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
S.H.I.T. – For A Better World
Buñuel – Mansuetude
Freddie Gibbs – You Only Die 1nce
Mdou Moctar – Funeral For Justice
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