At Staff Picks, our writers and editors round up their favorite albums of the month. Check out the best of April below.
We're almost halfway to 2024, can you believe it? April saw some of our favorite releases of the year so far, and we're not just talking about Sabrina Carptenter's “Espresso.”
Last month there was a lively comeback from San Vicente with Everyone is born screamingwhile Pearl Jam offered a great performance Dark matter. Meanwhile, several artists have emerged with some mid-career highlights: Hovvdy's new self-titled album is full of gorgeous, meditative tracks, and Bladee has hit a new record with his widescreen effort. cold visions. Oh, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross scored the new movie. Challengersand we can't get enough of the original score. and the Boyz Noise remix.
Listed in alphabetical order, here are the best albums of April 2024 selected by Consequence writers and editors.
Bladee— cold visions
Bladee and the rest of the Drain Gang have provoked something of a “do you understand it or you don't” response for the better part of a decade. However, with each passing project, it seems as if the Swedish rapper is converting more and more people to the drain path, and with the excellent cold visions, you will need a bigger church. The production is icy, direct, and filled with the kind of timbres that make your face cringe (just listen to tracks like “FLATLINE” or “ONE SECOND”). Meanwhile, Bladee and company play their part as expertly as ever, creating bars that could hide jokes or responses to the universe (“I'm violently abusing marijuana” being a clear highlight). If you've been circling the drain for the last few album cycles, cold visions It could be the one that finally brings you down. — Jonah Krueger
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