Editors' Choice for December 2024

Album cover for A Year With Club 8

A Year With Club 8

Darla / Darla Records

The venerable Swedish indie pop duo take an exciting swerve into crash pop territory on a typically hooky and sweet album.

— Tim Sendra

Album cover for In Dreams

In Dreams

Numero / Numero Group

The duo delve deeper into shoegaze's welcoming embrace while building out the arrangements using keyboards, noise, and even more space.

— Tim Sendra

Album cover for Seed of a Seed

Seed of a Seed

Mama Bird Recording Co.

After a six-year gap, the folkie's highly perceptive sophomore album finds her, endearingly, still sounding like no one else.

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for RAVE:N, The Remixes

RAVE:N, The Remixes

Warp
R&B

The R&B iconoclast reworks her brilliant 2023 album, expanding on its aquatic sound and club beats while maintaining the songs' intimacy.

— Paul Simpson

Album cover for The Night

The Night

Heavenly Recordings

Truly beautiful and moving ambient pop mini-triumph that's sad, nostalgic, and elegiac -- with lovely vocals by Sarah Cracknell and brilliant production throughout.

— Tim Sendra