I’m still listening to new music! In fact, Recommended Albums of July 2024 is an unexpectedly packed grip of tunes. At first I was having a little trouble filling it out, but after listening to a few records that were either recommended widely or from friends, slowly this list eclipsed the prerequisite 10 records and moved to 13. Not too shabby! Summer is usually a super dead period, in my experience anyways. August is somewhat shaping up to be that way as well, but you never know. Sometimes you just have to keep digging and you’ll find something extraordinary.

What you’ll find below are some stellar new albums for this year, my favorites overwhelmingly being from Brijean and Cassandra Jenkins, two all-stars on this blog to begin with (and 2021 favorites, to boot!). Nice to have a few self-released projects on the list as well, along with stars from big to small. I’ve got it all this month – take a gander and stay a while.

berlioz – open this wall [Self-Released]
There’s a band geek out on the dance floor but dang they can move though, operating on a level of peace that most of us will never know.
[YouTube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCSMJ_n07Ds&list=OLAK5uy_kyxsax8AFrFvnDvixyCkTfaIIXCbHRKms&index=4]

Brijean – Macro [Ghostly International]
Someone spiked the essential oil diffuser with lite psychedelics and now your aromatherapy session at the beachside resort has turned into a humid journey to find your inner self.

Cassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Destroyer [Dead Oceans]
As we’re all made from stardust, the ancient stars above have already picked out what we’re destined for in life. Letting ourselves be swept up into the prophecies of our own starborne fate.

Clothing – From Memory [Self-Released]
Grappling with the heightened, hysteric emotions chronicled across the world on the last days of the human race. A long gone conclusion, the majority of humanity embraces it with acceptance.

Denzel Curry – King of the Mischievous South, Vol. 2 [Loma Vista]
Fat bass to cleanse the soul. Rich, deep-fried food at the highest volume.

長谷川白紙 Hakushi Hasegawa – Mahōgakkō [Brainfeeder]
Oh so you like every kind of music, huh? Then you can listen to all of it at once.

Johnny Blue Skies – Passage Du Desir [High Top Mountain]
Taking a month of vacation after the most grueling four years of work, taking advantage of downtime but also reckoning with the toll its taken on your body. A soothing dip with a numbing elixir in hand.
[YouTube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKjxrlC-teA]

Joshua Chuquimia Crampton – Estrella por estrella [Self-Released]
The sun, ever so slightly tilted off its axis, moves centimeters closer to the Earth, brilliantly singeing those unlucky enough to be in its wake off the map. A holy baptism of stellar flames.

Kiasmos – II [Erased Tapes]
A monolith found in an icy taiga emits inaudible sonic ripples that influences bird migration patterns in its surrounding area. An undulating cloud of birds hovers over a clearing, attempting to communicate the monolith’s message.

Navy Blue – Memoirs in Armour [Freedom Sounds]
Snapping out of a stupor and realizing how many ways you’ve been wasting your time with pointless rituals and empty pleasure pursuits.
[YouTube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiMUWMqRMYY]

salute – TRUE MAGIC [Ninja Tune]
Your obsession with the arcade racing game bleeds into your everyday life: your vision’s saturation goes way up, you drive your own car with reckless gusto, palm trees sprout parallel to every road you drive on and a propulsive soundtrack is pumped out of nowhere wherever you go.

Total Blue – Total Blue [Music From Memory]
Accidentally fell into the scanner and found a bizarro dimension in the middle of a workday.

Wand – Vertigo [Drag City]
Distressed clouds smeared across a vast sky, a once-blazing sunset’s embers near-extinguished illuminate the place you’re the most at home. It’s the last time you’ll be here for a long while.

GR8 SONGS OF JULY 2024::

• Ben Böhmer – “Hiding (feat. Lykke Li)”
• berlioz – “hot slow”
• Brijean – “Breathe”
• Brijean – “Laura”
• Brijean – “Scenic Route”
• Cassandra Jenkins – “Aurora, IL”
• Cassandra Jenkins – “Clams Casino”
• Cassandra Jenkins – “Delphinium Blue”
• Cassandra Jenkins – “Omakase”
• Cassandra Jenkins – “Only One”
• Clothing – “Afternoon Television (feat. Amber Coffman)”
• Clothing – “Still Point (feat. L’Rain)”
• Clothing – “Sunset? (feat. L’Rain & Elliott Skinner)”
• Denzel Curry – “HIT THE FLOOR (feat. Ski Mask The Slump God)”
• Denzel Curry – “HOODLUMZ (feat. A$AP Rocky & PlayThatBoiZay)”
• Denzel Curry – “HOT ONE (feat. TiaCorine & A$AP Ferg)”
• Girl Ultra – “blu”
• Girl Ultra – “blush”
• Girl Ultra – “guapa”
• 長谷川白紙 Hakushi Hasegawa – “Boy’s Texture”
• 長谷川白紙 Hakushi Hasegawa – “Mouth Flash (Kuchinohanabi)”
• Johnny Blue Skies – “Jupiter’s Faerie”
• Johnny Blue Skies – “Mint Tea”
• Joshua Chuquimia Crampton – “Acidito”
• Joshua Chuquimia Crampton – “Unifying Force”
• Kiasmos – “Sailed”
• Navy Blue – “Say The Word”
• Navy Blue – “Slow”
• salute – “lift off (feat. Disclosure)”
• salute – “maybe it’s u (feat. Sam Gellaitry)”
• salute – “perfect (feat. LEILAH)”
• salute – “system”
• Total Blue – “Chaparral”
• Total Blue – “Heart of the World”
• Total Blue – “Jaguarundi”
• Wand – “Miseltoe”
• Wand – “Smile”
• Yu Su – “Avanvera”