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‘A folk music wolf in doom metal clothing’: readers’ favourite albums of 2024 so far

Following our rundown of the best albums in the first half of the year, you responded with your own suggestions, from Kali Malone to Kim Gordon

This lot sound like they’ve been having a sneaky peek at my own record collection: a dash of Canadian singer Veda Hille, a touch of Brit rocker Carina Round, even the whiff of Thea Gilmore’s recent spoken word pieces, and an almost prog-rock approach to structure. Photograph: By the band If majestic, hypnotic, minimalist doom metal settings of poems reflecting on themes of female alienation and challenging societal norms sounds intriguing, then please do yourself a favour and check out Big Brave’s latest album, A Chaos of Flowers. Kim Gordon is just as relentlessly experimental as she ever was, integrating trap beats and leftfield noise to produce an album of stunning quality with no filler that stands alongside the best of her work with Sonic Youth.

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