25 Favorite EPs of 2024

A quick rundown of my favorite EPs of 2024. Same story as before. Numbers, but pretty arbitrary. Very subjective. Not many bandcamp / youtube embeds, because too many will cause the site to crash on mobile devices. Rosy Boa’s Love Truth Time is the EP of the year. I guess it’s a bit borderline whether it’s an album or EP with six songs and 25 minutes, but went with it anyway. What matters is that it’s wonderful. John Calvin Abney was the other that I considered for the first place, but that just came out so I went with the one that I already know by heart. But yeah, loving that John Calvin Abney EP a lot as well. Oh and there’s a playlist on Tidal and Spotify. Maybe some kind of favorite songs list still to come, but don’t know exactly when.

Spotify Playlist
Tidal Playlist

25 FAVORITE EPS OF 2024

25. Tiffany Williams & Dalton Mills – Wasted Luck

24. Jack Barksdale – Out of Order

23. Charlie Whitten – Nagra (Airloom)

22. Roger Bryan & The Orphans – Days or Nights

21. Johanna Samuels – First and the Last (Jealous Butcher Records)

20. Quinn Pilgrim – A Few More

19. Margaret Glaspy – The Sun Doesn’t Think (ATO Records)

18. Laura Jane Grace & The Mississippi Medicals – Give an Inch (Dial Back Sound)

17. Dagwood – Pollyanna Visions

16. Jeffrey Silverstein – Roseway (Arrowhawk Records)

15. Noeline Hofmann – Purple Gas (La Honda Records)

14. Jason Hawk Harris – Breakup Songs Are Love Songs Too Vol 1. (Bloodshot Records)

13. Jay William Henderson – The Teeth Beneath The Kiss

12. Adam Remnant – Sunrise at the Sunset Motel (Coiled Myth Records)

11. Apollo Ghosts – Amethyst (You’ve Changed Records)

10. Austin Stambaugh – Way Down Here on Earth (Anti-Corp)

9. Winter McQuinn & Acacia Pip – Recently I’ve Been Missing the Colour Green (Third Eye Stimuli Records)

8. Ariel, Mathias & Shotgun Jimmie – Hardly Working (BB*Island)

7. BenBen + Lily Desmond – White Elephant (Perpetual Doom)

6. Jake Nicoll – Ego Trip

5. Steel Fringe – Steel Fringe (Curation Records)

4. Joan Shelley – Mood Ring (No Quarter Records)

3. Wonder Women of Country – Willis, Carper, Leigh (Bismeaux Records)

2. John Calvin Abney – Shortwaving (Tin Canyon Records)

1. Rosy Boa – Love Truth Time

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10 Favorite Finnish EPs of 2024

A quick rundown of my favorite Finnish EPs. Same story as before. Numbers, but pretty arbitrary. Very subjective. Playlist on Tidal and Spotify. Oh and big praise to the Finnish EP of the year aka Kaikki on hattaraa by Huonosti puetut lapset. Absolutely loved it. One of my favorite Finnish releases of the year altogether. Considered it for the album category too, because it’s six songs and 26 minutes. It would have been in the top 10 among the albums too. I think it’s that good. A lot of other good ones here too. STINAKO had a gorgeous trilogy of EPs that share one spot here.

Spotify Playlist
Tidal Playlist (missing Huonosti puetut lapset)

10. Jenna-Marie Laine – Three Songs by

9. Juovat – Juovat EP

8. STINAKO – Mind / Body / Spirit (Soliti)

7. Jantso Jokelin – Taxi to a Housefire (Musakonttori)

6. Jean Ramsay – The Snowblind E.P.

5. The Plastic Tones – We’re All In This Together

4. Modem / Dragsvik – Miten täällä voi elää? (Modem Age Records)

3. Teini-pää – Mietin minne meet (Soit Se Silti)

2. Poni – Poni (Minna Records)

1. Huonosti puetut lapset – Kaikki on hattaraa

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35 Favorite Finnish Albums of 2024

Next up my favorite Finnish albums of 2024. I already had the 30 albums picked, but then Emilia Sisco threw a last minute curveball and released a great album. So I expanded this to a weird amount of 35 favorites, because I didn’t have the heart to remove any that I already had there. Almost went with 50 though, because even with 35 I had to leave out so many good ones. There’s more on the playlist, if it doesn’t feel like enough.

Again there’s numbers, but they are mostly arbitrary. So don’t take them too seriously. Music is love, not a competition. The first two were pretty clear, but after that I could have switched them endlessly. And the order of the first two is a bit difficult too, because I listened Hattara the most but on the other hand, half of that Leija Lautamaja album hit me harder than anything else I heard this year. Sinun takiasi, Ylpeästi sun, Jos jos and Ilman sua tää ei ois elämää is such a tremendous song quartet that in the end it felt like Sydän tuli piilosta had to be the Finnish album of the year.

As usual, this is entirely subjective. I don’t try make an objective best of or try to figure what will stand the test of time. It’s a snapshot of what I loved in December 2024. Even my own list might look somewhat different in a few months.

I didn’t write any blurbs, because I’m lazy and don’t have the time. And most would probably just check out what’s on the list anyway. There’s a Spotify and Tidal playlist if you are into such things. They actually have a lot more than 35 albums, because that was my draft for this. But I left them there as a giant bubbling under section. Maybe not wise because I know there’s stuff missing too. I didn’t add many Bandcamp / YouTube embeds, because if there’s a lot of them the site will either crash or take forever to load. At least on mobile devices. It would make it easy to check out the records, but not worth it due to those issues.

Samae’s album was a tricky one, because I love that he made it and I wished that it would have aged really poorly. Unfortunately we just saw that it’s still very relevant. So extra bonus points for that important album, even though it’s not on this list.

Spotity Playlist
Tidal Playlist

35 FAVORITE FINNISH ALBUMS OF 2024

35. Kot-kat – Yöruoan aikaan (Kazakstan)

34. Kansalainen – Ikuisen yön kaupungissa (Helmi Levyt)

33. V. Härkönen – Lähinnä selkeää (Soit Se Silti)

32. Pekka Laine – Pekka Laine & The Enchanted in Slumberland (Svart Records)

31. Kaspar – Calling the Waters (Soliti)

30. Tams – Tams

29. Rebekka Holi – Kukkaan (Booa Music)

28. Joose Keskitalo & The Mystic Revelation of Teppo Repo – Tähdet palaavat paikoilleen (Helmi Levyt)

27. Samanna – Mittasuhteet (Humu Records)

26. Arppa – Muovipussi kummittelee (Johanna Kustannus)

25. Henna Emilia Hietamäki – Luutarha (Soliti)

24. Penniless – Ego Catastrophe (Soit Se Silti)

23. Ystävät – Ystävät (KHY Suomen Musiikki)

22. Viive – Sen jälkeen kun (Mustik Motel)

21. Mikko Joensuu – Long Ark (Is This Art!)

20. Kaita Isäri Seppälä – Korpit kyselevät (Soit Se Silti)

19. Bad Sauna – Kerro sille miltä susta tuntuu (All That Plazz)

18. Inginmaa / Hypnomen – Maailma katoaa (Stupido Records)

17. Kielo Kärkkäinen – Näkijä (Texicalli)

16. Iron Country Sisters – Grace (Soit Se Silti)

15. Anis Kiitu – Kaihola (Humu Records)

14. Susanna Leppänen – Kaikki on kaikki (Panama-levyt)

13. Litku Klemetti – Funny Girl (Is This Art!)

12. Jari Raaste – Fresh! (Minna Records / Panama-levyt / Raastepöytä)

11. Kumma Heppu & Lopunajan Voidellut – Vain tuuli tänne jää (Rockadillo Records)

10. Essi Leppänen systeemi – Zverynasin talo (Helmi Levyt)

9. Amuri – Kun mä kotoa lähdin (Helmi Levyt)

8. Emilia Sisco – Introducing Emilia Sisco (Timmion Records)

7. Nightbird – Out of These Days (Nighttime Recordings)

6. Joni Ekman Group – Joni Ekman Group (Näkki-levyt)

5. Modem – Megalomania (Modem Age Records)

4. Rosita Luu – Yöeläin (Playground)

3. Viitasen Piia – Ihmisen aika (Utopiia)

2. Hattara – Ehkä me nähdään huomenna (Cotton Candy Company)

1. Leija Lautamaja – Sydän tuli piilosta (Leija Organs Records)

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