We're happy to present "Post-Trash's Staff Picks: The Best of 2024" as voted by the site’s wonderful contributors (including their individual lists). With 25 of our writers submitting their votes, we had 372 different records nominated and only the top four records received a collected score of sixty or higher.
Harm’s Way picks up where they left off and has improved their formula tremendously. In just 27 quick minutes, they create earworm after earworm, the kind of songs you can listen to over and over with a big smile on your face. The record is the perfect accompaniment for a bright spring day when the sun is shining and all is right in the world.
Modern Fiction, their latest release and their first full length, is jangular. Its bread and butter are trebly clean or chorus-pedaled guitar riffs combined with infectiously crafted open chord melodies. However, the attack of these riffs is frantic, and the album’s lyrical themes belie the initial optimism of their tone.
