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.
It’s not always easy for a band with such a plethora of ideas to integrate them so smoothly. Without the strength of their songwriting, Mandatory Enjoyment could come off as a hollow list of reference points that dissipate the moment the record ends. That is decidedly not the case here, as each touchpoint is confidently held in veneration.
Sometimes all that has come before can’t prepare you for what comes next, which could be said about Mandatory Enjoyment, Dummy’s full length debut, out October 22nd via Trouble In Mind Records (Mountain Movers, FACS). It’s not so much that they’ve taken a hard stylistic turn from their EPs as much as they’ve distilled it down to perfection.
The time to catch up on the unabridged Post-Trash “Year In Review” has arrived, with all the releases we’ve grown to know and love over the past twelve months, from the smallest of DIY tape releases to the buzz bands and beyond. It’s all here… mostly. This is our comprehensive guide to our favorite records of the year without a pre-determined length.
