Your resident sappy emo boy shares his favorite tunes from the past year.

You know you’re aging when your playlist looks like a high school yearbook and your Spotify algorithm sighs in resignation. But somehow, I still found a few new songs that caught my ear this year. Give ’em a try (or don’t). I’m too busy reminiscing about the winter of '02 when I pissed next to Patrick Stump at the Empress Ballroom in Danbury, CT.
Here are 24 songs that came out in 2024 that I enjoyed.
The tunes
"All My Friends" by Katie Pruitt
"Headlights Home" by Mat Kearney
"Easy, Tiger" by The Damnwells
"She's Leaving You" by MJ Lenderman
"Right Back to It" by Waxahatchee
"Ephemeral Being" by Half Waif
"Alibi" by Hurray For The Riff Raff
"Carry The World" by Augustana
"I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All" by Father John Misty
"Baggage" by Kelsea Ballerini
"Virtue Misspent" by Owen
"Jean" by Hovvdy
"I Feel More Like Myself When I'm Losing It" by The Dangerous Summer
"SPEYSIDE" by Bon Iver
"Hopefully Pitchfork Doesn't Hear This" by Super American
"Forward To The Kill" by Sydney Ross Mitchell
"The Watcher" by Ruston Kelly
"Don't Forget Me" by Maggie Rogers
"Deeper Well" by Kacey Musgraves
"that's what time does" by Oso Oso
"Wearing Pants Again" by Annie DiRusso
"I'm In Love" by Slaughter Beach, Dog
"Gravity" by Pale Waves
"Split Screen" by Kings of Leon