Arriving just in time for Xmas, the famous Piccadilly Records Vinyl Compilation returns for 2024. Featuring 13 stunning tracks from artists included in the top 30 of our Albums Of The Year chart.
Also check out our (new for this year) sibling compilation, '
Piccadilly Records Nightfall Compilation 2024'
Or the ultimate Xmas stocking filler; both of our 2024 compilations bundled together at a discounted price of £29.99!
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: Culling tracks from artists in our EOY Top 30 chart, the Piccadilly Records Compilation 2024 couldn’t really start with anything but “Favourite”, the sun-dappled closer from Fontaines D.C.’s superb new album’. It’s a warm, impeccably melodic piece that works just as well introducing the collection here as it does rounding out ‘Romance’. Next up, and an appropriate follower to the sunshine sounds of FDC, Horsebeach with my favourite track from his stunning new album, ‘Things To Keep Alive’. “In The Shadow Of Her” sees the ‘Beach in full swing, with huge hooks and soaring distorted washes giving way to shimmering jangle and rolling bass. The killer duo of Nilüfer Yanya’s “My Method Actor” and DIIV’s “Brown Paper Bag” continue the quiet / loud formula too, with the former’s funky dual basslines and syncopated percussive swing perfectly setting up for the slo-mo chug and airy dreamlike vocal wooze of the latter. We’ve not quite finished on the A-side though, with Tony Allen’s percussive and collaborative skills turning Yannis Philippakis’ project into a fascinating fusion of funk, Afrobeat and jazz, before Hamish Hawk brings us back to earth with the minimalistic majesty of “Juliet As Epithet”.
As we flip over, things get a little more intense with the pummeling noise and punky throb of BIG SPECIAL’s “THIS HERE AIN’T WATER”, perfectly tenderising the ears before the funky slap bass and lyrical fire of “Better Way To Live” from KNEECAP’s narrative masterpiece ‘Fine Art’. We’ve got a pretty special little addition from Goat here too, with a vinyl exclusive edit of the fabulous “Goatbrain”! Mount Kimbie up next with synth swells and snapping, saturated drum machines sitting beneath King Krule’s distinctive vocals, resulting in something that perfectly sits between the oeuvre of both artists, leading nicely into “Guess It’s Wrecked” from Moin, both brilliantly avant garde and staggeringly propulsive. That leaves us the iconic duo of Adrienne Lenker’s perfectly titled, tentatively optimistic “Sadness Is A Gift” from her evocative new album, and the throbbing stadium bliss of W.H. Lung’s ‘I Will Set Fire To The House’.
TRACK LISTING
Side A:
Fontaines D.C. “Favourite”
Horsebeach “In The Shadow Of Her”
Nilüfer Yanya “Method Actor”
DIIV “Brown Paper Bag”
Yannis & The Yaw (Feat. Tony Allen) “Walk Through Fire”
Hamish Hawk “Juliet As Epithet”
Side B:
BIG SPECIAL “THIS HERE AIN'T WATER”
KNEECAP (Feat. Grian Chatten) “Better Way To Live”
Goat “Goatbrain - Radio Edit”
Mount Kimbie (Feat. King Krule) "Boxing"
Moin (Feat. Olan Monk) “Guess It’s Wrecked”
Adrianne Lenker “Sadness As A Gift”
W.H. Lung “I Will Set Fire To The House”
It's that time of year again, and if the return of our annual Piccadilly Records EOY vinyl wasn’t exciting enough, this year we have a sibling ‘Nightfall’ compilation too, taking in clubbier electronic vibes.
