The most anticipated new albums for 2024

3 June 2024, 17:39 | Updated: 17 July 2024, 12:32

Radio X looks at the artists that will be coming back with new material in the next twelve months... Snow Patrol, Blossoms, Kasabian and more...

By Radio X

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2024's new album releases promise an eclectic mix of albums across genres - from established acts exploring new creative dimensions to rising stars pushing the boundaries of music, the year is set to deliver an array of treats.

Here's what's definitely on the album release schedule for the rest of 2024 - and who we think could be dropping an album at some point in the next twelve months...

1. 86TVs - 86TVs: release date 2nd August 2024

   • The band – consisting of Maccabees alumn Hugo and Felix White, their brother Will White and drummer Jamie Morrison (Noisettes and Stereophonics) – issue their debut album in August.
   • They have launched the album with a new single Tambourine:
   

   86TVs - Tambourine (Official Music Video)

2. Beabadoobee - This Is How Tomorrow Moves: release date 16th August 2024

   • Beatrice Laus issues her third album, the follow-up to 2022's Beatopia, in August.
   • The single Take A Bite is a former Radio X Record Of The Week.
   

   beabadoobee - Take A Bite (Official Music Video)

3. London Grammar - The Greatest Love: release date 13th September 2024

   • The fourth album from the trio is the follow-up to 2021's Californian Soul.
   • Two tracks have already been issued as singles: House and Kind Of Man.
   

   London Grammar - Kind Of Man (Official Visualiser)

4. Snow Patrol - The Forest Is The Path: release date 13th September 2024

   • The Forest Is the Path is the band's first studio release in six years and is set for release in September 2024.
   • Garry Lightbody says the record is “an album rooted in reflection, introspection and interrogation” and is about “the idea of love from the distance of time."
   • The lead single is called The Beginning - take a listen here:
   

   Snow Patrol - The Beginning (Lyric Video)

5. Blossoms - Gary: release date 20th September 2024

   • The fifth album from the Stockport superstars will be issued in September.
   • It's the follow-up to 2022's Ribbon Around The Bomb.
   • The video for the title track features an appearance from Everton manager Sean Dyche, plus the band's mate Rick Astley and carries on from the clip for What Can I Say After I'm Sorry.
   • The band play an enormous show at Manchester's Wythenshawe Park on Sunday 25th August 2024.
   

   Blossoms - Gary

6. Jake Bugg - A Modern Day Distraction: release date 20th September 2024

   • The Nottingham singer-songwriter's follow up to the 2021 album Saturday Night, Sunday Morning, is set for release in September.
   • The first single is the former Radio X Record Of The Week, Zombieland.
   

   Jake Bugg - Zombieland (Official Video)

7. Coldplay - Moon Music: release date 4th October 2024

   • The veteran British band's tenth album will be released in October.
   • The first single is feelslikeimfallinginlove, which is released on 21st June.
   • The vinyl release of Moon Music will be made from recycled plastic bottles!

   

8. Courteeners - Pink Cactus Cafe: release date 25th October 2024

   Courteeners' seventh album is the follow-up to 2020's More. Again. Forever. and will be released on 25th October 2024. Take a listen to the first single, Solitude Of The Nightbus here:

   

   Courteeners - Solitude Of The Night Bus (Official Video)

9. Sam Fender - TBC

   • Sam has announced that he's taking his time over the follow-up to 2021's Seventeen Going Under.
   • He told Sky Arts recently: "I’d rather it be late and great than early and s****. What we have got so far I am absolutely over the moon with but I want to give it that bit more time and more thought.”
   • Fender's most recent music has been the collaboration with Noah Kahan, Homesick:
   

   Noah Kahan & Sam Fender - Homesick (Official Lyric Video)

10. Catfish & The Bottlemen - TBC

    • Van McCann has returned with a new tune, Showtime.
    • It's the first new material since 2019's album The Balance and details of their fourth album are expected any day.
    • The band will headline Reading and Leeds festivals in August and have announced dates for Cardiff and Edinburgh this summer.
    

    Catfish and the Bottlemen - Showtime

11. The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World: release date TBC

    • It's now over a year since Robert Smith and co began premiering new tracks from The Cure's long, long-awaited fourteenth album and the band have been playing them on their North and South American live dates this year. Could 2024 be finally the year we get a new Cure record?
    

    The Cure - ENDSONG - Shows Of A Lost World - Live Mix 2022 #4 [Multi Lyrics - MultiCam]

12. Brandon Flowers - TBC

    • The Killers frontman told NME: “I’m making a solo record right now! I almost had it wrapped up. I feel like it embodies a little bit of my first two solo records, but obviously there’s so much more living that I’ve done in the seven years since my last effort. I’ve got a lot more insight and things that I’ve absorbed. I’m really loving how it’s turning out.”
    • This would be the follow-up to 2010's Flamingo and 2015's The Desired Effect.
    • Meanwhile, The Killers dropped a preview of a new track on Christmas Day 2023, but it's not known yet if this is part of a full album, or another stand-alone release like Your Side Of Town. Some Killers commentators have noted that this may be a song Flowers has referred to called We Did It In The Name Of Love.

    Santa’s got a brand new song in his bag. Merry Christmas! pic.twitter.com/x0P7rP0e3E

    — The Killers (@thekillers) December 25, 2023