The most anticipated new albums for 2024

3 June 2024, 17:39 | Updated: 20 November 2024, 14:29

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. 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)

2. 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)

3. 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.
   

   Blossoms - Gary

4. 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)

5. Maxïmo Park - Stream Of Life: release date 27th September 2024

   • The eighth album from the Newcastle band is due at the end of September.
   • It's the follow-up to 2021's Nature Always Wins.
   • Check out the track Quiz Show Clue here:
   

   Maxïmo Park - Quiz Show Clue (Official Video)

6. Pale Waves - Smitten: release date 27th September 2024

   • The fourth album from the Manchester indie rock band
   • It follows their 2022 album Unwanted
   

   Pale Waves - Gravity (Official)

7. The Smile - Cutouts: release date 4th October 2024

   • The third studio album from Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood's side-project arrives in October.
   • The album has been promoted with the tracks Don't Get Me Started, The Slip, Foreign Spies and Zero Sum.
   

   The Smile - Zero Sum (Official Music Video)

8. 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!

   

9. The Offspring - Supercharged: release date 11th October 2024

   • The eleventh album from the Californian punk band follows 2021's Let The Bad Times Roll.
   • The latest single from the album is Light It Up: take a listen here.
   

   The Offspring - Light It Up [Official Lyric Video]

10. James Bay - Changes All The Time: release date 11th October 2024

    • The fourth album from the Hitchin-born singer-songwriter.
    • It's the follow-up to 2022's Leap
    

    James Bay - Easy Distraction (Official Lyric Video)

11. 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)

12. Bastille - &: release date 25th October 2024

    • Dan Smith's band will issued their fifth album in four parts, with the whole album dropping on 25th October.
    • Their last outing was 2022's Give Me The Future.
    

    Bastille Presents “&” Trailer

13. Pixies - The Night the Zombies Came: release date 25th October 2024

    • The ninth studio album from the veteran alternative rockers and the fifth since their 2014 "comeback"
    • You’re So Impatient and Que Sera, Sera was a double-sided single, marking the band's first new music in two years.
    • The band's PR describes the songs as "a macabre and cinematic picture of American pop culture".
    

    Pixies - Que Sera Sera (Official Lyric Video)

14. Primal Scream - Come Ahead: release date 8th November 2024

    • Come Ahead is the latest studio effort to come from the Scottish band, marking their first new music in eight years since 2016's Chaosmosis.
    • Bobby Gillespie says of the album: "The title is a Glaswegian term. If someone threatens to fight you, you say, ‘come ahead!’ It’s redolent of the indomitable spirit of the Glaswegian, and the album itself shares that aggressive attitude and confidence."
    • Take a listen to the latest track, Deep Dark Waters:
    

    Primal Scream - Deep Dark Waters (Official Visualiser)