FEATURE:
The Digital Mixtape
IN THIS IMAGE: The cover for Emmy Meli’s Hello Stranger
Songs from Fantastic E.P.s of 2024
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WHILST many of us can name….
our favourite albums of the year and recognise the ones that have made a big impression, there are not many discussing E.P.s from this year. So many have been released. I wonder whether we view them as highly and as important as albums. A sort of middle ground between a single and an album, it is a great opportunity for artists to collect singles together or put out a project before a full-length release. I think that an E.P., whether it is four, five or more tracks, can be more consistent and tight than an album. More focused in a lot of ways. Rather than mark the very best E.P.s of this year, I have collected songs from some wonderful examples. I know that if I tried to rank the very best I will miss some obvious ones out! Instead, enjoy some cuts from some brilliant E.P.s that arrived this year. You may recognise a few of the artists, though many will be new to you. Here are songs from some…
IN THIS IMAGE: The cover of Little Simz’s Drop 7
AMAZING E.P.s.