The most anticipated new albums for 2024

26 February 2024, 18:17 | Updated: 28 February 2024, 11:03

Radio X looks at the artists that will be coming back with new material in the next twelve months... Kings Of Leon, Kasabian, The Zutons 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 next 12 months looks 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. Liam Gallagher and John Squire: release date 1st March 2024

   • The former Oasis singer and Stone Roses guitarist have already released two tracks: Just Another Rainbow and Mars To Liverpool.
   • The duo will head out on tour in March, including two dates at Manchester's O2 Apollo.
   • Read more: Liam Gallagher and John Squire's 2024 tour dates: Everything you need to know
   

   JUST ANOTHER RAINBOW. LIAM GALLAGHER JOHN SQUIRE. 5/1/24 #shorts #liamgallagher #johnsquire

2. Yard Act - Where's My Utopia? Release date 1st March 2024

   • The second album from the Leeds band is the follow-up to their 2022 debut Overload.
   • The album has been previewed by the singles Dream Job, Petroleum and We Make Hits.
   

   Yard Act - We Make Hits

3. Kaiser Chiefs’ Easy Eighth Album: Release date 1st March 2024

   • The Leeds band return for their - guess what - eighth studio album.
   • It's the follow-up to 2019's Duck.
   • The new material includes the Nile Rodgers co-write Feeling Alright, Jealousy, Beautiful Girl and Job Centre Shuffle.
   • Kaiser Chiefs have announced a full UK tour for April 2024.
   

   Kaiser Chiefs - Feeling Alright (Visualiser)

4. Everything Everything - Mountainhead: Release date 1st March 2024.

   • The Manchester band's seventh album follows Raw Data Feel from 2022
   • The band are on a UK tour in March and April 2024
   • Watch the video to the new single Cold Reactor here:
   

   Everything Everything - Cold Reactor (Official Video)

5. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes: release date 8th March 2024

   • William and Jim Reid release their eighth studio album.
   • It's their first studio effort in seven years, following 2017's Damage And Joy.
   • Their 1985 debut Psychocandy was one of the key albums of the 1980s.
   

   The Jesus And Mary Chain - Chemical Animal (Official Audio)

6. The Black Crowes - Happiness Bastards: Release date 15th March 2024

   • The Atlanta, Georgia rockers return wuth their first album of new material in 16 years.
   • To support their tenth studio album, the band will be playing a series of UK shows:
   • 14th May 2024 Manchester O2 Apollo
   • 15th May 2024 London Eventim Apollo
   • 17th May 2024 Newcastle O2 City Hall
   • 18th May 2024 Wolverhampton, The Civic at The Halls
   

   Wanting and Waiting

7. The Dandy Warhols - Rockmaker: Release date 15th March 2024

   • The garage rock revivalists are back with their twelfth studio album.
   • It's the follow-up to their three-hour-long 2020 album Tafelmuzik Means More When You're Alone.
   • The punsome Danzig With Myself single features Pixies man Black Francis.
   

   The Dandy Warhols - Danzig With Myself ft. Frank Black

8. Elbow - Audio Vertigo: release date 22nd March 2024

   • The band have confirmed a full UK tour in May 2024 to "accompany the release of their 10th album".
   • Their last release was 2021's Flying Dream 1.
   • The first single is called Lovers' Leap

   Watch the brand new video for elbow’s new single ‘Lovers’ Leap’ on the band’s official YouTube channel now: https://t.co/YPtzM2weYt pic.twitter.com/cDyWMpyxAx

   — elbow (@Elbow) February 6, 2024

9. Ride - Interplay: release date 29th March 2024

   • The British shoegaze pioneers are back with their third album since they reunited in 2015.
   • It's the follow-up to 2019's This Is Not A Safe Place.
   • The first single is Peace Sign.
   

   RIDE - Peace Sign (Official Visualiser)

10. Sum 41 - Heaven :x: Hell: Release date 29th March 2024.

    • The Canadian pop punk outfit fronted by Deryck Whibley are set to issue their final album.
    • They're due to play their very last show in Toronto on 30th January 2025.
    • Singles include Landmines and Rise Up.
    

    Sum 41 – Rise Up (Official Music Video)

11. The Libertines All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade: release date 5th April 2024

    • The band's fourth studio album is their first since 2015's Anthems For Doomed Youth
    • The new material was started in Jamaica and finished in February and March 2023 at their own Albion Rooms in Margate
    • Lead single Run Run Run is a former Radio X Record Of The Week
    

    Run Run Run

12. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us: release date 5th April 2024

    • The band - fronted by Ezra Koenig - have announced that they will issue two new songs, Capricorn and Gen-X Cops, on Friday 16th February.
    • The follow-up to Father Of The Bride, the new album was written by Koenig between 2019 and 2020 and the lyrical content reportedly concerns "20th Century New York".
    • Read more: Vampire Weekend announce new album Only God Was Above Us
    

    Only God Was Above Us (Album Trailer)

13. The Black Keys - Ohio Players: Release date: 5th April 2024

    • The twelfth album from Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney is the follow-up to 2022's Dropout Boogie.
    • Lead single Beautiful People (Stay High) has been a Radio X Record Of The Week.
    

    The Black Keys - Beautiful People (Stay High) (Official Lyric Video)

14. Feeder - Black/Red: Release date 5th April 2024.

    • A double album from Grant Nicholas and Taka Hirose is due in 2024
    • The band's twelfth album Torpedo was released in 2022
    • The band released two singles on the same day in October: ELF and Playing With Fire.
    

    Feeder - Playing With Fire

15. James - Yummy: Release date 12th April 2024

    • The veteran Manchester band issue their 18th studio album.
    • Last year, the band released the orchestral record Be Opened By The Wonderful to mark their 40th anniversary.
    • The first single Is This Love is out now.
    

    James - Is This Love (Official Audio)

16. The Zutons - The Big Decider: release date 26th April 2024

    • The Liverpool trio - comprised of frontman and guitarist Dave McCabe, drummer Sean Payne and saxophonist and Abi Harding - are set to release their fourth studio album The Big Decider.
    • Take a listen to the recent Radio X Record Of The Week, Creeping On The Dancefloor.
    

    The Zutons - Creeping On The Dancefloor (Official Video)

17. Kings Of Leon - Can We Please Have Fun: release 10th May 2024

    • The Followills return with their ninth studio album.
    • It's the band's first new material since their 2021 album When You See Yourself, which included the singles The Bandit and 100,000 People.
    • The lead single is Mustang - take a listen below.
    

    Kings Of Leon - Mustang (Official Music Video)

18. Paul Weller - 66: release date 24th May 2024

    • The Modfather's seventeenth album is the follow-up to 2021's Fat Pop (Volume 1)
    • Take a listen to the new single Soul Wandering.
    

    Paul Weller :: Soul Wandering [Official Lyric Video]

19. The Mysterines - Afraid Of Tomorrows: release date 7th June 2024

    • The second album from the Liverpool band.
    • It's the follow-up to 2022's All These Things.
    • Listen to the first single Stray below.
    • The band have announced a UK tour for October in support of the album:
    • 19th October - Ulster Sports Club, Belfast
    • 20th October - Saint Luke's, Glasgow
    • 22nd October - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
    • 23rd October - Thekla, Bristol
    • 24th October - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
    • 26th October - Olympia, Liverpool
    

    The Mysterines - Stray

20. Sea Girls - Midnight Butterflies: Releaase date 14th June 2024

    • The third album from the London indie band, fronted by Henry Camamile.
    • It's the follow-up to 2022's Homesick and features the new single I Want You To Know Me.
    

    Sea Girls - I Want You To Know Me - (Official Music Video)

21. Kasabian - Happenings: release date 5th July 2024

    • The band's eighth studio album will be released the day before their Summer Solstice II show takes place in Leicester.
    • The latest single is the massive Call - take a listen below.
    • Sergio Pizzorno told Radio X: "This album was made during sort of touring, which we’ve never really done before and that’s kind of fed into this joyous, huge, big tune album and from it we’re gonna do our own happenings, so it made sense that’s what the album is gonna be called.”
    

    Call

22. 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

23. Blossoms - TBC

    • To Do List (After The Break Up) is the first new material from the Stockportsiders since their 2022 album Ribbon Around The Bomb.
    • Charlie's dad has been ranking all their new songs!
    • The band play an enormous show at Manchester's Wythenshawe Park on Sunday 25th August 2024.
    

    Blossoms - To Do List (After The Breakup) ft. Findlay

24. 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]

25. 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