We’ve already streamed the best singles; now it is time for the 40 best EPs of 2024. This year, as always, we have heard some fantastic EPs from both emerging and established artists. Our picks range from a variety of genres, including post-punk, new wave, synthpop, dreampop, indie rock, indie dance, next wave, minimal wave, electronic music, techno, and more.
Here are the list of the best EPs of 2024, curated by Kool Rock Radio’s staff and listed in alphabetical order.
KOOL ROCK RADIO ► THE 40 BEST EPS OF 2024 (A to Z)
1. A Deeper Heaven – ‘Fire’ EP (Shore Dive Records) [indie/dreampop/shoegaze]
2. Bathrobe – ‘scary movies’ EP [dream pop/indie rock/lo-fi rock]
3. Beach Vacation – ‘Let Go’ EP [indie pop /surf pop /shoegaze]
4. Black Dot – ‘Love At Glance‘ EP (Italo Moderni) [Electronic/techno/ebm]
5. Casket Cassette – ‘Losses‘ EP [post punk/darkwave/synthpop/electronic]
6. Cathedral Bells – ‘Another Lifetime’ EP [shoegaze/bedroom-pop]
7. CDGhost – ‘Vignette II’ EP [dream pop/synth wave/indie pop]
8. Chalk – ‘Conditions II’ EP (Nice Swan Records) [post-punk/electronic]
9. Computer Kill – ‘Computer Kill’ EP [indie pop/post punk/electronic]
10. deary – ‘Aurelia‘ EP (Sonic Cathedral) [dream pop/ethereal/indie pop/shoegaze]
11. Deathsport – ‘Problem‘ EP (Duchess Box Records) [indie rock/dream pop]
12. Deathtrippers – ‘Higher’ EP [psych/rock/shoegaze/goth/electronic]
13. Dina Summer – ‘Hide & Seek‘ EP (Iptamenos Discos) [electronic/dance/techno]
14. Dreamwave – ‘Dreamwave And The Mindcave’ EP (Velvet Echoes) [dream pop/krautrock/psych/alt]
15. Eosine – ‘Liminal’ EP (Mayway Records) [indie/shoegaze/dream pop]
16. Formal Sppeedwear – ‘Formal Sppeedwear’ EP (Melodic Records) [art rock/new wave/synthpop]
17. Give My Remains to Broadway – ‘This Party Sucks’ EP [darkwave/post punk/goth/coldwave]
18. Holy Youth Movement ► ‘The Shock of the future’ (Ditto Label Services) [indie/electronic/rock & roll]
19. Hongza – ‘Coming Of Age’ EP [indie pop/dream pop]
20. L’objectif – ‘The Left Side‘ EP (Chess Club Records) [indie rock]
21. Lenox Hills – ‘Staring At The Sun’ EP [indie pop]
22. Lovers Guilt – ‘Enveloped In Smoke’ EP [coldwave/new wave/post punk/darkwave]
23. Marseille – ‘Godiva‘ EP [rock n’ roll/indie rock/britpop]
24. Monochromatic Visions – ‘The World Went Wrong’ EP [shoegaze/neo-psych/post punk]
25. Past Self – ‘Premonitions‘ EP [darkwave dreampop/goth/indie-pop/post-punk/synthwave]
26. Red Sun 1981 – ‘Running Man’ EP (My Daydream Records) [bedroom pop/chillwave/dreampop]
27. S.C.A.B. – ‘Rose Colored Glasses’ EP [indie rock/jangle pop/post punk/angular pop]
28. Saloon Dion – “Where You’ll Find Me” EP [britpop/post punk/alt]
29. Sara Devoe – ‘scared of the dark‘ EP (Spirit Goth Records) [alternative/bedroom pop/dreampop/lo-fi]
30. Secret Attraction – ‘Fantasy Limited’ EP [dream pop/new wave/post punk/indie]
31. She’s In Parties – ‘Puppet Show‘ EP (Submarine Cat) [dreampop/shoegaze]
32. SLF IMG – ‘Chiodi‘ EP (Ombra International) [synth punk/new wave/proto-house]
33. Soft Set – ‘Gone‘ EP [dream pop/indie rock/shoegaze]
34. SCATTERED ASHES – ‘All That Is Solid Melts Into Air‘ EP (Fatal Vision/Blowtorch Records) [post punk/indie rock/alternative]
35. Sugartin – “Breakdown” EP // “Sugartin” EP (exlove records) [disco/electronic/house]
36. Telebox – ‘When Night Turns Into Day‘ EP (Blowtorch Records) [indie/alt]
37. The Chameleons – ‘Tomorrow Remember Yesterday’ EP (Metropolis Records) [post punk]
38. The New Division – ‘Synthetique’ EP [new wave/synthpop/electronic]
39. The Synthetics – ‘Glimpses of Heaven’ EP [alternative/new wave/post-punk]
40. Wings of Desire – ‘Shut Up & Listen‘ EP [indie pop]
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