Dave and Caleb welcome in 2024 by naming the best albums for starting a new year. What albums best capture that fine line between eternal optimism and existential dread about what could come? Dave suggests Prince’s 1999, a party album preoccupied with nuclear proliferation in the early 80s, and Caleb brings Jamie xx’s dance party in a jewel case, In Colour. Along the way, they unpack what it was like to first be exposed to Prince as kids in largely conservative environments, and the daunting task that is working through Prince’s catalog. Before that, they talk through the things from 2023 that consistently brought them joy, and cap everything off with what they’re listening to this week. 

Albums discussed at length this week:

Prince - 1999

Jamie xx - In Colour