I initially felt let down by Best Coast’s Crazy For You, because it wasn’t an album’s worth of “Something in the Way” and/or “When I’m With You.” I still love those songs, but man, Crazy For You is really, really great in its own right.
The higher fidelity recording on the LP does wonders for the hooks, subtlety, and detail present in songs like “Boyfriend”, “Goodbye”, “Bratty B”, and “Our Deal”. I’m hopeful that working with Jon Brion on their record due this year will only highlight those things even more.
There are probably some records slipping my mind right now, but the next Best Coast record joins the High Highs LP (which I’m guessing might come out this year), Sleigh Bells’ Reign of Terror, and the forthcoming The xx record as my most eagerly anticipated 2012 releases.
Edited to add that I somehow forgot to put Purity Ring’s debut LP, assuming it happens, on this list.
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Title: Hey Cool Kid
Artist: Cloud Nothings
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Judging by the twitter and tumblr and music blog reaction to the new Cloud Nothings record, Attack on Memory, this is a minority opinion, but I still think the best Cloud Nothings song is the first one I heard.
mp3 - Cloud Nothings :: Hey Cool Kid
Maybe I’m too young (although I’m a year or two older than primary CN guy Dylan Baldi), or too poorly versed in the touch-points on the new record, but I think I really just prefer a song with a catchy pop-punk hook to the direction the band has gone in since. I didn’t care for the first widely available Cloud Nothings full-length much, either.
I should probably add that, somewhat unsurprisingly, the one song I do like quite a bit on the new record is “Stay Useless”, what with its Strokes-y riffs and snide verses.
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Title: Electric Feel
Artist: MGMT
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MGMT - Electric Feel
The best MGMT song, I think.
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Title: Comeback Kid
Artist: Sleigh Bells
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“Comeback Kid” is the latest riff-hungry track from Sleigh Bells’ forthcoming album Reign of Terror.
At some point, this ceases to be believable.
Reblogging because I’ve edited this list to add a couple of things, one of which I overlooked previously and the other which was just received belatedly.
