draindesert: October 2012

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - 'II' Tracklisting

Unknown Mortal Orchestra have announced their 2nd LP will be called II.

II will be released February 5th on Jagjaguwar Records. Tracklisting below.

There seems to be a 'time of day' theme running through the song titles - dawn, morning, afternoon. Only missing night, unless that's considered 'the opposite of afternoon'.

01) From the Sun
02) Swim and Sleep (Like A Shark)
03) So Good at Being in Trouble
04) One at a Time
05) The Opposite of Afternoon
06) No Need for a Leader
07) Monki
08) Dawn
09) Faded in the Morning
10) Secret Xtians

"Swim and Sleep (Like A Shark)" is available NOW as a digital single on iTunes.

Yeasayer - "Reagan's Skeleton" (Live Video)

Antlers - 'Undersea' and Le Common Diamond

These aren't on my Top 25 Albums list because they're EPs, but both of these are also must-listens.

Antlers - Undersea

Le Common Diamond - Le Common Diamond

Top 25 Albums of 2012 (as of October)

It's October. Tame Impala's long awaited Lonerism has finally been released. There are no announced releases for 2012 left that I'm looking forward to. New records from Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Toro Y Moi have been announced, but they're coming out next year (they might leak this year, but technically that wouldn't count). I'm eagerly awaiting the next release from MGMT, but I expect it will slip into 2013, at this point.

There could be some surprise music releases in the next few months, but typically there isn't too much. Maybe a surprise release from Bradford Cox (Deerhunter / Atlas Sound). He hasn't released a record yet this year! If he doesn't, this will be the first year that he hasn't in a long while.

There could be an album that's been released already that I haven't discovered, or could yet discover a greater appreciation for. But anyway, here's how my personal rankings for the Top 25 Albums of 2012 are shaping up so far.

Yes, I love the Yeasayer record that much. I could easily have it at #1, but Hot Chip's In Our Heads remains so utterly enjoyable to listen to that it's currently holding on to the top spot. Yeasayer's Fragrant World must be ahead of its time. The instrumentation on that record is so interesting, every song is a gem. Tame Impala's Lonerism is the newest entry on this list, but it's easily a Top 5 record, got it at #3 for now.

Antlers' fantastic Undersea isn't on here because it's an EP. I was hoping to make that a separate list for the best EPs of the year, but so far I've only got that and Le Common Diamond's self-titled EP. Not much of a list. At any rate, I'll have to give both of those records separate recognition.

01) Hot Chip - In Our Heads