draindesert: 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