Released 22/5/2012
I only got this for Christmas, but since I only apparently bought 4 albums in 2012 that were released in 2012, this is at number 4 in the list which seems kind of high for an album that I don’t think I’ve listened to enough to make a decision on how much I like it. On the other hand, 4th place is also last place. I dunno. I need to listen to it more.
3. Jesca Hoop – The House That Jack Built
Released 25/6/2012
Mostly for that one song which is utterly sublime. The whole album is a well constructed work though.
2. Hooray For Earth – True Loves
Released 27/2/2012
I really really like this album, although I didn’t think it was a 2012 album but then I realised it must be because I only went to see White Lies last year and I say Hooray For Earth supporting them. I think. Compared to how they were live (a bit ramshackle and possibly having a bad day), this is almost an entirely different band. But in a good way.
1. The Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten
Released 24/7/2012
Oh man. This album. This album is one of those albums that I could listen to on repeat for days. It’s a beautifully cohesive album too – each song is in the right place, no song is out of place. I suppose since I still listen to CDs and tend to hear songs in the order that the band put them in (for whatever reason that they put them in that order), this is something that I notice. That first listen was phenomenal – when you don’t really know what to expect and you only know the titles for the songs and nothing about the sound or the words or how it’ll feel to listen to each one and then you listen to the whole album and it’s just incredibly pleasing, you know? That.
Created using OnDistantShores‘s Album Of The Year journal generator.
Is it shocking tho? I mean… 
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