In no discernible order...
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Hard to pick faults with this album, but if i was to find any it would be that the songs are far too good live, which confuses me when i listen to the album, as they are inferior. It would be better to have Arcade Fire in your bedroom/living room, but that would be a technical and logistical nightmare. Favourite song is Antichrist Television Blues.
Clap your hands say yeah - Some Loud Thunder
Once you get used to lead singer Alec Ounsworths vocals, this album will grow on you, and make you go and listen to their GREAT self titled debut album. The way he wails reminds me of Jeff Magnum of Neutral Milk Hotel, another great band. Favourite song is Emily Jean Stock.
Cold War Kids - Robbers and Cowards
A halfway point between Arcade Fire and Clap your hands say yeah, Cold War Kids debut album is another grower, basslines galore, wailing vocals, and a song from the perspective of your washing. What more can you ask for? Favourite song is Hang me up to dry (very very very very closely followed by Hospital Beds)
Malcolm Middleton - A Brighter Beat
Malcolm Middleton's third album, another album of bleak depressing lyrics alongside uplifting and upbeat music is probably his most accessible. Each and every song could easily have been a single, and the seemingly omnipresent in Scottish music Jenny Reeves backing vocals are a great contradiction to Middletons scowl. Favourite songs are Fight the Night (where Jenny Reeve takes lead) and Superhero Songwriter.
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