Albums of 2012 // 40-31

The next ten brings a lot of love for merry ole England and its audio-visual output, with Micachu's Lambeth walking vid for Easy, the warped urban dystopia of Alt-J's video for Fitzpleasure, taken from their Mercury winning 'An Awesome Wave', through to NZCA/LINES' awesome self titled debut.

40. Cloud Nothings - 'Attack On Memory'



39. TOY - 'TOY'



38. Micachu & The Shapes - 'Never'



37. Julia Holter - 'Ekstasis'



36. Willis Earl Beal - 'Acousmatic Sourcery'



35. Peaking Lights - 'Lucifer'



34. Metz - 'METZ'



33. alt-J - 'An Awesome Wave'



32. Weird Dreams - 'Choreography'



31. NZCA/LINES - 'NZCA/LINES'



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Local favourites // La Shark

From this week forth No Action will be highlighting the fine work of some of London's primest cuts, in a series sensibly titled 'Local favourites'.

First up, New Cross's La Shark. Harnessing Beefheart's experimental spirit and a distinctly London DIY-punk ethic, the product is deliciously offbeat synth-pop with prog leanings. Perhaps a cross-breed of XX Teens' darkly surreal delivery and Micachu and The Shapes' genre defiance. Bones and recent single A Weapon could well see them propelled into brighter limelights, while 1958 is currently free to download from their site. Catch it while it's hot.