Albums of 2013 // 52-41

Hardly been prolific with the postings this year, huh? No matter though as this 2013 album list is effectively 52 posts crammed into 5, singling out the best tracks from the best albums of the year, starting with OutFit's other-wordly début through the unsettling and unrestrained Destruction Unit and ending up at Daughn Gibson's country noir.

52. OutFit - 'Performance'



51. The Men - 'New Moon'



50. Laura Veirs - 'Warp & Weft'



49. The National - 'Trouble Will Find Me'



48. White Fence - 'Cyclops Reap'



47. Swearin' - 'Surfing Strange'



46. Majical Cloudz - 'Impersonator'



45. Poliça - 'Shulamith'



44. Dent May - 'Warm Blanket'



43. Destruction Unit - 'Deep Trip'



42. Grouper - 'The Man Who Died In His Boat'



41. Daughn Gibson - 'Me Moan'



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Jaill // House With Haunting

To celebrate the release of 'Traps', Jaill's brand new record on Sub Pop, here's the video for album track House With Haunting, a Weezer / Real Estate-esque slacker pop anthem. What do we learn? Never leave your girlfriend alone with ghosts.

 

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THEESatisfaction // Pause + Do You Have The Time

THEESatisfaction have been pricking the ears of Zane Lowe, The Guardian's Paul Lester, and many other tipsters in the last few weeks. While you shouldn't necessarily take either of these endorsements as gospel, anyone who's heard their 'Transitions' or 'Sandra Bollocks Black Baby' records from last year will understand the hype is deserved, as the girls fuse jazz, early hip hop and 60s soul, served in a smooth yet unpredictable groove akin to stablemate and collaborator Shabazz Palaces.

The duo are ramping up for the release of their debut on Sub Pop 'awE natualE'. Check them performing Pause and 'Transitions' track Do You Have The Time below on KEXP, and grab free download Queens while you're at it.

 
 

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Male Bonding // Tame The Sun

Male Bonding's video for new single Tame the Sun, lifted from second LP Endless Now, takes you on a journey through the photographed eyes and mouths of childhood. The animated mouths and cropped frame make the whole experience decidedly more sinister than it sounds, while the track's opening bass riff and layered reverb make this track a real standout from the record.

The band are currently touring with The History of Apple Pie, and come to London on October 17th. Watch the video and download the song below.


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Still Corners // Cuckoo

Still Corners have been around for years now, but it's only now that we're getting a debut album proper, Creatures of an Hour, ready to go on Sub Pop and preceded by this, the band's first single for the label.

Cuckoo is an ethereal insight into a troubled relationship of obsession and jealousy, with Tessa Murray's vocals as fleeting as is her presence in the video. Dreamy, chilling, haunting, and other such ghostly adjectives apply. Watch and download below.

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Memoryhouse // Modern, Normal

The news that Memoryhouse's The Years will be re-recorded, remixed and re-mastered for a release in September is music to our ears. Music almost as divine as this additional track, with its tragic synths and longing vocals.

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Male Bonding // Bones

Following Memory Tapes earlier today comes one of its rivals for best record of 2010 and most definitely No Action's award for best live show for their crowd corrupting effort at CAMP, Male Bonding return with a lead single as they prep the release of Endless Now due in the coming months on Sub Pop.

Bones arrives with beefed up production from John Agnello, typical penetrating hardcore guitar and even some pop harmonising in there, with what sounds like Kevin taking lead. Definitely bigger, bolder and noticeably longer than anything off Nothing Hurts, Bones still packs the lo-fi garage band charm of the first record.

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