Wake the Deaf’s Top 15 Albums of 2012

The year’s drawing to a close, the world’s not ended (yet) and so it’s about time we got round to compiling our ‘best of’ list. Our 15 favourite albums of the last 12 months are:

15. Damien JuradoMaraqopa

(Secretly Canadian)

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14. Sand Circles – Motor City

(Not Not Fun)

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13. ConvergeAll We Love We Leave Behind

(Epitaph)

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12. Advance Base – A Shut-In’s Prayer

(Orindal)

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11. Strand of OaksDark Shores

(Self Released)

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10. Actress – R.I.P

(Honest Jon’s Records)

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9. Christian LöfflerA Forest

(Ki Records)

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8. Tim Hecker & Daniel LopatinInstrumental Tourist

(Software)

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7. Holy OtherHeld

(Tri Angle)

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6. Dirty ProjectorsSwing Lo Magellan

(Domino)

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5. Field Report – Field Report

(Partisan)

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4. The XX Coexist

(Young Turks)

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3. JapandroidsCelebration Rock

(Polyvinyl)

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2. Evening HymnsSpectral Dusk

(Shuffling Feet / Strange Ways)

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1. Godspeed You! Black EmperorAllelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

(Constellation)

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