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 Jurado – Maraqopa
(Secretly Canadian)
14. Sand Circles – Motor City
(Not Not Fun)
13. Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind
(Epitaph)
12. Advance Base – A Shut-In’s Prayer
(Orindal)
11. Strand of Oaks – Dark Shores
(Self Released)
10. Actress – R.I.P
(Honest Jon’s Records)
9. Christian Löffler – A Forest
(Ki Records)
8. Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin – Instrumental Tourist
(Software)
7. Holy Other – Held
(Tri Angle)
6. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
(Domino)
5. Field Report – Field Report
(Partisan)
4. The XX – Coexist
(Young Turks)
3. Japandroids – Celebration Rock
(Polyvinyl)
2. Evening Hymns – Spectral Dusk
(Shuffling Feet / Strange Ways)
1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
(Constellation)
