Best Of 2012: #24

#24 - The View - Cheeky For A Reason

Unfortunately, this is not The View's high point. That award would have to go to this album's predecessor, the fantastic Bread And Circuses. However, this album - the band's fourth - has plenty of tunes to keep you satisfied. Whilst a lot of the songs sound a little more restrained and are less epic and in-your-face than the last album, you can still find time for the hands-in-the-air singalong of Hold On Now, or the sheer punch that comes with opening track How Long. Elsewhere, we have a completely pointless 11-second piano interlude titled... wait for it... Piano Interlude! There's the odd lyrical facepalm, such as "the girl with the tacky tattoo, is the one you shouldn't do" (yes, that's the chorus!) and a couple of songs that don't quite reach the band's normally high standard, but generally, worth a listen.

RECOMMEND: How Long, Hold On Now, Bunker
LOW POINTS: Hole In The Bed, Lean On My World

Best Of 2012: #25

#25 - Man Without Country - Foe

So, we begin the countdown with a debut album! And a fine piece of work it is too. Filled with peaceful, ethereal synth-based music, this is certainly one to listen to if you want to chill out. Highlights include the single Puppets, which boasts a fantastic chorus, and the epic six-and-a-half-minute Ebb And Flow. Almost all the songs set your mind wandering on a journey. The only qualm with it is that it is very similar the whole way through, and towards the end it does begin to get a little dull, particuarly on the seven-minute Parity. But generally, a good start for the Welsh duo.

RECOMMEND: Foe, Puppets, Ebb And Flow
LOW POINTS: Closet Addicts Anonymous, Parity

Delphic Reveal Album Artwork

Following on from the first radio play of their new single Baiya last night, Delphic have unveiled the artwork for their forthcoming second album, Collections, which is due out on 28th January. Check it out below.

Best Of 2012

#25 Man Without Country - Foe
#24 The View - Cheeky For A Reason
#23 Tribes - Baby
#22 The Cribs - In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull
#21 Feeder - Generation Freakshow
#20 Example - The Evolution Of Man
#19 Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon
#18 Hot Chip - In Our Heads
#17 Neon Trees - Picture Show
#16 The Vaccines - The Vaccines Come Of Age
#15 The Twang - 10:20
#14 Metric - Synthetica
#13 Heretics - Wealth = Success
#12 Linkin Park - Living Things
#11 Morning Parade - Morning Parade
#10 Spector - Enjoy It While It Lasts
#9 The Killers - Battle Born
#8 Pet Shop Boys - Elysium
#7 Hitchcock - Running From The Sane
#6 The Enemy - Streets In The Sky
#5 Keane - Strangeland
#4 Bloc Party - Four
#3 The Maccabees - Given To The Wild
#2 Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood Of Colour
#1 Muse - The 2nd Law

New Delphic Single Airs Tonight

Delphic's new single, Baiya, will get its first play on Radio 1 tonight at 19.30 (GMT). The single is taken from the band's new album Collections, due out 28th January next year.

Biffy Clyro's New Album Not A Double Album?

I've been getting some reports that Biffy Clyro's new album, Opposites, will not in fact be a double album; at least not as the main release. The original double album will still be available as a 'deluxe edition'. These rumours seem to be backed up by the fact that the tracklistings are the same, and iTunes has this up as well. So, here's the single CD tracklisting:

01. Different People
02. Black Chandelier
03. Sounds Like Balloons
04. Opposite
05. The Joke's On Us
06. Spanish Radio
07. Victory Over The Sun
08. Biblical
09. Stingin' Belle
10. Skylight
11. Trumpet Or Tap
12. Modern Magic Formula
13. The Thaw
14. Picture A Knife Fight

The other six tracks; A Girl And His Cat, The Fog, Little Hospitals, Pocket, Accident Without Emergency and Woo Woo, will all be included on the deluxe edition as the originally intended double album.

Glasvegas Announce New Album Title

Glasvegas have announced that the title of their new album will be "Later... When The TV Turns To Static". No other details are known, other than potential songs: a title track, If?, All I Want Is My Baby, and I'd Rather Be Dead Than Be With You.

Biffy Clyro To Premiere New Single

Biffy Clyro will premiere their new single, Black Chandelier, on Radio 1 tonight at about 7.30pm (GMT). It is the third full track to be heard from the band's new double album Opposites, following the single Stingin' Belle and a radio play of Sounds Like Balloons. The album will be released on 28th January.

The Courteeners - Anna

Artwork

















Tracklist

01. Are You In Love With A Notion?
02. Lose Control
03. Van Der Graaff
04. Push Yourself
05. When You Want Something You Can't Have
06. Welcome To The Rave
07. Save Rosemary In Time
08. Sharks Are Circling
09. Marquee
10. Money
11. Here Come The Young Men

The album will be released on 4th February. It will be preceded by a single, called Lose Control, on 28th January.

You can check out a trailer / preview of Lose Control here.

It is unknown what happened to "Why Are You Still With Him?" - I assume it will be a B-side but may have been renamed - none of the track titles seem to fit though!

Delphic - Collections

Artwork

Tracklist
01. Of The Young
02. Baiya
03. Changes
04. Freedom Found
05. Atlas
06. Tears Before Bedtime
07. The Sun Also Rises
08. Memeo
09. Don't Let The Dreamers Take You Away
10. Exotic

The album will be released on January 28th. The first single is Baiya, which will hopefully be unveiled soon.

Good Life, the band's Olympics single, is not featured on this album.

And here's a trailer, featuring Baiya, Memeo and Atlas.