THE TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2012
Track Picks: “Full Moon Reggae Party”, “The Vapours”, “Banned at the Troxy”
Label: Fika Recordings
Release Date: 9th April 2012
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2. SHRAG – CANINES
Track Picks: “Tears of a Landlord”, “Show Us Your Canines”, “On the Spines of Old Cathedrals”
Label: Fortuna POP!/Where It’s At Is Where You Are
Release Date: 9th July 2012
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3. ALLO DARLIN’ – EUROPE
Track Picks: “Neil Armstrong”, “Capricornia”, “Some People Say”
Label: Fortuna POP!
Release Date: 7th May 2012
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4. RICHARD HAWLEY – STANDING AT THE SKY’S EDGE
Track Picks: “She Brings the Sunlight”, “Seek It”, “Leave Your Body Behind You”
Label: Parlophone
Release Date: 7th May 2012
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5. JENS LEKMAN – I KNOW WHAT LOVE ISN’T
Track Picks: “Become Someone Else’s”, “I Want a Pair of Cowboy Boots”, “The World Moves On”
Label: Secretly Canadian
Release Date: 3rd September 2012
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6. THE WAVE PICTURES – LONG BLACK CARS
Track Picks: “Eskimo Kiss”, “Spaghetti”, “Long Black Cars”
Label: Moshi Moshi
Release Date: 2nd April 2012
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7. EVANS THE DEATH – EVANS THE DEATH
Track Picks: “Telling Lies”, “Threads”, “I’m So Unclean”
Label: Fortuna POP!
Release Date: 4th February 2012
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8. THE ROSIE TAYLOR PROJECT – TWIN BEDS
Track Picks: “For Esme”, “Every Morning (And For the Rest of Our Lives)”, “The Last Happy Writer”
Label: Odd Box Records
Release Date: 13th February 2012
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9. TAKEN BY TREES – OTHER WORLDS
Track Picks: “Highest High”, “Dreams”, “Large”
Label: Secretly Canadian
Release Date: 2nd October 2012
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10. DARREN HAYMAN – LIDO
Track Picks: “London Fields”, “Parliament Hill”, “Tooting Bec”
Label: Where It’s At Is Where You Are
Release Date: 27th August 2012
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