Ten Great Albums of 2011

Im not sure if 2011 has been that great a year, not much that has caught my ear has been released and there have been considerable disappointments along the way. The new Stephen Malkmus album was really boring. The new Battles album was terrible. Boris released several probably awful records. Grails released the same record again.
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart and Real Estate sort of cracked on with more of the same. Great albums nonetheless.
That being said there have been some lovely and crushingly unpleasant albums released this year, and I'd love to sum up my feelings on a few of them. Not a thrilling point to restart this blog, I know, but I'd like to think that I can get back into the swing of things asap.

Ten Great Records, released in 2011 -

• Iceage - New Brigade

• Real Estate - Days

• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong

• Blut Aus Nord - 777sects

• Natural Snow Buildings - Waves of the Random Sea

• Trap Them - Darker Handcraft

• Wild Beasts - Smother

• Ulcerate - The Destroyers of All

• M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

• Flourishing - The Sum of All Fossils