a brief smile

i would add (in a particular order):

med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust - sigur rós

you & me - the walkmen

devotion - beach house

fleet foxes - fleet foxes

secrets are sinister - longwave

to survive - joan as police woman

i don’t have ten albums or an order to put them in… but i do have bronchitis and a cool inhaler! here are two albums that i really liked this year that john didn’t include on his list:

portishead third (definitely my number 1)
and
elbow the seldom seen kid

1. tv on the radio - dear science
2. m83 - saturday = youth
3. yelle - pop up
(i know it was digitally released in 07 but it didn’t get to america until april, 2008. that counts for me)
4. department of eagles - in ear park
5. animal collective - water curses
6. deerhoof - offend maggie
7. shugo takumaru - exit
8. flight of the conchords - flight of the conchords
9. vampire weekend - vampire weekend
10. mason proper - olly oxen free

PROJECTOROTRON!!

A picture by my sister:

Some words by John:

“We’ve been blessed with the opportunity of taking on a myriad of influences while recording these new songs. With a most generous recording budget courtesy of the Chinese government it’s finally possible for us to experiment with a ton of mystical instruments and mix as many colors are there are in the wind on our obstensive ‘audio palette.’ Understand: We all wear masks.”

-dl