More for my reference later on than for anything else. But here it is, my favorite ten records for the first half of 2012, in alphabetical order.
- Beach House – Bloom
- Bear in Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool
- Chairlift – Something
- Chromatics – Kill for Love
- Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory
- Encounters with a Yeti – Pilot
- Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
- Tanlines – Mixed Emotions
- Tennis – Young and Old
- The Walkmen – Heaven
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