7. Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
Is it Dev Hynes' fault that indie kids are now wearing lens-free glasses and those koala hat things? This could be likely, as his quirky style choices have been replicated all over the country. This time last year this man was somewhat of an obsession to me, but since then my interest in him and his music has faded somewhat. Still, he made a fantastic debut album full of ambitious folk using every instrument in the book. An introduction into Galaxy of the Lost opens up probably the calmest album musically on my list - but Dev's lyrics offer his somewhat dark perspectives on living in London ("Everyone I Know Is Listening to Crunk"), losing your virginity ("I Could Have Done This Myself"), and being sick in your date's mouth ("Galaxy of the Lost") amongst others. A stellar songwriting achievement.
TRACKS
14. MGMT - The Handshake
A nice little slice of psychadelia, apparently you have to listen to it stoned to love it or something. Whatever, shut up druggies. I could listen to this song for hours if it wasn't surrounded by such other gems on MGMT's album. Don't really have much else to say ... there's an awesome part near the middle where it goes all weird. Probably the most trippy part.
13. Metronomy - The End of You Too
I totally didn't like this at first, seeing as it's such an odd second track following the slow opener on their Nights Out LP. On future listening and when it comes up on random on my media player, it's actually the best song album. Instrumental songs like this seem to be what Metronomy excel in and while it's still not a patch on early demo You Could Easily Have Me, it's brilliant for if you just want something to dance your arse off to. When the synths kick in at 1:20 ... a masterclass in electro.
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