There are a lot of new albums worthy of your money and time floating about right now, making February something of a wallet-stretching month (says the douche who, remarkably, gets these records for nothing). So, to save you searching amongst the bullshit that’s also out/forthcoming, here’s the cream of ’em. Time-saving, it’s how one rolls.
Tipping season, we’re in it. Any music scribe with a couple of column inches to rub together has, over the past couple of weeks, seen their inbox fill with ‘ones to watch’ messages from major labels, tiny indies, management companies and PR officers alike. For some reason, I get asked to contribute to a few of the more high-profile polls – I’ll let you guess which ones (at least one is completely transparent when it comes to who’s involved, so that won’t take long if you care enough to have a sniff). Apparently some people think I am a voice worth hearing when it comes to This Sort Of Thing. Well, I did nod the way of James Blake last time, so one outta three ain’t bad.
Anyway, here are some names to look for next year. I am not saying they’ll set the charts aflame; neither will they be selling out the o2 this side of Christmas 2013. Well, probably not. They’re just acts I like the sound of right now, acts that just might go some better in the next 12 months and take what can only be described as The Next Step. So long as none of them become The Next Steps, I think they’ll all be okay.
No order. No blurb. (Beyond the above, anyway, promise.) Just clips and links. Listen. Watch. Share? That’s some sort of ident for Radio 1 isn’t it? Bands and stuff…
So it seems. Following Other Lives‘ wonderful video for their track For 12, British newcomers Breton have gone all sci-fi for The Commission, a preview for their debut album for FatCat, due in early 2012.
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