Wednesday 13 February 2013

My most anticipated album of 2013


I love buying music. There's something deeply rewarding about hearing and studying about a band or artist you've heard about and watching them progress and progress until they reveal details about their debut album and the sense of longing and anticipation you have to hear the product you've waited for, for what seems an eternity. Of course you don't just download the music but go to HMV and buy a physical copy, it's so much better! For example i had this with Noah and the Whale after hearing a track on a compilation cd borrowed from a friend and have continued this, purchasing all their album releases to date (My favourite is 'The first days of spring') and seeing them live three times and getting the same buzz every time. Another example released still fairly recently is the debut album from the considered 'next big thing' Jake Bugg who's storming album rocketed straight to the top of the charts and shows a lot of potential for what is yet to come. The classic example remains the 'Arctic Monkeys' and their rise to the top started from a  storm growing on the internet over just how mind blowing their early work was with tales of inner city Sheffield striking a chord with the masses in some form or another.
However the album I'm most looking forward to in 2013 is without doubt 'Bad Blood' by Bastille. I have to admit to being some-what of a late comer to their brilliance but after first seeing them on the extended highlights of the Leeds and Reading festival 2012 i was hooked. There is something fresh and interesting about these guys, their music is so much more than the blandness seen in new bands like Lawson but is still approachable and unique and from the clips and singles I've heard so far a sure fire winner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzRBoZb3GKw

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