The Sounds of Spring 2012




There are lots of good things in store for your ears this year. These ten albums are actually all being released this spring - I couldn't find definite dates for albums being released later this year. Be excited!

1) Matthew Dear -- Headcage - (1/17 via Ghostly International)






2) Shigeto -- Lineage - (1/23 via Ghostly International)






3) Air -- Le Voyage Dans La Lune - (2/6 via Astralwerks) 





4) Of Montreal -- Paralytic Stalks - (2/7 via Polyvinyl)





5) School of Seven Bells -- GHOSTORY - (2/28 via Vagrant Records/Ghostly International)





6) The Magnetic Fields -- Love at the Bottom of the Sea - (3/6 via Merge Records) 


[Couldn't find any leaks from the new album, but if this old song from 69 Love Songs doesn't make you laugh I don't know what will.]



7) Lana del Rey -- Born to Die - (1/30 via Polydor Records)


[She calls herself a "gangsta Nancy Sinatra." I don't know what to say.]



8) Andrew Bird -- Break It Yourself - (3/6 via Mom + Pop)

[This isn't from his new album, but showcases quirky Andrew Bird at his best.]



9) The Shins -- Port of Morrow - (3/? via Columbia/Aural Apothecary)





10) Bear in Heaven -- I Love You, It's Cool - (4/3 via Hometapes/Dead Oceans)


[This isn't from their new album, which should be "more upbeat & less testosterone-y"]