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DiS awards 2012... your favourite debut albums of the year?

sean [Edit] [Delete] 94 replies 12:57 November 27th, 2012

Lots of suggestions over on our Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151205052018145&set=a.10151199841278145.462193.19343183144&type=1

Think my favourite three debut albums - somewhat predictably - are
Blondes
Foe
Polica

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if you've not heard Stumbleine yet, that dreamy debut lp just got a 9/10

and we've embedded a stream http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17361/reviews/4145785?recommended-records

sean | 27 Nov '12, 12:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
- nice. very nice.
  
  Vian @sean | 27 Nov '12, 14:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
if we're talking major label debuts it's hard to look past Kendrick & Frank tbh

SCROTUM | 27 Nov '12, 13:15 | X | ^ This | Reply

hitsville this'd this
- then there's also the following. imo all quality:
  
  John Talabot
  Schoolboy Q
  Christian Löffler
  Forward Strategy Group
  Grimes
  Jessie Ware
  Ukkonen
  Joey Bada$$
  
  SCROTUM @SCROTUM | 27 Nov '12, 13:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - not meaning to be pedantic, but Grimes has two previous albums
    
    sean @SCROTUM | 27 Nov '12, 13:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    oh_gerardus_MERCATOR this'd this
    - derp
      
      SCROTUM @sean | 27 Nov '12, 13:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Kendrick mentioned bitches way too much for my liking.
  Can't seem to 'get' the fuss about th' Frank Ocean album either (not that I've listened to much rnb and hip hop since being obsessed with The Roots, Dead Prez, Jurassic5, Common, etc when I was 16-18)
  
  sean @SCROTUM | 27 Nov '12, 13:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - rme
    
    theShipment @sean | 27 Nov '12, 15:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - damn he got bitches
    
    damn he got bitches
    damn he got bitches
    
    Luis_Carruthers @sean | 27 Nov '12, 18:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    anal_schwarzenegger, boa_constrictor, and Antelope this'd this
  - this for Frank Ocean
    
    the acclaim is over my head
    
    furio @sean | 29 Nov '12, 17:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
METZ - METZ

chadders | 27 Nov '12, 13:22 | X | ^ This | Reply

sunstroke_house, Lililololaure, rich-t, and oceanRain this'd this
- This is the correct answer
  
  stonking album
  
  shucks @chadders | 28 Nov '12, 22:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
crybaby

its awesome

also diiv.

hibster | 27 Nov '12, 13:33 | X | ^ This | Reply

Lililololaure this'd this
some lovely stuff in the neo classical area

brambles
black elk
orcas
michael price

and a lot of Knifesque stuff

Trust
Me and My Drummer
Purity Ring
Polica
Iamamiwhoami

and also

black twig
indian wells
cello + laptop

imho | 27 Nov '12, 13:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Black Twig - yessss!
  
  :)
  
  dcnuman @imho | 27 Nov '12, 18:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I was going to mention
    
    Trust but you did it!
    
    Lililololaure @dcnuman | 29 Nov '12, 07:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
for me:

Blondes S/T
Death Grips-the money store

oojimaflop | 27 Nov '12, 13:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Ex-military
  
  album/mixtape pedantry argument ahoy
  
  Stuzza @oojimaflop | 27 Nov '12, 14:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - A year late
    
    ahoy
    
    JNLVS @Stuzza | 27 Nov '12, 17:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Yeah I realise that of course
      
      but if Ex-Military is counted as the debut then Money Store isn't a debut THIS year is it?
      
      Stuzza @JNLVS | 27 Nov '12, 17:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
Alt-J
Polica
Purity Ring

rainmaker | 27 Nov '12, 14:00 | X | ^ This | Reply

Sloame_Ocean, film_maker, pieces_of_reece, and andyvine this'd this
Purity Ring - Shrines
Poliça - Give You the Ghost
Toy - Toy
2:54 - 2:54
Gary Beck - Bring a Friend
Trust - Trst
John Talabot - fIN
Silent Servant - Negative Fascination
Barker and Baumecker - Transsektoral

cronenberg | 27 Nov '12, 14:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
JK Flesh

oh yeah

Stuzza | 27 Nov '12, 14:09 | X | ^ This | Reply

Lililololaure this'd this
Keaton Henson

Also Alt-J

d-dontshoot | 27 Nov '12, 14:15 | X | ^ This | Reply

Clair_de_Lune this'd this
TOY was good.

Stealing Sheep also.

BMS1 | 27 Nov '12, 14:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
- oh yeah forgot that was a debut
  
  also whirr
  
  hibster @BMS1 | 27 Nov '12, 17:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
Favourite Debuts this year

The Blood Choir - No Windows To The Old World
Guile - Alone On The West
Dark Horses - Black Music

TheGrudge | 27 Nov '12, 14:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I forgot
  
  Radar Men From The Moon - Echo Forever
  
  TheGrudge @TheGrudge | 29 Nov '12, 10:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
Purity Ring

avl06 | 27 Nov '12, 14:23 | X | ^ This | Reply

automatik, medulla, hanshotfirst, and xilia this'd this
PAWS

that album is excellent. also, Purity Ring, Billy Woods, Steve Smyth and Joey Bada$$

emmettcruddas | 27 Nov '12, 14:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tall Ships - Everything Touching

is pretty awesome. as well as many already mentioned.

Vian | 27 Nov '12, 14:31 | X | ^ This | Reply

automatik, twentynine, iizcallum, kilgore-trout, xilia, and iquitelikeradiohead this'd this
- yes yes yes
  
  twentynine @Vian | 27 Nov '12, 15:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
Raime

Ukkonen
Silent Servant
Rene Audiard

E_H_Gombreak | 27 Nov '12, 14:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
Angel Olsen - Half Way Home

unless you count The Money Store

orangejuice | 27 Nov '12, 14:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
Internet Forever

forever

robluvsnic | 27 Nov '12, 14:46 | X | ^ This | Reply

automatik this'd this
- forever ever
  
  forever ever
  
  JaguarPirate @robluvsnic | 27 Nov '12, 15:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
On a different topic, where's that nice bloke who did DiS-ers album

of the year? Last year he asked everyone for their top 5 and then did a top 50. That was excellent work.

BMS1 | 27 Nov '12, 14:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
- He's offered to do it again this year.
  
  Let's wait till December though eh
  
  automatik @BMS1 | 27 Nov '12, 14:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  justanothersheeldz this'd this
Swearin' - Swearin'

underwhelmed | 27 Nov '12, 14:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
Matthew E White - The Big Inner

underwhelmed | 27 Nov '12, 14:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Lost Rivers

Diiv
Melody's Echo Chamber
Terry Malts
Dog Is Dead

domgourlay | 27 Nov '12, 15:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The Lost Rivers isn't their debut Dom
  
  My Beatific Vision is (7 tracks 35 mins is too long for an EP I reckon).
  
  It's definitely one om my albums of the year tho'.
  
  Thanks again for putting the gig on at The Chameleon on Saturday. It was an absolute blinder. Eventually got away about 2.45am after loading up all the gear.
  
  TheGrudge @domgourlay | 27 Nov '12, 17:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - We'll agree to disagree on MBV/S&L
    
    as MBV is definitely regarded as an EP (even though I get what you're saying).
    
    Thanks for everything Saturday. Everything worked out in the end and those last 2 sets from 93MMFTS & The Lost Rivers were nothing short of incredible!
    
    domgourlay @TheGrudge | 28 Nov '12, 09:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
Mine were...

Toy
2:54
Polica
Foe

FilthyLittleCreep | 27 Nov '12, 15:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
Stealing Sheep deserve to be getting way more attention than they have been...

Sloame_Ocean | 27 Nov '12, 15:13 | X | ^ This | Reply

funkycow this'd this
LHF – Keepers of the Light [Keysound]
Mix Mup & Kassem Mosse – MM/KM [The Trilogy Tapes]
Vessel – Order of Noise [Tri Angle]
100s – Ice Cold Perm [Self Released]
Jahilyya Fields – Unicursal Hexagram [L.I.E.S.]
Dariius – Dariius [Self Released]
Ukkonen – The Isolated Rhythms Of... [Uncharted Audio]
Yöt – Bitch Bender [Raha & Tunteet]
Cooly G – Playing Me [Hyperdub]
DVA – Pretty Ugly [Hyperdub]
Laurel Halo – Quarantine [Hyperdub]
Ghosting Season – The Very Last Of The Saints [Last Night on Earth]

jimitheexploder | 27 Nov '12, 15:23 | X | ^ This | Reply

sean and E_H_Gombreak this'd this
- bloody love that ghosting season record
  
  Vian @jimitheexploder | 27 Nov '12, 15:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Really need to get that album
    
    andyvine @Vian | 29 Nov '12, 11:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
Exitmusic

Metz
Lana Del Rey (if BtD counts)
Divine Fits (if that counts)

oceanRain | 27 Nov '12, 15:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
It's Now, Now

it is.

It's amazing.

cocodaLOL | 27 Nov '12, 15:56 | X | ^ This | Reply

funkycow this'd this
- ^this one is good too
  
  robluvsnic @cocodaLOL | 28 Nov '12, 02:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I have yet to hear it. It's not on Spotify.
  
  justanothersheeldz @cocodaLOL | 28 Nov '12, 08:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
The correct answer is Goat - World Music

hairystavros | 27 Nov '12, 17:24 | X | ^ This | Reply

ditch_easter this'd this
DIIV

suedehead | 27 Nov '12, 17:26 | X | ^ This | Reply

beautiful_balloon, sunstroke_house, Lililololaure, and ditch_easter this'd this
fuck knows, most new music sucks

politelydeclined | 27 Nov '12, 18:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- are you trolling?
  
  It was a great year musically - all these first albums are great quality. Bet a few of the bands mention on here will be a staple on the music scene for years.
  
  Lililololaure @politelydeclined | 29 Nov '12, 07:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - i like your optimisim
    
    furio @Lililololaure | 29 Nov '12, 17:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I sound more like Cassandra!
      
      No one believes me ... booo wooo
      
      Lililololaure @furio | 29 Nov '12, 22:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Django Django

I think is the only 2012 debut I've liked enough to listen to more than once, so far. I don't know what's happened to me. I need to listen to some of the ones from this thread then I guess.

Icarus-Smicarus | 27 Nov '12, 18:09 | X | ^ This | Reply

cowcow, El_Goodo, TheWza, and iquitelikeradiohead this'd this
- Can't believe it took this long to get to the right answer
  
  El_Goodo @Icarus-Smicarus | 28 Nov '12, 21:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Really don't get this
  
  I keep giving it another chance but it does nothing for me
  
  andyvine @Icarus-Smicarus | 29 Nov '12, 11:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
yes...but

the worst album cover design in the history of the free world

dcnuman | 27 Nov '12, 18:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
Eight and a Half

Got no idea how they didn't do better this year!

sean | 27 Nov '12, 18:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
John Talabot - Fin

cowcow | 27 Nov '12, 18:30 | X | ^ This | Reply

SCROTUM, iizcallum, and harman_kardon this'd this
A fair few gooduns...

iamamiwhoami - Kin
Black Moth - The Killing Jar
Frankie Rose - Interstellar
Cold Specks - I Predict a Graceful Expulsion
John Talabot - ƒIN
Chad Valley - Young Hunger
DIIV - Oshin
Birds In Row - You, Me, & The Violence
Goat - World Music
Purity Ring - Shrines
2:54 - 2:54
Blacklisters - BLKLSTRS

Puds | 27 Nov '12, 18:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
I enjoyed Porcelain Raft's debut immensely.

iizcallum | 27 Nov '12, 18:51 | X | ^ This | Reply

sunstroke_house this'd this
- Did not realise
  
  it was his debut - very good album
  
  Lililololaure @iizcallum | 29 Nov '12, 07:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Think he was in a band beforehand but their name escapes me.
    
    He released an EP in 2011 but this was his first full-length under that moniker, as far as I'm aware.
    
    iizcallum @Lililololaure | 2 Dec '12, 04:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
Orcas just gets it for me

Ukkonen
PAWS
Keaton Henson
Scott and Charlene's Wedding
and loads more. Good thread found some interesting stuff here

Christophales | 27 Nov '12, 19:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
Kindness

Dicodisco | 27 Nov '12, 20:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
Al Doum & The Faryds - Self titled LP is my favourite debut

Think it came out right at the end of last year, but was definitely not available in the UK until 2012, so it gets in. (They had another one out this year, which absolutely rules as well).

Also really liked:

Laurel Halo - 'Quarantine' (if Hour Logic doesn't count)
Kendrick Lamar - 'Good Kid M.A.A.D City' (if Section 80 doesn't count)
Goat - 'World Music'
Holly Herndon - 'Movement'

Haven't heard the Melody's Echo Chamber LP yet, but reckon I'll be into that as well

Dan_S | 27 Nov '12, 20:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I second Holly Herndon
  
  Certainly the most promising debut, can't wait to what she comes up with next
  
  karl @Dan_S | 28 Nov '12, 22:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
Boy Friend

Foreign Fields

pichaelmarker | 28 Nov '12, 21:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
Probably Toy & Jessie Ware

deep-blue | 28 Nov '12, 21:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
Echo Lake.

Echo Lake, Echo Lake, Echo Lake, Echo Lake, Echo Lake, Echo Lake, Echo Lake, Echo Lake, Echo Lake, Echo Lake, Echo Lake :-)

Oh, and the FOE album is bloody great too. And whether or not we count it (see above) The Lost Rivers album is fantastic!

geordiedave1981 | 28 Nov '12, 22:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Sin & Lostness IS their debut album
  
  My Beatific Vision was their first EP.
  
  FACT!
  
  domgourlay @geordiedave1981 | 29 Nov '12, 09:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
*Ancients

badgertastic | 28 Nov '12, 23:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
Talabot & TOY - definitely one of those

Body_In_The_Thames | 28 Nov '12, 23:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Jessie Ware was REALLY disappointing (some good remixes though)
  
  I'm disappointed in myself that I like most of the Kindness record
  
  Body_In_The_Thames @Body_In_The_Thames | 28 Nov '12, 23:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
purity ring

frankie rose
weird dreams
blue balloon
metz
swearin'

all good.

matthewslaughter | 29 Nov '12, 11:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- the Frankie Rose one was a second album really
  
  guntrip @matthewslaughter | 29 Nov '12, 17:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cymophane - S/T
Hectic Zeniths - S/T
Nothing But Noise - Not Bleeding Red
Futexture - The Science Of How Things Unfold
Selva Oscura - Refractides
Zander One - Echoate
iNTRiKeT - The Woods

DriftingSkeleton | 29 Nov '12, 12:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cheek Mountain Thief

by Cheek Mountain Thief. Not sure it fully qualifies as it's a Tunng spin-off, but 'tis a thing of considerable beauty.

Mr_Grieves | 29 Nov '12, 17:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tigercats

Tigercats
Tigercats
Tigercats
Tigercats
Tigercats

guntrip | 29 Nov '12, 17:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
zammuto if that counts if no then goat

codpieceface | 29 Nov '12, 18:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
Amazing debuts:

Yamantaka // Sonic Titan! (Dubious release date, got deservedly bigger this year) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONKmcIXE9vk

Sswampzz! (technically EP, what of it?) http://sswampzz.bandcamp.com/album/sleeper

Teen Suicide! http://teensuicide.bandcamp.com/album/i-will-be-my-own-hell-because-there-is-a-devil-inside-my-body

RYAT! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A1uHy0otAA

METZ!

Honourable mentions to Islet, Race Horses, John Talabot

whatisthewhat | 29 Nov '12, 19:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I love the Yamantaka!
  
  I thought it was last year. Top for me.
  
  Lililololaure @whatisthewhat | 29 Nov '12, 22:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah, it came out on some tiny label last November
    
    But was rereleased on Paper Bag Records shortly after Polaris. Not sure if they’re planning to visit the UK, but their live show is quite something.
    
    whatisthewhat @Lililololaure | 2 Dec '12, 19:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- that Teen Suicide record is ace
  
  I can't help but feel like they're being overlooked somewhat.
  
  wewerewerewolvesonce @whatisthewhat | 2 Dec '12, 00:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Totally agree. Near perfect, for what it is.
    
    I considered suggesting it for DiS’s Lost 12 of 2012 series, but am already down to write two. It’s a nice little secret to hold onto, regardless.
    
    whatisthewhat @wewerewerewolvesonce | 2 Dec '12, 19:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
Royal Headache

fellover | 29 Nov '12, 19:37 | X | ^ This | Reply

SCROTUM this'd this
Foxygen - Take the Kids off Broadway

furio | 2 Dec '12, 00:11 | X | ^ This | Reply

iizcallum this'd this
- Think that's an EP, isn't it? Their full-length debut is out in January/Feb
  
  I enjoyed this release an awful lot though, can't wait for the LP!
  
  iizcallum @furio | 2 Dec '12, 04:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
Deep Sea Diver - History Speaks

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