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Definitely their most cohesive album. I enjoyed it whilst eating a cheese sandwich only this morning in fact.

http://open.spotify.com/album/7cReNgYN2wNYsj78NB67ut

Quite a strong effort from the Mancunian popular beat combo tipped to be the new Radiohead.

http://open.spotify.com/album/54rCSZQzGYQtllqSdIJ1M7

Immersive and mysterious pulsing Ambient, great for drifting off into right brain land.

Atmospheric neo soul which is also very melodic and catchy, it's awesome.

Catchy hardcore album, very good and punchy

Was completely surprised by this as it was my first listen to Pere Ubu.

What struck me is the originality and quality of the songs, will definitely be checking up the back catalogue during the next months.
Best track: 'Another One' (not on Youtube sadly)

Album on Spotify
http://open.spotify.com/user/inkjetlakes/playlist/0cZGmQW5CYG2UHfgNhF8Kv

Much more immediate than their last album, but also prettier and more affecting. I'd thought they were all gilding and no lily, but this is a subtle, delicate album which takes its time to unfurl.

spotify:album:1QmxjQ0c2TQpWQ5qeaW4Ev

http://open.spotify.com/album/2gEa66XoiiRGD95tgo3kfh

a beautiful collection of noises, sounds and samples by that beardy Scottish genius Aidan Moffat. Sounds like it was made a hundred years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxiasWApep4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spIatuiD9iM

Abstract electronic bliss!

Came out on a tape on Opal Tapes last year but a 12" this year. Its more of a mini album or EP really but its the best I've heard so far by miles. Raw, fucked up, noisy as shit groggy techno music.

A few advance copies got shipped out to a few of the independents ahead of their forthcoming tour, so I've had this for a couple of weeks now.

Press release

Listening to them, you can tell that the band did their homework on punk rock. Any given song could include a Germs influenced guitar solo, the catchy "Ooo's" and "Ah's" of The Misfits and lyrics in the same family as Black Flag's "Six Pack" and "TV Party".

On the same token they can just as easily be compared to any of the bands they cover at their ever more legendary and frenetic live shows (Blink 182, FEAR, CCR, Warron Zevon), yet it all comes across entirely their own: surfier, faster, more fuzzed out, more personal and a lot more drunk.

Free EP here -----> http://fidlar.tumblr.com/freedemoep

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXTc3Choroo

hypnotic, stoner folk

Okay, after several listens I have to give this 8/10. Misses out on 9 because of the weak last track. That aside, the quality is remarkably consistent across the album. Smooth as hell laid back pop music. The vocalist in particular has a real grasp of mood, but every song is meticulously built. Comparable to the funkier Blue Nile songs, but with a husky female vocal.

Maybe the best full-length release from Drew Lustman yet? Largely quite subdued, as I keep saying it sounds a fair bit like Floating Points, which is no bad thing. Really enjoyable listen start to end, which is often difficult for electronic artists who kill it so regularly on 12"s like FaltyDL does.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lujfYRStLj0

Really pretty acoustic music, I love it

First time I've heard anything by this artist. I really liked it.

http://open.spotify.com/album/4NaOziiAFQuBUmk5Fmch4D

Despite the disappointing DiS review, it's growing on me at a rapid rate.

http://open.spotify.com/album/4C0tcx42GntvztT3HJr95e

a self released debut album from 22-year-old Mackenzie Scott from Nashville

http://open.spotify.com/album/1EbIfYtE6PdK30IKwYBoKl

http://open.spotify.com/album/6y1CFBHi787z4AqelEDjoL

chilean psychedelic space kraut rock odyssey on sacred bones. going to be big

I didn't like the first record. I thought the last album had two outstanding tracks (closet Astrologer and Cranberry) but I heard this by chance tonight. I really like it. It's a neat companion to Zonoscope and Kaputt, with one absolute killer 'Dramatikk' (can't find a link yet)

discovered them (as I'm many others will have) through a google search for news on MBV.

Great guitar-y pop, with wonderful female vocals (inc. some harmonies) and crunchy guitars. The Joy Formidable meets Ringo Deathstarr, mayve. For older references, there's a bit of Breeders, bit of Lush, maybe.

New album is pretty great.

are

Another awesome record from Sweden's finest heavy band. Surely now they have taken the place of Isis as the best of their kind.

Came out late 2012 but only just heard it. Full-on Australian garage rock with ridiculously catchy tunes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFFocv8IaDg

Is excellent.

Properly good album, man.

Blissed out, noisy and poppy by turns. Excellent stuff.
http://open.spotify.com/album/0cVU5XCQu5fJQHqvMiotmF

Hm... do I really need to give a brief description?

Quality Electronica for head and feet. http://music.gravitasrecordings.com/album/my-heart-is-love-2

companion piece to Dragging a Dead Dear and reliably as sublime as that would indicate

http://open.spotify.com/album/2arK6QEmfa25k2feNozs9e

The self-titled debut. For fans of Internet Forever, Johnny Foreigner, that sort of thing. Glorious, joyous guitar pop fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EClqsGZOD4

Did a naughty on this for my cycle to work - it's really bloody lovely, the 2 tracks released are the standouts so far, but that's only because they're the most familiar. If you didn't like them then you probably won't like the rest of the album as it's pretty similar.

Available to download now (Bleep, Warp, iTunes etc).

I've listened to half of this 2 hour monster so far and it's hands down their best album. So so good.

Lovely stuff. First album to really catch my ear this year.

Only disappointment is it's only 7 tracks, could've done with another few on there.

Surprised this isn't already here.

This album suggests a move toward bands like Grizzly Bear - it's a more rounded, more mature record than Gorilla Manor. Though I'd argue it needs a few spins before it really sinks in.

Here's the amazing Breakers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1dFjloBZYo

Looks like it will be there in my year end list (if I ever make one). Brilliant!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug0ot9Jwyt0

lo-fi rhythms and textures. loops and wandering beats. vibes! I don't know how else to describe it except that it's a sonic journey in my head phones.

here is a spotify link:
http://open.spotify.com/album/26cREFaZGSg3SV90c9z0uT

Yeah I am actually loving this, very close to polished pop perfection indeed.

L. Pierre- The Island Come True
Frightened Rabbit- Pedestrian Verse
Biffy Clyro- Opposites
Foals- Holy Fire
Villagers- Awayland

Well I'll go ahead and post this one separately. It's lovely

The 4th album from this project of Aidan Moffat, who I'm sure most of you will be familiar with. It's just beautiful. It's entirely comprised of samples that he's found from 100 different old vinyls, field recordings and other seemingly distant entities. It accumulates to one magnificent sonic journey and it's ultimately up to the listener to shape the narrative. Here's a review of the album I did: http://therivieraworld.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/l-pierre-island-come-true.html There's links and stuff there too.

Puzzle was the last Biffy album that I really enjoyed. Only Revolutions seemed a bit pompous to me and wasn't really what I wnted to be listening to, which sounds ridiculous because ultimately Opposites is the same bombastic approach towards radio friendly rock that Only... was, and on an even larger scale. But it's one of the most epic compendiums of rock music I've heard ina long while. Again, review and links: http://therivieraworld.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/biffy-clyro-opposites.html

So, this is the first exposure I've had to the band following their inclusion in the EOTR 2013 line up. Reviews and fans are saying this is a more jolly affair than their debut (and then say it's either better or worse for it) but I reckon it's awesome. The guitars are high up in the mix and really make the music soar, sounds almost like a forgotten 1970s prog rock record right down to the rustic cheese of the album cover. Full of brilliant riffs and dreamy female vocals. Definitely rockin'.... but with a spliff in it's mouth and pupils like the moon.

No joke, this is my favourite album of the year so far beating out Yo La Tengo, Dutch Uncles, MBV and L.Pierre. I must have spun this about 15 times already, it's one of his best.

Suprised not to see this here already really. I think it's a great record, initially I feared it fell short of the debut but it has grown and grown.

so so so very great melodically hectic busy electronic music with great pop sensibilities as well a real knack for making you want to dance.

Initially feels poppier than the others, but the ideas are subtler and the songs better. They've learned when to stop and not to clutter decent tunes up with unnecessary extras. Inhaler's a grand single, too.
http://open.spotify.com/album/0PIR7PK8DMB4pgoxq7F9Ad

Been out a while now (and the film it's soundtracking must be at least half a year old) but I think this deserves listing here anyway.

Obvs. not a 'proper' album, nor - predictably - as sublime as their 'proper' stuff, but it's still one of the better things I've heard this winter... a weird brambly curio, a collage of soundbites and sketches that'll cling to you for many a bleak evening to come. In a similar vein to their Focus Group collab., and the natural conclusion to the path they began treading when they started referencing Valerie and Her Week of Wonders one decade ago. Essential listening for Ghost Box & Finders Keepers nuts, but you knew that anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7zIfUwwoQ0

http://open.spotify.com/album/7ov3GoQhZr9Ii6PXOqAVv9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B2Gww3ywDA

<3

they sound like Fugazi, Dino Jr, Japandroids etc... good alt. punk. Loud but with melody.

really nice comp of all their singles, nice leadup to their album which is out soon. if you like veronica falls and stuff, this is definitely worth a listen. really cool production and some super nice melodies.

I like the funk that Flea and Joey Waronker have added to the blippage we all expected. Lush

Think this will be in the mix for Worst Cover Art of 2013 but this album is breathing life into guitars.
http://open.spotify.com/album/3mbzqaNRzurKvD924Lmn7J

Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold

Seriously, seriously good stuff. Like, it's up there with Downward Spiral and Year Zero and such. AMAZING.

Lovely little electronic record. Reminds me of The Field in parts, but it's got a bit more going on than Axel's loops.

Synthy R'n'B goodness

http://open.spotify.com/album/6b9Uh2Pp3nc3EJw9pvfsSt

Absolutely beautiful album.

Just gave it its first spin, some great blasts of full on psych with a few nice laid back numbers. Very good indeed.

very different from what they started out as - it's all 2-minute long, pop-hardcore songs, quite shouty, massive choruses. Some bits sound like Boysetsfire and Snapcase. It's well good, only 29 minutes long, so pretty brief.

High Castles is a tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZMKmipO7SM

A little over-long, but some really good tracks on there. Plenty of electro/R&B variation going on. Have a feeling that with a bit of editing, it could've been absolutely fantastic. Still, great debut.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQgicu6G6n8

Not a departure from the sound of Zeroes QC but certainly a step up and I loved that record.

Beautiful record. Wouldn't be surprised if they 'do a national' or 'do an antlers', whatever the phrase is these days, with this one.

Some of their best work in a long time. It's probably their most calculated release since Come On Die Young, I think. Yeah, worth a listen.
http://open.spotify.com/album/7znNGZ8iNfLJ41IxEWYJHp

No idea how to describe this. The results of a group of test subjects trying to recreate the sounds that the band were (apparently) trying to telepathically transmit to them. It's noisy in places, glitchy in others and overall a really original and fun album.

http://open.spotify.com/album/7akmUbAAJkLy7BrUWxqKOr

3rd Full length (I think?) from Olafur. Introduces vocals to his work, which I was a bit funny about initially, but I think it works. Some really beautiful stuff as ever. Very soothing, dark, wintery (no shit).

would be stupid if this wasn't recommended. I've only just got into him through his debut, which to my ears is a fucking treasure of an album. This is looking like it may be just as good, albeit more stripped back and matured. LOVELY.

a unique template of dark, post-punk, garage-y rock, often controlled and sometimes unleashed, that marks The New Life as one of the better albums released so far this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ0htgiJGZo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2I2cyuGeoU

Great psychedelic record.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqBOqEy7GKg

Appalled it hasn't had more love on here TBF, for fans of Deerhoof and the like, disjointed guitar pop. AND ITS GREAT

Russian noise-rock band play African and Middle-Eastern tinged fucking ROCK MUSIC. Sounds a fair bit like that Goat record from last year but (in my opinion) better.

Very nice Post Rock album. Name your price http://1099.bandcamp.com/album/1099

wonderful debut from a band i knew nothing about. Imagine a more rustic version of Local Natives. More summery, and upbeat (in terms of mood). Fantastic stuff.

http://open.spotify.com/album/1cQDcfuqgURqmFXrLh4H2e

continuing my love of electro (slightly) stompy indy pop - if you liked Citizens' album last year or bands like Mother Mother, you might like that one. 14 tracks on the album and no filler.

On which Anais (and Jefferson) try their hand at some English/Scottish folk which go back half a millenia in some cases.

I find it hard to believe I could ever dislike a record with Anais' voice on it. And she dovetails nicely with Jefferson.

It's a shorter record than her previous albums. Only 7 tracks, which is about right given the theme/lyrics here.

Her run of excellence continues.

This is brilliant. I don't think I've so taken with a record so quickly this year. It's leaps and bound more interesting than their debut (which was great).

http://open.spotify.com/album/0dLoan0a4J6sVKy7WjkvM4

I was initially a little hesitant about certain songs mid-way through this album -- but now I'm fully converted. This is great.

New album of shimmering, predominantly acoustic instrumentals from Nashville guitar prodigy, I recommended his previous album in an obscure albums thread recently, hopefully this will garner him more attention as its sounding bloody wonderful after a few listens. Its based around his jaw-droppingly melodic guitar playing but as with the previous record its coloured with judicious splashes of bass, keyboards and brass etc. For fans of Jack Rose, Six Organs of Admittance and the like

Great review gone up on Pitchfork today, dunno if DiS have any plans to review it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPeWctsA0fE

Much better than it has any right to be really.

Starts and Ends sits nicely among their big hits like Animal Nitrate et al. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D54iGj64dis

New release from Matthew Houck. Some very nice indie/folky stuff with a dab of electronics. Pretty epic (EPIC) in places. Well worth a listen.

Mnemotechnic – Awards
Everything Everything – Arc
Satellite Stories – Phrases to break the ice
Joy Formidable – Wolfs law
Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse

Continuing on from the last album with another 40 minutes of fun and plenty of super catchy hooks.

I know this disappointed a lot of people, but for me the ridiculously broad mix of guests and producers keeps this interesting throughout the 50 minute run time, and keeps me coming back for more. Who cares if the lyrics are kinda stupid if the whole package sounds great?

second album from these guys, great follow up. check out if you like Flying Nun, Go-Betweens, jangly stuff. Another Melbourne band intertwined with Twerps, Boomgates, Eddy Current etc

check out lead single Water Damage
https://soundcloud.com/dick-diver-calendar-days/water-damage

Matson Jones reformed with one less member, intense female vocals, two cellists and a drummer. Sounds quite Constellation Records-ish.

http://cashcow.bandcamp.com/album/land-lines

Indie pop at its most enjoyable.

Surprised nobody's recommended this on here yet. One of my favourite releases of 2013 so far. Absolutely lush and I get the impression it has plenty more to reveal over time.

Best thing I've heard this year so far, by a long way.

Jubilant math rock party, fucking belter!

http://open.spotify.com/album/0Gsm99gxGRwEoEfdzZTDfq

streamin here - http://www.npr.org/2013/03/31/175497508/first-listen-kurt-vile-wakin-on-a-pretty-daze

he's done it again!

stream here - http://pitchfork.com/advance/58-until-in-excess-imperceptible-ufo/

more brilliance from these guys. that spacey, pastoral, Beach Boys feel that then whacks you in the face with a nice bit of 70s rock bombast when you least expect it!

some of it sounds like a giant Transformer robot having a little cry. pretty much all of it sounds awesome.

very nice, warm summery sounds.

how come no-one has put this up yet? don't answer that. it really is very enjoyable.

On Spotify now. Amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7511NXJNV8o

I'm going to call it after one listen. Some great textures; I absolutely love the rap on Buried Alive.

While I'd be surprised if I ended up liking this more than It's Blitz, I expect it to settle comfortably into 2nd spot in the next "rank the Yeah Yeah Yeahs albums" thread.

Nice to see HGM getting more recognition. Probably my favourite Americana act of the past couple of years. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17819-hiss-golden-messenger-haw/

New sound, new members. Dark, psychedelic with elements of French pop and great melodies. Extremely polished. I think it's awesome.

Self-described as "alternative ambient shoegaze bedroom pop dream pop nostalgic", i.e. the kind of stuff I like. Parts have the sound of a laid-back "Today Forever" period Ride, while other parts remind me very much of "Leaves Me Blind" era Underground Lovers (esp. the b-sides), though I don't expect many to get that reference. We're talking chorusy, top-end distorted guitars, with a touch of Matt Walker-esque slide guitar adding a bit of flavour.

There's also a couple of tracks on there that sound so much like The Radio Dept. that I had to check to make sure I hadn't accidentally added a couple of their tracks to the album playlist. This is a VERY good thing in my book, but it may leave the originality-junkies dissatisfied. My only complaint is that it could do with a bit more bottom end. I have to jam my earphones in hard to hear the bass.

Name your price download, or hand-stamped CD for $US5:

http://mentalease.bandcamp.com/

Last remember these guys in the NME about 7 years ago and thinking 'ooh they look edgy' but never actually bothering to listen to their music...but this new one is really cool! Sort of random garage-y stuff...check it!

http://ceephax.bandcamp.com/album/cro-magnox

http://kurbeats.bandcamp.com/

Really good and enjoyable Scandinavian Folk music Electronica album. Well worth the 1 quid odd DL price.

Former Extra Life frontman Charlier Looker's latest project traverses medieval influenced music, experimental improvisation and post-industrial folk.

https://soundcloud.com/charlielooker/sets/seaven-teares-power-ballads

A proper party-style album from Clutch - loads of riffs, strutting southern-rock 'n roll destruction and awesome vocals from Neil Fallon. GET ON IT

Really really liking this. Kind of similar to Open Your Heart. Fuzzy / nostalgia / country-infused Southern rock.

really going to be confronting for longtime fans this, because they've gone and written some Dino Jr/Husker Du tunes. I just heard the first few tracks for the first time, love it so far!

oh look DiS reviewed it here - http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17559/reviews/4146225

watch the clip for Mercury Retrograde here
http://www.inertia-music.com/2013/04/purling-hiss-mercury-retrograde/

Nothing quite matches up to Lolita though.

Pleasantly surprised by this. I enjoyed what I heard of his instrumental score work a couple of years ago, but this is more conventional singer/songwriter stuff. Really good songs, and the production has a great feel to it. It's on spotify too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKF-g_tnrn8

Took me a few listens to get into it vs his debut, but has devoloped into a truly stunning record.
Not for when feeling low, unless you are a wallowing masochist like me.

Not as immediate as the last two but more immersive.
Even better if you pointedly ignore his many innuendos.

stephen o'malley, bill herzog, atsuo, michio kurihara. supergroup make super ambient, droney music. v good, comparable to KTL - v from last year.

pure summery pop/punk/emo/shouty goodness. They're kind of the natural heirs to Algernon Cadwallader, but probably a more versatile band.

Free download too - http://communityrecords.org/releases/donovan-wolfington-stop-breathing/

His best since Our Endless Numbered Days.

http://stephenhummel.bandcamp.com/album/the-language-of-flowers

Going through Post Rock, Ambient and blissed out Drone and Noise. Beautiful immersive album.

Every reason you loved the last record and then some. Stetson is able to draw strange new textures and so much feeling out of one instrument it really floors me sometimes. 'Brute' has seen him never more aggressive in my opinion and he's never soared so high than in the track 'To See More Light'. Great record.

http://thejanitors.bandcamp.com/

Sean this'd this

Best thing I have heard in ages - quite dark and groggy-ish rock with an electronic under current.

Math pop? Darn catchy.

Wonderful album.

Think it will be "the best non MBV shoegaze" record of the year. Reminds me of Mahogany and Swirlies, and like Ringo Deathstarr's Mauve of last year, excels by having 'actual songs'.

Last year's Children of Desire was one of my fav records as this looks to be one of my top records of this year. Post punk with Morrissey style vocals, this record is more experimental than previous stuff an all

His first, self-titled, album was fantastic. Is this one as good? Not sure yet, but early impressions are very favourable.

NZ's Super Furry Animals? Easily as furry, but maybe not quite as super. http://open.spotify.com/album/7h5qFidHM4sqhcCHSbiMzL

streaming here http://silenceyourself.savagesband.com/

Really good. Just like all the others

http://open.spotify.com/album/5hDSxYbuZYJX2O6xLvWYH4

Its full of awesome power pop songs - perfect for summer. Check them out if you like Teenage Fanclub, Camera Obscura e.t.c. Actually, before anything, listen to Friday Night Lights (their debut) as it is one of the best records of the last 5 years (in my opinion). Such an underrated band.

Pretty damn lush and beautiful. Has a bit of a Chromatics vibe balanced with a more xx-y vibe. Really, really into this right now.

Does what it says on the tin, taking samples from old public service films and melding them with various styles of music. Works fantastically well and put a big smile on my face. Sense they may suffering from diminishing returns in future if they stick to that aesthetic but for now I'm just heartily enjoying it.

I've not enjoyed a Primal Scream album for over a decade, and had pretty much written them off. But this has totally taken me by surprise. Skronking saxes, blood-pumping tunes, great production and just the right sharpening of edges. Superb. So glad to have them back.

Vintage soul, R&B and funk featuring Big Daddy Kane on MC duties.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL5Kif_wyZY

Alan Vega meets Twin Peaks

Someone had to, right?

I really like it. Wasn't too sure on my first couple of listens but the sooner you can accept that it a.) isn't another Discovery and b.) is impossible to live up to the amount of hype stuffed on it by the marketing/promo, it's a treasure-chest of a record underneath.

I'm particularly looking forward to all the chart bandwagoners picking it up, being completely baffled at the lack of 'club bangers', slating it, and going back to listen to Rudimental's album.

A bit of context: I don't really care whether it's a Daft Punk record or not because I've no particular investment in Daft Punk either way. I thought some of their tracks were pretty good in the past but I would never go as far as claiming myself a hardcore fan or anything like that. I thought the single/album was ridiculously well marketed. So, I wouldn't call myself a product of the 'hype'. I just happen to think it's a nice 70s/80s throwback with some very interesting tracks in there. Certainly not what I was expecting.

they of the defunct Devastations, sexy dark brooding stuff, a touch of 80s/90s slo jam R&B at time. a hint of HTRK (a lazy comparison i know), worth checking out
https://soundcloud.com/chaptermusic/gucci-mountain

Such a strange proposition - a lot of Berghain related producers coming together to score a ballet, but the whole thing is totally engrossing from start to finish. Beautiful, creepy, odd, weird, atmospheric... incredible stuff!

More info: http://www.factmag.com/2013/04/12/berghain-to-host-ballet-performance-marcel-dettmann-ame-and-more-to-produce-score/

I don't think this needs any explanation.

Streaming here - http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/features/track-by-track-sparrow-and-the-workshop-murderopolis/

Seem to remember these guys getting some love from DiS reviews in the past. Definitely an under appreciated band and over the course of the first couple of albums you had a feeling they were capable of releasing an absolutely brilliant album. This could well be it, sounds (much as I hate to use these words a descriptors and showing why I'm not a journo!) rawer and darker (I stop short a visceral, that's a horrible word!) than their previous and lots of the songs are gradually allowed to build up to storming conclusions. Jill O'Sullivan completely knocks it out of the park with the vocals, at times beautiful at times utterly menacing. Superb stuff, definitely an "if there's any justice this will get them recognition" album.

this is really blowing my preconceived notions away, liking it more and more with each listen. still some filler for sure, and of course overblown at times with a cast of thousands. but when they get it right, it's awesome!

Amazing stuff. Lush beats and vocals, and follows in the footsteps of their excellent EPs.

https://soundcloud.com/ghostly/sets/beacon-the-ways-we-separate

http://open.spotify.com/album/4yeZneqzXybmC5k7JGKiW0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TahTcD_3AFs

Was supposed to come out at the end of June but got leaked so they released it early.
http://topshelfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/whenever-if-ever