Monday, December 17, 2012
Music The 20 Best Albums of 2012
Posted by Mike Conklin, Lauren Beck and Jeff Klingman on Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:00 AM
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5. Hospitality — Hospitality
It feels like this album's been in our lives forever. Recorded almost two years ago and released in the first few weeks of this past January, the NYC trio's debut full-length also features new versions of songs that had been around since as far back as 2008. Ironically, of all the albums on this list, it probably requires the shortest amount of time to grow on you. The self-titled 10-song collection is obviously indebted to Belle and Sebastian and other twee-leaning pop groups of the past few decades, but there's an added sense of theatricality—in Amber Papini's vocals, certainly, but also in the arrangements—that ultimately makes it so uniquely satisfying.
Key Track:: "Betty Wang"
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