Soulsavers – The Light the Dead See
Features the vocals of Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) but don’t expect electronic doodlings. Someone suggested this has a likeness to Beck’s Mutations one of my all time favourites and they weren’t far wrong, very moody and sombre with lots of strings.

Polica – Give You the Ghost
Best album of the year for me, I usually don’t like over processed vocals but this just sounds so right, hypnotic bass and drums almost dub sounding in places.

Jack Carty – Break Your Own Heart
If you want to delve into the world of indie folk/pop (think Ed Sheeran, Ben Howard, Glen Hansard) this is a good place to start.

Purity Ring – Shrines
Nice sounds from this duo with deep bass and dreamy vocals mixed over punctuated beats, and like a lot of decent bands these days their Canadian!

Lake Forest – Silver Skies
Mainly consists of simple picking acoustic guitar with bits of other instrumentation but the blending of multitracked vocals works brilliantly, a late night album to drift off to sleep to.

Silversun Pickups – Neck of the Woods
Ok so they sound like the Smashing Pumpkins but this album has enough quality and variation to stand up there with the best

Cheers
Mike