Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People

9.8

disorder, carnal, dawned, coagulating, discord

Standouts:
"Cause = Time"
"Looks Just Like the Sun"
"Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl"

Coldplay - X&Y

8.3

reset, starbound, down, incomplete, discovery

Standouts:

"Swallowed in the Sea"

"Speed of Sound"

"Talk"

Kate Bush - The Sensual World

8.6

slipping apart, effort, cryptal, nighttime, laments

Standouts:

"Love and Anger"

"This Woman's Work"

"Rockets Tail"

New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies

9.7

blossoming, club, testing, descent into night, hidden

Standouts:

"Age of Consent"

"The Village"

"Leave Me Alone"

Deerhunter - Cryptograms

8.2

stunning, eerie, on alert, saturated, lost track

Standouts:

"Cryptograms"

"Strange Lights"

"Spring Hall Convert"

Beach House - Depression Cherry

8.3

ascension, somber, sweet-tasting, sanguine, here and gone

Standouts:

"Levitation"

"10:37"

"Beyond Love"

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

8.7

ethereal, dreaming, abstract, traversal, swept away

Standouts:

"Hounds of Love"

"Cloudbusting"

"The Morning Fog"

The Strokes - Room on Fire

8.8

rebuffed, sophomore swagger, vain, NYC party girls, out of control

Standouts:

"Reptilia"

"12:51"

"Under Control"

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

9.6

ambiance, seasons, patience, trek, viewpoint

Standouts:

"Ready, Able"

"While You Wait for the Others"

"Two Weeks"

Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

8.5

sad sack, small and insignificant, introspection, atypical, keep on going

Standouts:

"Depreston"

"Pedestrian at Best"

"Debbie Downer"