Transience's top 10 albums of 2008

done quickly and full of cynicism! "I listened to about 150-200 new albums this year, and I didn't really enjoy 80% of them. it was probably the worst musical year of the decade, a year where good albums were merely listenable and bad albums were reallllly bad. calling 2008 a subpar year is not exactly a damning statement since this decade has produced some amazing music, but that doesn't make it less disappointing.

these 10 albums are my exceptions: bright spots in a sea of mediocrity. I encourage everyone to give them a chance."
 * -transience

10. Electric President - Sleep Well

 * 1) "Monsters" – 4:36
 * 2) "Bright Mouths" - 4:47 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz9UeeqSqLw
 * 3) "We Will Walk Through Walls" - 4:31
 * 4) "Graves And The Infinite Arm" - 4:39
 * 5) "Adrift In Space, Or Whatever" - 1:19
 * 6) "Ether" - 5:10
 * 7) "Robophobia" - 4:34
 * 8) "Lullaby" - 5:36
 * 9) "It's Like A Heartbeat, Only It Isn't" -1:01
 * 10) "All The Bones" - 5:15
 * 11) "It's An Ugly Life" - 5:51
 * 12) "When It's Black" - 5:11

Electric President is a strange band. the best way to describe them is "restrained" -- they make cute, quiet, catchy electro-pop music that's not all that unlike The Postal Service, but there's this ominous, paranoid feeling that permeates everything that they do. they write lyrics about faceless people coming and ripping your eyelids off, all sung in a detached, matter-of-fact way with peaceful instrumentation backing it up.

and I love it. I don't think it's as good as their first album, but there's something distinct and unique about the contrast of music and lyrical content that makes this band very appealing to me. it's like listening to a nursery rhyme where the rabbit gets their head cut off, only spoken in a very friendly way that makes it even more messed up. yum.