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| Biggest Surprises Of 2009 Thus Far
The best prize is a surprise...kinda.
List is rated 1 as most suprising, and 10 least. | | 1 |  | Animal Collective
Fall Be Kind
Another One?!?!?!?? | | 2 |  | Dredg
The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
This was supposed to suck, it's better then CWA. cool | | 3 |  | Oh, Sleeper
Son Of The Morning
I heard the title track and was blown away, then I heard the rest of the album and was dissapointed. Biggest letdown this year. | | 4 |  | Alice In Chains
Black Gives Way To Blue
Really amazing, just as good as staley era Alice. | | 5 |  | The Mars Volta
Octahedron
One of my favorite albums this year. Suprised it was this good after the shitstorm that I purchased called cryptomnesia. Octahedron is better then Amputechture and Bedlam, which I beleived they would never acheive. | | 6 |  | Silversun Pickups
Swoon
I hated lazy eye until I heard panic switch on the radio. This CD got me into a band I thought I would never enjoy. | | 7 |  | Thrice
Beggars
I didn't see this coming. Didn't meet my high expectations though. | | 8 | | Felt
III
Aesop Rock is doing the production what an awesome surprise. | | 9 |  | Every Time I Die
New Junk Aesthetic
Wow, got me back into ETID | | 10 |  | Muse
The Resistance
Hype Hype Hype, this sounds like blantant ripoff of Queen and Andrew Lloyd Weber. Why did I even beleive muse would be good again? | |
YouAreMySilence
10.11.09 | Your reason for 3 is sooo true.
6 is super good, 7 was kinda disappointing. | Kiran
10.11.09 | loads of really awesome debut albums came out this year, if you count that | Niceinvader
10.11.09 | You know the only debut I listened to was the temper trap which I already knew was gonna be good.
Kirgasm you should rec me some of the debuts you are talking about. | Kiran
10.11.09 | cymbals eat guitars - why there are mountains
the antlers - hospice
florence and the machine - lungs
japandroids - post-nothing
girls - album
fun. - aim and ignite
the pains of being pure at heart - s/t
passion pit - manners
i probably missed some but these are some of my favourites off the top of my head. debut full lengths btw, some of these bands had EPs leading up to it. | Kiran
10.11.09 | err scratch that, the antlers isn't a debut, didn't realize 'in the attic of the universe' wasnt an EP but im preeeetty sure the rest of these are debut LPs | Niceinvader
10.11.09 | Thanks I'll check those out. | YouAreMySilence
10.11.09 | Awesome debuts:
Jonsi and Alex - Riceboy Sleeps
Towers - Full Circle (I'm pretty sure that's their debut)
Tiny Vipers - Life on Earth
Japandroids - Post-Nothing
Motohiro Nakashima - We Hum On The Way Home (I'm pretty sure that's their debut)
Sights And Sounds - Monolith
David Bazan Curse Your Branches (his other one is an ep I think)
Spires - Flowers and Fireworks
Glass America - Redivivus
Lights - The Listening | Niceinvader
10.11.09 | Fuck I forgot mariachi el bronx | Bandido
10.11.09 | Relient K's new album is a bit of surprise (in a good way) | Niceinvader
10.11.09 | Hmmm | BigTuna
10.11.09 | I really really really really really like 7. It surprised me how much I like it. I had HUGE expectations and it didn't surpass them, but it changed them. So, yeah, album rules. | Prophet178
10.11.09 | Cymbals Eat Guitars, Japandroids and The XX are easily the biggest surprises of the year thus far. 3 killer indie debuts that came out of no where.
Did you really expect any of these to be bad (besides 10)? | Niceinvader
10.12.09 | yeah I expected they all would fall short, fortunately only a few did. |
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