Well, a lot of people and places were busy posting lists of top songs and albums of 2009 over the last few weeks. For the most part, I found 2009 to be a slow year in music but there were a few albums that really grabbed me — “Hospice” by The Antlers (which now ranks amongst my top albums of all time) and “Dragonslayer” by Sunset Rubdown. However, instead of posting album reviews, I think I’ll just put up some links to my five favourite songs from last year (limit of one per band). As is usual for me, the way I connect with the lyrics of songs plays a very large role in how much I enjoy those songs. I think that the lyrics to all of these songs are fantastic (the first two were literally breath-taking for me) so you may want to look them up.
1. “Epilogue” by The Antlers.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQwkbRVqqxU]
2. “Nightingale/December Song” by Sunset Rubdown.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eh6jWLmKcc]
3. “Daniel” by Bat For Lashes (she’s singing this song for me, ya know?)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfWzmSelCis]
4. “Rocking Horse” by The Dead Weather (I’m not usually a fan of Jack White and his many projects, but this song is fantastic).
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtoL7y9jEyQ]
5. “1 John 4:16” by The Mountain Goats.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KocfvqK_4yM]
And one honourable mention — “The Economy is Suffering… Let It Die” by Anti-Flag!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-NqzIRmQjc]