After a GREAT deal of deliberation, my favourite track for 2012 goes to Australian band The Rubens for "Don't Ever Wanna Be Found". This polished outfit have released an album that respectfully nods to alternative rock's past, without ever downplaying the validity of their own life experience. They're young, but they know their stuff.
"Don't Ever Wanna Be Found" puts the taste of dust in my mouth and makes me yearn for a muscle car and a dodgy road trip.
Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams
Coming in second is another Aussie band, and I am not ashamed to have chosen both Australian tracks, there is some astonishingly good music being made across the world and we make it here too. Tame Impala's second album, Lonerism, is gaining international recognition, and Apocalypse Dreams was the first release from it. A lush journey from punchy pop to psychadelic sensuality, Apocalypse Dreams makes me want to go lay in the daisies and watch the clouds roll by, and that's as good a use of my time as any.
