Beats Per Minute's Top EPs of 2012

Beats Per Minute's Top EPs of 2012

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10.

Old Apparatus - Harem
November 19, 2012
Critic Score
84
1 review

9.

Lower - Walk on Heads
March 31, 2012
Critic Score
80
2 reviews

8.

Willis Earl Beal - Principles of a Protagonist
October 3, 2012
Critic Score
79
1 review

Given that these are re-recordings it’s difficult to deem them instant classics, but with Beal’s ideological shift its hard to ignore the fact that these are songs that have finally achieved their full potential.

7.

AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It
May 15, 2012
Critic Score
76
9 reviews

You Know You Like It is a bloop-heavy, not overly unfamiliar affair right at home at Tri Angle, but it’s sharp songwriting, strong, emotive vocals, and unostentatious attitude lead to three of the most unassumingly replayable pop songs of the year.

6.

Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour / Golden Mile
March 20, 2012
Critic Score
78
16 reviews

I believe it’s important for everyone to know the capabilities of this ultra-talented songwriter, and on this EP he does a damn good job showing it off by himself.

5.

Mac DeMarco - Rock and Roll Night Club
March 13, 2012
Critic Score
77
6 reviews

The music itself is a blend of glam rock, 50’s rock and roll, and the jangly guitar pop that is Captured Tracks’ trademark. These blurbs about Mac DeMarco’s debut EP, Rock And Roll Night Club, seem like they’d come together to form a rather strange, of-the-moment release, but the actual product turns out to be a fairly simple, enjoyable lo-fi guitar pop record that defies the expectations set up by its aesthetic choices.

4.

The Antlers - Undersea
July 24, 2012
Critic Score
76
14 reviews

If Undersea does indeed signify the beginning of a new chapter for The Antlers, it’s pretty great so far.

3.

TNGHT - TNGHT
July 24, 2012
Critic Score
77
15 reviews

TNGHT may clock in at under 16 minutes, but it’s the most satisfying quarter-hour blast you’ll hear this year.

2.

Disclosure - The Face
June 4, 2012
Critic Score
74
6 reviews

The Face is a complete statement that overloads all possible cylinders

1.

Burial - Kindred
February 12, 2012
Critic Score
85
18 reviews

It’s as much of a technical, puzzle-piece spider-web as it is an emotionally exhausting workout.

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