You will have noticed that most publications have published their "best of 2012" lists already, some as early as the middle of November. We'll be holding off for a couple of weeks yet, the reason being that by publishing such lists weeks before the end of the year there's a good chance of some stellar music slipping trough the net and being caught in a musical nomansland whereby they're too late for this years polls and don't qualify for next year's as they were released the year before. There's every possibility that London four-piece The Cellophane Flowers could have cropped up in a few people's charts had they given their album a chance, but it's all about getting there first.
Whether or not 'Staring At The World' ends up as one of our albums of the year we'll have to wait and see, but it more than deserves some of your hard-earned ear time. This is UK indie-rock of a very high standard, helped in part by the studio experience of Dave Allen (The Cure, The Charlatans, The Human League) and they've got the sound bang on. It takes more than decent sound to make a great album though, and it's difficult to find a weak link in this chain of ten songs. 'Forever Lost' is worthy of The Sundays or Mazzy Star, they ensure each and every track contains fine melodies, perhaps having conducted a pre-recording ritual to ward off filler.
Going back to the sound of the songs, you're looking at classic indie (when it wasn't a dirty word) bands for comparisons and 'Staring At The World' is virtually timeless, it could have been made any time in the last 25 or so years. You can pick out the distant cries of heroes such as The Cocteau Twins, The Primitives and maybe 'Belinda' acknowledges their debt to The Go Gos and bands of that vintage. There are a number of potential singles including 'Voices', 'The Promise', 'Rock 'n' Roll' and more. Don't count your chickens before they've hatched, and don't let this work of art pass you by due to premature evaluation of 2012; the best things come to those who wait.
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