It’s not completely unexpected – Hope For Men displayed similar tendencies – but what's shifted is how well he captures his subject matter. Says Phillip Bloomfield: "Korvette has improved his lyrics: he’s still able to make you feel stomach-churningly uncomfortable, but he’s augmented his bitterness and blunt depravity with the kind of things people can relate to: stress, work, tiredness, futile workplace crushes and age. Read the review | Listen on Spotify Pissed Jeans - King Of Jeans Of course, it's not really about that, but it is increasingly rare that fans of this sort of envelope-pushing pop can find satisfaction from records produced on these shores. Sunset Rubdown! Dirty Projectors! Your records just took one hell of a beating. Says Rob Webb: "Two Dancers, then, doesn't so much follow up their debut as announce Wild Beasts as one of our genuinely special bands, one that can compete - in terms of both musical and lyrical ingenuity as well as sheer pop nous - with any US act you've seen talked up in the music press this year. Read the review | Listen on Spotify Wild Beasts - Two Dancers Says Brad Barrett: "Do I like this because it’s the fucking Bronx in mariachi disguises and they can do barely any wrong? Am I enchanted by their utter disregard for other people’s opinions on what they’ve made here? Could I be swayed into thinking mariachi is worth investigating? You know what? Who cares? This album is enjoyable, amusing, sensitive, impressive and above all – because we’re all in the habit of forgetting this – FUN." Every last one of these records is pure gold, and in The XX and Wild Beasts we have two very fine contenders for album of the year. Without any further ado, here's the top 10 (+1) from August. Some of the 8s didn't even make it - that's how jam-packed this month has been with shining examples of music and art. At the moment I'm sitting here with 17 tabs open in my browser, all of them records rated 8 or above from this month. Another month in the year of our lord 2009, another million records to choose from for this roundup.
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