Here's a list to test your optimism vs cynicism ratio. Do you think 2012 will be the year that The Avalanches finally deliver their third album? Will find Mazzy Star (pictured!), now back from the wilderness, delivering on their first LP in 15 years? That Cat Power will finally stop dithering and delivering a brand new album of original material? That Purity Ring, that furiously-hyped Canadian duo, can make a whole album of songs every bit as perfect as the three files they've shared, thus far, with the world?Welcome to a list big on hope, on dreams, on belief. Belief that long-awaited, long-promised albums will actually show up in 2012. Belief that follow-ups can be just as good as the classics preceding them. Belief that hype can be lived up to. Belief that The Avalanches aren't just a provocative Twitter account, but a functioning entity set to release their first record in 12 years.
It's an album looking forward; a foot in the past but an eye on the future, cast forward to take stock of albums that, if they do indeed arrive in this here year, will blow minds from hither to yon.
Let's dream big, kids; cross our fingers, and cheer these releases into reality: the 10 Most Anticipated Albums of 2012...
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