A 2007 Mix Tape (of Sorts)

I’m nae entirely convinced these are my favourite ten tracks of the year - in fact, I’m pretty certain another ten could easily have replaced them had it been another hour, another day, another month. But each and every one of these rather luscious tunes have affected me somehow over the course of 2007. From the glitchy, floor-stumbling drum-fuckery of Battles’ stunning Atlas to the tear duct seeping memories of airport goodbyes that Aereogramme’s Barriers invokes, this is as close as I can get to my own personal soundtrack to what’s been a tumultuous sort of year.

Battles
‘Atlas’
(From Mirrored, http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/1982473, www.myspace.com/battles)

Animal Collective
‘For Reverend Green’
(From Strawberry Jam, http://drownedinsound.com/release/view/11006, www.myspace.com/animalcollectivetheband )

Aereogramme
‘Barriers’
(From My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go On, http://drownedinsound.com/release/view/8861, www.myspace.com/aereogrammeofficial )

Beirut
‘Cliquot’
(From The Flying Club Cup, http://drownedinsound.com/release/view/11212, www.myspace.com/beirut)

Broken Records
‘Slow Parade’
(From Broken Records EP. www.myspace.com/brokenrecordsedinburgh)

Malcolm Middleton
‘A Brighter Beat’
(From A Brighter Beat, www.myspace.com/malcolmmiddleton)

Grinderman
No Pussy Blues
(From Grinderman, http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/1713871, www.myspace.com/grinderman)

Liars
‘Plaster Casts Of Everything’
(From Liars, http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2290391, www.myspace.com/liarsliarsliars )

You Say Party! We Say Die!
‘Poison’
(From Lose All Time, www.myspace.com/yousaypartywesaydie)

The National
‘Start A War’
(From Boxer, http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/1955569, www.myspace.com/thenational)

* Photograph courtesy of Su Anderson of the Gwinnett Daily Post