In anticipation of the annual year-end review coming later this month, here is a collection of 25 overlooked songs not included in last year’s list. This is a recognition of tracks released in 2008 that either got a raw deal last December or simply weren’t discovered until after the calendar changed.
“COMPANY” – AN HORSE
No, I can’t let you in
’cause these walls have been built
“SHOOTING STARS” – BAG RAIDERS
Feel my weight in front, following the sound
It moves away so fast I fall down to the ground
“GILA” – BEACH HOUSE
Pick apart the past, you’re not going back
Don’t you waste your time
“ONE RED THREAD” – BLIND PILOT
Oh man oh man you can do what you want
The only line that is true is the line you’re from
“PERFECT GAMES” – THE BROKEN WEST
We waste our time when we could be righting every wrong
And we chase heartbreak where we can see heartbreak don’t belong
“WHEN WATER COMES TO LIFE” – CLOUD CULT
And underneath your ribs they’ll find a heart-shaped locket,
An old photograph of you in Daddy’s arms
“THE SHADED FORESTS” – DEASTRO
When the wolf lays down to marry the lamb
He’ll lay down his fangs, he’ll lay down his plans
“NOTHING EVER HAPPENED” –DEERHUNTER
Focus on depth that was never there
Eliminate what you can’t repair
“IF YOU WOULD COME BACK HOME” –WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS
There’s room between today and the last time that I saw you
The pictures in my brain will fade until I lose you
“KISS WITH A FIST” –FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
You hit me once, I hit you back, you gave a kick, I gave a slap,
You smashed a plate over my head then I set fire to our bed
“GERALDINE” –GLASVEGAS
When you’re lost in the deep and darkest place around,
May my words walk you home safe and sound
“POWERLINES” –THE INTERIORS
So I call my friend the president, I just pick up the phone,
And I say my complaints, I speak my piece into the dial tone
“MY DELIRIUM” –LADYHAWKE
The longer I wait, the harder I’m gonna fall
I’m out of my head and out of my self-control
“LAZY SUICIDE” – MEGAFAUN
Take your guilt and flush it through your veins
Salvage what you can and start again
“HEARTBREAKER” – METRONOMY
I heard she broke your heart again
Well that girl’s a heartbreaker
“THE ONLY TUNE PT. 3: THE ONLY TUNE” –NICO MUHLY
There were two sisters walking down by a stream, Oh the wind and the rain
The older one pushed the younger one in, Oh the dreadful wind and rain
“TWO DOORS DOWN” –MYSTERY JETS
I hear her playing the drums late at night,
The neighbours complain but that’s the kind of girl I like
“SWING THAT TAMBOURINE” –KRISTOFFER RAGNSTAM
You are probably the best thing that ever happened to me …
Swing that tambourine for me, like it’s nothing you’ve ever seen
“WOODFRIEND” –MILES BENJAMIN ANTHONY ROBINSON
Some young kid riding over a river:
“So much love I could give her if I knew who she was”
“GET OVER IT” –SOLID GOLD
You want to live again? It can be easy, man
Get over it, it’s not your fault
“YOU, ME, & THE BOURGEOISIE” –THE SUBMARINES
Everyday we wake up, we choose love, we choose light
And we try, it’s too easy just to fall apart
“I WON’T BE FOUND” –THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH
If I ever get that slumber, I’ll be that mole deep in the ground
And I won’t be found
“LOLITA” –THROW ME THE STATUE
We could do it all and it’d all go faster
Things could multiply at appalling rates
“FOREVER” –WALTER MEEGO
When I say I want us to be together
Just say you want me, too, and I’ll be yours forever
“TAKING THE FARM” –THE WAR ON DRUGS
Well top and bottom it’s all the same to me
Until all my breathing air is gone