There were some great things and there were many crap things, what we have here is what floated Human Pleasure’s boat for 2011.
Many thanks to all the fine labels, bands and individuals that helped get the show though what was a very unsettling year.
Best releases, in no particular order.
Cloud Nothings [Cloud Nothings LP]
Creepoid [Horse Heaven LP]
Mushy [Faded Heart LP]
PJ Harvey [Let England Shake LP]
Ringo Deathstarr [Colour Trip LP]
Fonda [Better Days EP]
Dirty Beaches [Badlands LP]
Kurt Vile [Smoke Ring For My Halo LP]
Ride [Nowhere (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) LP]
The Lovely Eggs [Cob Dominos LP]
The Death Set [Michel Poiccard LP]
Youngteam [Daydreamer LP]
Low [C’mon LP]
Mazes [A Thousand Heys LP]
[Aftersun] [Pain Sounds Ep]
Young Widows [In And Out Of Youth And Lightness LP]
Belong [Common Era LP]
EMA [Past Life Martyred Saints LP]
Jesu [Ascension LP]
The Computers [This Is The Computers LP]
True Widow [As High As the Highest Heavens and from the Center to the Circumference of the Earth LP]
Woods [Sun And Shade LP]
Be Forest [Cold LP]
Senium [Such Progress LP]
Soft Metals [Soft Metals LP]
Acetate Zero [Le Reglage Precis Du Zero LP]
Death Hymn Number 9 [Smokestack Frightening LP]
Girls [Father, Son, Holy Ghost LP]
Hookworms [Hookworms EP]
Kindest Lines [Covered In Dust LP]
The Present Moment [Loyal To A Fault LP]
Tunnels [The Blackout LP]
Whores [Ruiner EP]
Wooden Shjips [West LP]
S.C.U.M. [Again Into Eyes LP]
The Jesus Lizard [CLUB LP]
Psychic Ills [Hazed Dream LP]
Balaclavas [Snake People LP]
Os Drongos [Hi Batucada! LP]
Lil Daggers [Lil Daggers LP]
The Beets [Let The Poison Out LP]
Thee Oh Sees [Carrion Crawler/The Dream Ep LP]
93millionmilesfromthesun [Northern Sky LP]
Back 2nd Jan 2012, talk to you then.