Said The Whale - Little Mountain (Year-End Album Review)

A preview of my forthcoming annual, year-end, favourite albums post. Below is an album that is definitely under consideration - time will tell where it ends up on, or off, the final list.

Said the Whale - Little Mountain

Little Mountains is an early 2012 release from the west coast that definitely caught my ear. There are a number of standouts on this album right off the top - Jesse, AR, We Are 1980, Loveless.  However repeated listens had these tunes set themselves apart but rarely did I go deep into the fifteen track affair. With 50% more songs than your standard indie album you'd think and hope to simply get more for your $9.99, when in fact the latter half seems slightly washed out, detracting from the full album's strength rather than adding to it. A solid effort with some absolutely worthwhile works but not worthy of end of year raving.

Feel free to check out last year's list or my Top Albums lists dating back to 2002 on my previous Vernacular blog.