The Best Of 2007: Leah’s Picks
It’s time for Late Night Wallflower’s year end wrap ups! First up, our official “all things Philly” representative and lord of the dance floor, Leah Pavlik.
Top ten lists are always a little difficult for me since I have the memory span of a mentally challenged goldfish. This usually results in my end-of-year lists being suspiciously heavy on albums that came out in the past month or so. Instead of doing a top ten list, these are the albums that I just really, really liked this year. There’s probably better albums, or more groundbreaking albums that came out in 2007, but hey - if they don’t stick in your mind enough to remember them, who cares? Minus five scene points for me, I suppose.
Best Summer Album
There is a tie between Against Me!’s New Wave and Minus the Bear’s Planet of Ice. I basically listened to New Wave on a continuous stream all summer long, with short breaks where I cheated on it with Planet of Ice.
Best Surprise
I bought Crime In Stereo’s Is Dead on a whim when it came out in October, not really expecting much. It’s since become a definite favorite for the year, and “…but You Are Vast” gets my nomination for best song. Seriously, even if you think Crime in Stereo took a turn for the worse with this LP, you gotta admit how great that song is.
Keep reading more of Leah’s picks after the jump.
