Best Of The Year 2012: Third Quarter Update

Welcome to MuzikDizcovery's third edition of quarterly updates in 2012. Every staff member will put out a top five list, allowing them to showcase their absolute favorite records of 2012 to date. Additionally, it will be able to alert you of albums that you may not have heard of otherwise. This list does not only include albums that have been released as of September 30, as any album that we have heard so far this year is free to be included. fun., Take One Car, Athletics, Now, Now, Frank Ocean, Passion Pit, Suis La Lune and First Aid Kit are amongst the names that feature prominently in our lists. If you click on the album name, you will be led to our review for the album (if we have written one). All the lists can be seen below the jump.

Album Review: Passion Pit - Gossamer

Grade: A-

The funny thing about hype is that it's a double-edged sword. Although the hype train will have new fans boarding, the hyped product will rarely live up to the expectations projected onto it by the media. Passion Pit, coming off a decent amount of online media attention- including a feature in Pitchfork about frontman Michael Angelakos as well as plenty of attention from NME magazine- were set to become the posterboys of electro-pop before Gossamer's second single was released.