Your favorite new albums from the first half of 2012

[Sketchy]

I did love TAAB2, and did see him live (IT WAS AMAZING), but the ones I listed I found I connected more with.

[skydivingninja]

So I've been catching up a bit on new music, so I can revise my list a bit, in order!

Rush-Clockwork Angels
Storm Corrosion-s/t
Ancestors-In Dreams and Time
Art by Numbers-Reticence: A Musical
Sigur Ros-Valtari
Flying Colors-s/t
Toro Y Moi-June 2009

Still a bunch more to check out.  DSO, Gojira, Ian Anderson (not expecting much but I'm curious), and Metric are all on my list. 

[rogerdil]

I'd like to add It Bites - Map of the Past.  Great melodies, even if some borrowed from their previous album. 

[lonestar]

I got to add the debut EP by The Deadstation, Episode 01:Staring into the Deepest Ocean Abyss