RedEye's Sound Board's top albums of 2012

I peeped these dudes after a low-key Jay-Z cosign and was glad I did. Their lyrics are mostly indecipherable--no surprise considering their Bon Iver/Gayngs pedigree--but Channy Leaneagh's weird-pretty voice evokes such a wide, complex array of emotions, (love, loss, optimism) that it barely matters: the message still gets across. Best listened to at night. -- Adam Lukach