Kicking off this week’s new album releases on Groundhog’s Day, we have Toro Y Moi’s Causers of This, which is a very worthy debut amongst the ever-growing amount of bands coming down the pipe of similar ilk.

Also garnering a lot of buzz is Midlake’s The Courage of Others, the follow-up to to 2006’s The Trials of Van Occupanther. I’ve yet to hear this one myself, but I did enjoy their previous album to some extent, so I’m definitely looking forward to checking it out soon.

The Soft Pack (formerly The Muslims) and The Album Leaf round out the rest of the recommended releases, with the surprise of the week coming in the form of The Brunettes and their latest titled Paper Dolls.  I only say this because I had no idea they were even working on a new record, let alone having it come out this week.  If you enjoy listening to some very sweet, sweet pop songs, than I’m sure you’ll find some enjoyment out of it.

Looking at these releases, you pretty much have a nice sampling of a wide arrange of different genres of music.  From post-rock to indiepop, it’s all here to be discovered.

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Okay, okay, I know that I said the Daily Graboid would return to it’s original weekly state, but I was out of town all of last week so I’m hoping you can cut me a little slack this one time.

I’ve never been this busy in a very long time, as I’ll be moving for the second time this month starting at the beginning of next week. If you’re curious, I’m going to be moving from Alabama (where I’ve lived my entire life, sadly enough) to Salt Lake City. It’s taken me a while to warm up to the idea, but it’s better than my current situation. So if any readers are from around the area, let me know! Would be great to meet some new people once I get settled in.

Now with that out of the way, we can get to the new album releases from the past week. For two week’s worth of stuff to browse through, there isn’t a whopping amount of “must buys” as far as I’m concerned, but there’s a fair share of quality albums to pique your interest. With new albums/EPs from the likes of Mew, Imogen Heap, Blitzen Trapper, Young Galaxy, Sally Shapiro, The Cave Singers, and The Postmarks. The latter of which completely caught me by surprise as I didn’t even know they were working on a follow-up to their criminally overlooked self-titled debut.

As always, feel free to recommend anything I may have left off.

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