50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2011

‘Cherish The Light Years’ was less fractured than 2009’s ‘Love Comes Close’, but no less fraught as Wesley Eisold observed his grim surroundings, blackened his synths and faced the coming apocalypse. The likes of ‘Pacing Around The Church’ and ‘Underworld USA’, despite choking with bitterness and isolation, were proper pop bangers. Rather than marching around with a ‘The End Is Nigh’ placard, Eisold plonked himself down on a bar stool at the last throes of the Death Disco and pulled up a chair for you, inviting you to drink with him and watch the world tear itself apart. BH