Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs
It's like going back in time. From the opening chords of the first track, the similarities between this album and Jim's "dumb pop" experiments, Insignificance & Eureka, is uncanny. And like those albums, the poured on sentiment and melancholy of the music might as well be sincere, because even though we all fucking know better, Jim O'Rourke is just too good at this shit, and the songs end up breaking your heart anyway.
Possible album of the year contender.