Athlete - Beyond the Neighbourhood is my favorite album this year.
Though it's probably pointless me mentioning bands seeing as how 90% of them aren't in America!
Athlete is a good band though. I saw them live at university once.
You're kidding! I was wanting to see them for ages, since their first Album came out, finally managed to see them live in London last summer, and I loved it. Did you like them live? They're one of my favourite bands.
Oh yeah, they were really good. It was nice to see a band I'd never heard of before. I can't remember any of the specific songs they played, but I remember that is was great. I need to buy one of their albums, actually.
Out of the three, I'd advise either the first (Vehicles and Animals) or the second (Tourist) albums, the third is a good one, but the other two are better.
Glad you enjoyed them though.