The Acorn are being hailed as this year’s Grizzly Bear or Akron/Family, and I can get behind that description, although, there’s something more earnest and sentimental about their music than either GB or A/F offer.

Download:

MP3: The Acorn - Hold Your Breath

2007 started off fairly slowly, but ended up as a very strong year for indie music. I’m not sure if it’s a good or bad thing, but a lot of my favorite releases came from an extended indie family (I’m fairly sure that Leslie Feist has dated, toured or lived with almost every one), and more surprisingly, not a single hip-hop or electronic artist made my list this year.

With the advent of iTunes, I feel like music has returned to a singles-based model, but was pleasantly surprised to find more true albums (not collections of random songs) come out in ‘07.