http://www.mmpsuf.lt/ (stream and free download, mp3/flac)

last year some lithuanians crafted an excellent marriage of jazz, pop, folk, and intelligent minimal electronics with bjork/mum/"indie"-ish vocals on their release 'expeditors' (see http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=2499867&mesg_id=2499867&listing_type=search#2764974), and this year they eschewed the jazzy elements in the instrumentation (but pay attention to the vocals) and took their music into even more immense, beautiful, and strange territory. "The winds" nearly moves me to tears every time. one of my favorite albums of 2012. still sung in english.

"The sailors" live video:
http://vimeo.com/35985170

"The rooms" live video:
http://vimeo.com/35910111

thanks to Ghetto Black, who put me onto them in february.