Music We're Looking Forward to in Early 2010
Owen Pallett, Heartland
Release Date: Jan. 12
The Deal: The artist formerly known as Final Fantasy, Owen Pallett, announced via press release earlier this year, Heartland -- the third LP from the Polaris Prize-winning string savant -- is a concept album. Albeit one about an "ultra-violent farmer" named Lewis who lives in a fantasy world called Spectrum. Given song titles include "Oh Heartland, Up Yours!," "Flare Gun," "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt" and "Lewis Takes Action," we assume this album means bizness.