Off the top of my head, some songs of the year:
Alpine - So Long
Best Coast - California Nights
Ghost Bath - Golden Number
God Is An Astronaut - Agneya, Helios Erebus
No Joy - Bolas
Purity Ring - Begin Again, Flood on the Floor, Stranger than Earth
Saycet - Mirages, Volcano
Say Lou Lou - Everything We Touch
Surf City - One Too Many Things
Westkust - Drown, Easy, Swirl
Wolf Alice - Bros, Freazy, Lisbon, Soapy Water
I keep forgetting to check out that Metz album, and you guys aren't really inspiring me to do so. They're going to be like the Cloud Nothings to me, huh? Where I really liked an album, listened the fuck out of it when it came out, but never go back to it or care about future efforts.
I don't know why some people here are talking it down. Listened to it again yesterday and am convinced it's superior to the debut. For what it's worth, both albums are rated dead even on RYM.