2009 revisited (possibly part 1)

So now we're in March and I have yet to finish my post on 2009. I doubt it will ever be done - I began writing it but at the moment I just don't have the discipline to sit down and go through all the music that shaped last year and I have no idea when I'll have the possibility to do that (probably at a time where it isn't relevant at all anymore). Also, I'm not a music journalist - and I haven't listened to all or half of the albums/tracks that came out last year, so I don't know how valuable my opinion would be.
Strangely, though, I have actually revisited some of the music that reminds of 2009 lately. Part of the reason is surely that I'm finally feeling spring coming up - the snow is slowly melting, the sun is shining and bird song can be heard in the distance. When things like these happen I feel like reversing time and re-experiencing all the niceness of last year's spring and summer. A couple of other things though - like the big math test I'll have to cope with on Thursday - puts me in a strangely melancholic and sigh-inducing place. Camera Obscura match perfectly with that cocktail as the joyful sound of their catchy pop sound makes me smile and their forever yearning lyrics make me sad.