New music this fall has far surpassed summer selections.

Bands like Kings of Leon and Oasis and individual artists, like Ingrid Michaelson, have proven that this summer was indeed a dry spell in the music industry. The only summer album worth anticipating was Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends,” which also didn’t quite live up to expectations.

The three new albums, in particular, just happen to be the three I most recently picked up. It seems that while I was waiting the whole summer for something new to tickle my eardrums, the fall seems abundant with new music.

I understand that, like movies, the fall is a more likely time for fans to sit down and consume media. Summer is the time for people to get out of movie theaters and out on the beach to enjoy the sun. Music, however, is the essence of portability. From the boombox in the ‘90s to the mp3 player of today, music certainly isn’t something that confines its listener to stay put in one spot and devote an afternoon’s worth of attention.

If it’s marketability and sales artists are looking for, I doubt releasing popular music in the summer would deter any fan from plopping down $9.99 for a new disc. If anything, it could give them one more thing to do while playing that oh-so-strenuous game of beach volleyball.

Anyway, thank you, music industry, for giving us something to listen to.