Songs of Interest

More substantial posts should be on their way in the next week or so, but until then here's a few songs to think about.

The Silver Jews - I'm getting back into getting back into you
Before David Berman's voice drops so many octaves that it ceases to be audible, I have a feeling that one day he may just be recognized as the greatest country singer of his generation. This song is filled with so many sad bars, suburbs, ex-wives, brandy, grizzled singers and Texaco signs that it pretty much condenses the theme of every country song ever written into just a few verses and somehow transforms the genre into indie-rock.
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Hayden - Skyscraper National Park
I have a feeling that Grandaddy has been trying unsuccessfully to write this song for the past two albums or so. Not to slag Grandaddy, who I actually quite like, but this is a really, really good song from a really, really good album.
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The Gris Gris - Skin Mass Cat
This song was recorded at the bottom of a swamp while the band floated above in a glass bottomed boat. For percussion, the drummer tapped a broken microphone against the boat's hull. And to record the vocals, the singer's head was held below the water by his band mates for the duration of the song. When the recording was finished, the band decided to dedicate the song to the "new halloween".
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