Lyrics vs. music.
Georgia – Band of Horses
Evening Kitchen – BoH. “you wasted my time.” So sweet-sounding and melancholy. Reminds me of driving across the bridge over the lake in the dark with tills when she was talking to the stars. “I counted on you. And if you’re ever left with any doubt, what you’ll live with and what you’ll do without, I’m only sorry that it took so long to figure out.”
Cee Lo – F U
Desire Lines – Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
All those oh-whoa-ohs just draw me in, plus the driving repetitive part at the end, speeding up, spiraling out of control. Love it.
Arcade Fire – Ready to Start. So catchy.
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains): “They heard me singing and they told me to stop. Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock.” “We rode our bikes to the nearest park, sat under the swings and kissed in the dark.”
Best Coast – Kinda like a Juliana Hatfield or Liz Phair for the 2000s. Singsongy and stupid, but catchy.
Black Angels – Bad Vibrations. I am a sucker for that change at the end where it picks up and rocks out.
Frightened Rabbit: Swim Until You Can’t See land. “Swim, until you can’t see land, are you a man or are you a bag of sand?”
The National – So many great moments on this album.