"When They Really Get to Know You" - David Bazan
David Bazan, formerly Pedro the Lion, sings with the kind of voice that makes the happiest songs seem heartbreaking and the saddest songs into masterpieces. This one is a comparatively upbeat-sounding number that drips with Bazan's most potent sarcasm: "Put on whatever makes you attractive/if it's not you then do it for the sake of fashion". It's really fantastic.
I can't talk about Bazan without mentioning "Bless This Mess", if for nothing else than the line (when talking about his baby daughter): "Wondering if she'd soon despise the smell/Of the booze on my breath, like her mom".
"Old No. Seven" - The Devil Makes Three
A great bluegrass number all about the infinite Jack Daniel's that the singer gets to drink in heaven. Annnd how it makes him want to sleep with angels. And how they don't really like that, so he has to go to hell. Basically bluegrass is fantastic and everyone should listen to more bluegrass.
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