Do Your Best To Run Away

Simian “La Breeze” – It’s hardly a shock to see a sticker on the cover of this single proclaiming that it was recently featured in some French tv ad. This is exactly the sort of pop song that doubles nicely as a jingle, as the focus of the entire track is placed on this quick hook that embeds itself in your mind upon first contact and sets up shop there until some stronger strain of song evicts it at a later date. The rest of the song builds up towards that moment of bliss, teasing you with false starts, odd tangents, and bridges that coo “here it comes, here it comes, here it comes!” before dropping you back into the chorus like a rollercoaster suddenly woooshing down the incline. (Click here to buy it from Juno.)

Donna Regina “Little Baby” – If Spiritualized’s Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space was recorded by a woman overcome with maternal love rather than a despondent junkie, I imagine that it would be a lot like this track. Interestingly, both subjects are rather ideally suited to the same musical setting. (Click here to pre-order it from Boomkat.)