We Both Get What We Ask For

Jay Reatard “I Know A Place” – In other words — we all need our space, but we also need each other. We can have it both ways if we try, and if you want to try. It’s a simple thought, and a simple song, but Jay Reatard’s voice conveys the complicated tangle of emotions that get in the way of something that seems so easy in the abstract. (Click here for the Jay Reatard MySpace page.)

Freezepop “Do You Like Boys?” – “Do You Like Boys?” is almost stiflingly twee, but once Liz Enthusiasm takes the song to its chorus, her lyrics take a creepy turn, and it definitely seems as though she’s asking her suitor if he prefers “boys” and “sweet little girls” to her in a very literal To Catch A Predator sort of way. The song gets kinda uncomfortable after that first chorus, but the gentle tweaking of twee infantilization results in a richer, more sinister pop tune. (Click here for the official Freezepop page.)