The Vows That Went Up In The Air

Marit Larsen “Only A Fool” – After having already posted the obvious single “Don’t Save Me” a few months ago, trying to pick another song from Marit Larsen’s Under The Surface for your consideration proved to be a very difficult task. Lord, I don’t even know if I could pick a single favorite from the album at this point, it’s become some kind of brutal six-way tie. It’s just sort of aggravating to me to hear this record, knowing that there’s probably literally millions of people in America who would love it, and at the rate things are going, will not ever hear it. This isn’t some kind of quirky, indie, obscure thing – it’s an elegantly composed and immaculately produced middle-of-the-road pop album with sweeping fairytale power ballads and a highly ingratiating Scandinavian version of bluegrass, country, and general “Americana.” This is a record for everybody, but especially moms and little sisters. But please don’t let that put you off! (Click here to buy it from CDON.)

Catlow “Kiss The World (Cadence Weapon ‘Good Looks’ Remix)” – Catlow’s original mix was fine enough, but Cadence Weapon does a good job of roughing it up and upping the oomph level across the board. On Catlow’s intinerary in this song: Discos, rock shows, driving into the shadows. Godspeed! (Click here for Boompa’s Catlow site.)