Facts And Figures That Never Add Up Anyway

Today I’m going to share some songs by a few artists who I’ve already featured in recent weeks.

The Fall “Theme From Sparta FC” – I admit it, as great as “Susan Vs. Youthclub” is, I definitely picked the wrong song to post from the forthcoming Country On The Click. I owe it to you to give you this song, if just to give you better incentive to camp out in front of your local record store the day before the album is officially released.

Fountains Of Wayne “Hey Julie” – I wouldn’t say that I picked the ‘wrong’ song from Welcome Interstate Managers when I posted “Stacy’s Mom”, but I would like to take this opportunity to show a different side of the band and give you another reason to check out the album if you haven’t already. This is just a sweet little song about a guy who comes home from his awful day job to spend time with his girlfriend, and how she is the only thing getting him through the day.

Liz Phair “Jeremy Engle” – I just found this song yesterday. It’s not from Liz Phair’s new album, but from a special bonus ep which you can access from a secret site that you can enter if you’ve bought the official cd. Or, um, if you have access to a p2p system. While the Liz Phair album itself is a mostly bland and forgettable affair, this song is definitely what most people would recognize as being pretty classic old-school Liz Phair material. The song is a portrait of a guy from a Communist family living in a rent-controlled apartment on the Upper West Side. It is rich with nuance and details, and set to an appealing melody and arrangement that isn’t far off from the best material from White Chocolate Space Egg. Liz Phair isn’t dead, people.