Kate Maki - "White Noise" (mp3 removed at label request. stream here.)

Today I drank one glass (two fingers) of scotch, one bottle (75 cl) and one can (33 cl) of sparkling water – all while listening to this song. Don’t be afraid to ask, go ahead: You want to know the source of this gluttonous thirst. It’s the verses, I tell you, the earthy, human sounds of strings and cords and chords and keys (and keys), the searching, unresolved, huddled harmony. It imparts to the listener a thirst unquenchable even by a fistful of scotch and 108 cl of fine French eau gazeuse. Luckily there’s the chorus, which, introduced by a single, perfectly cadenced note on the piano, and followed by a chest-wrenching vocal harmony, acts like a keg of Gatorade poured directly down the thirsty’s throat. I would wait through an infinite verse if it meant I might be able to glimpse this chorus as I approached the limit. [Buy]

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Cannon's Jug Stompers - "Going To Germany"

A letter of explanation to an ex-lover whose stalking behaviour has driven the singer of this song to flee from his home in the southern US of A to a hideout in Germany, replete with all the weariness and frustration such an aural epistle entails ... and more ( i.e. a jug bass)! [Buy]