OK, I'm doing 40 songs so this will be a long one. I love multiple songs from some of these albums, as well as many songs from albums that didn't make my Top 20. I don't know where Sound Mind is going after this post. I'm in a time squeeze and have nothing in particular to focus on. The Patreon group I'm in is doing a 1969 deep dive next, but that's probably a couple months away. I'm also a little burnt out on deep dives. I may try to circle back on revisiting some of my crappy old posts and re-imagine them. Time will tell. Peace.
1. Clubfoot - Kasabian
This song is a banger and the bass is killer.
2. Ocean Breathes Salty - Modest Mouse
Love the guitars on this and the lyrics are delightful. "For your sake I hope Heaven and Hell are really there, but I wouldn't hold my breath".
3. Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud - Guided by Voices
This is my personal theme song. It should be playing in the background like I'm a TV character. "This is not my day and nobody really cares anymore, anyhow. Nobody called again cuz they say that I'm to lazy to stay alive",
4. Miracle Drug - AC Newman
My favorite new discovery.
5. Decent Days and Nights - The Futureheads
My second favorite new discovery. "If the least you can do is show some restraint, then the most you can do is get carried away".
6. Criminal Piece - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Very scrappy and jangly. Kinda sounds like a Superchunk song.
7. Huffman Prairie Flying Field - Guided by Voices
Gorgeous pop gem featuring a guest appearance by Tobin Sprout. "If that is what you want to hear, then that's what I will sell you".
8. I.D. - Kasabian
The trippy keyboard intro is brilliant. "No one else is here, but I can't get a sense of nothing".
9. Girls of Wild Strawberries - Guided by Voices
Another beautiful pop gem. "Undelivered sermons to the sea".
10. L.S.F. - Kasabian
The chorus is FIRE!
11. All Because of You - U2
I love Bono's vocals in the chorus. I also love up-tempo, high energy U2.
12. When the Fool Becomes a King - The Polyphonic Spree
EPIC! "Love the life you choose".
13. Float On - Modest Mouse
The main guitar riff is fantastic.
14. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
It was the biggest rock song of 2004 for a reason.
15. Slow Hands - Interpol
This song is a straight-up jam. "You make me want to pick up a guitar".
16. Rebellion - Arcade Fire
I love this song, but hate that it spawned a ton of shit bands. I wish more of their songs were like this.
17. Here Comes Everybody - Autolux
The transition from the breathy vocals at the beginning to the bombastic chorus is sublime. "Sha-la-la".
18. C'mon C'mon - The Von Bondies
A garage revival classic. The album doesn't hold up but this song is still great.
19. Vertigo - U2
"Hello, hello, hola".
20. 10 A.M. Automatic - The Black Keys
Not a big fan of this band or album, but this track is very White Stripes adjacent.
21. Pretty - Elliott Smith
Gorgeous. It makes me wish John Lennon and George Harrison had started a band together after The Beatles broke up. It probably would have sounded like this.
22. American Idiot - Green Day
This song is still a great jam. "One nation controlled by the media".
23. Ride - The Vines
Another album that doesn't hold up, but I still love this song.
24. Mason City - The Fiery Furnaces
I can't put into words what I love about this song. You'll have to listen to it. It's simple, yet complicated.
25. Woman's Prison - Loretta Lynn
What a heartbreakingly, beautiful song. Legend!
26. C'mere - Interpol
Interpol really knows how to get a great guitar sound.
27. Wake Up - Arcade Fire
See my comments for "Rebellion".
28. Robots in the Garden - Autolux
Fun, drum-driven, stop and start song. And there are fucking robots in the garden.
29. Catherine Dupree - Will Johnson
My favorite songwriter all stripped down.
30. The Day John Henry Died - Drive by Truckers
I never got into these guys, but this song has a nice, classic rock feel.
31, All They Ever Do Is Talk - Earlimart
A brooding, Smashing Pumpkins adjacent track.
32. Closets of Henry - Guided by Voices
Jangly in the verse and a soaring chorus. Classic Bob.
33. Coast to Coast - Elliott Smith
More of a rocker with Steven Drozd on drums.
34. Portland, Oregon - Loretta Lynn
Nice mash up of Loretta and Jack White.
35. Tour Guide at the Winston Churchill Memorial - Guided by Voices
Nice, mid-tempo song with a great vocal performance by Uncle Bob.
36. The Good Times Are Killing Me - Modest Mouse
Wacky collaboration with The Flaming Lips.
37. Shadows of Tomorrow - Madvillain
This could change when I know the album better, but this one stood out.
38. A Long Day Continues/We Sound Amazed - The Polyphonic Spree
Beautifully picks up where the first album left off. Quite Abbey Road-esque.
39. Guinnesses - MF DOOM
Love the grooves and flow.
40. Winners and Losers - Social Distortion
I need to check out more Social D. Really like this one.
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