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Old Old Fashioned
Artist: Frightened Rabbit
Album: The Midnight Organ Fight
Year: 2008
I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve listened to Frightened Rabbit over the past year. It’s impossible to decide what I like best — the Scottish accents, the lyrics, the catchy tunes, the drumming… Albums this good don’t come along often, and I’m aiming for restraint by not putting the entire thing online here. If you haven’t heard it, buy it now. Breaking with my urge to feature music that lets me wallow in sadness, this is one of the few on their album with cheerful lyrics. If you ever get the chance to see the band live, you’ll appreciate the manic energy drummer Grant Hutchison gives to the bouncy rhythm of this song. I love the charm of the yearn for simpler times:
“I’ll turn off the TV
It’s killing us we never speak
There’s a radio in the corner
It’s dying to make us see
So give me soft, soft static
With a human voice underneath
And we can both get old fashioned
Put the brakes on these fast, fast wheels”