As an amateur guitar player, I know how hard it is to build melodic vocals around a melodic guitar riff. Most musicians have a melodic instrumental riffs, or melodic vocals, with the other serving to support the other in the background. Why? Because composing one is tough enough, and most artists stop with one. This song pulls off both, sorta like Matthew Sweet made a habit of in the 90's, and does so without going over the top prozac-like. In fact, it's lazily melodic ... which is even better.
And the lyrics totally bring alive its kindredness, starting with ...
"Darling I've been drinking all night long, I don't even really know what's wrong ..."
(track starts at 21 seconds, FYI)
Actually, now listening to this song over and over as I write this post, I think it should have appeared higher than #26. Enjoy.
