So after the horror of the previous 'Arrested by Song' post I'd like to prove I do listen to non-twee music occasionally. An example which has crept back into my earphones this week is 'Jenny and the Ess-Dog' by Stephen Malkmus, from his wonderful eponymous solo album. It's one of my favourite songs lyrically because it tells a beautiful and moving story, made all the more so by Malkmus' lazy drawl. His slacker vocals set the tone for the song, which describes life going by in a haze as a relationship, clearly doomed from the start, falls apart.
Musically it's a winner, with immediate entry vocals and a Beatles-esque opening which segues neatly into a few seconds of noise in the middle of the song before calming back down and concluding the story with the precision and talent of the finest of novelists or scriptwriters. Well done, Stephen. I salute you.
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