Songs That Might Otherwise Pass You By

The Lola-is-experimenting-with-layout edition



The Long Blondes, "Separated By Motorways" (Sexamatronic Mix)

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Normally, I reserve the more "high energy" songs for my podcast--I figure people are more likely to be mobile when listening to the podcast and would benefit from music that's a little more likely to jumpstart the nervous system. I love this song so much, though, that I had to give it more than one outlet. There are so many vocal styles in this song--the vocalist speaks/sings in the most seductive English accent part of the time and at other times careens into the top of her range (these could be two singers--it's hard for me to tell). The song sounds like a cross between punk and the trip-hop music coming out of Britain in the late nineties. There's a little electronica in there, also--kind of like Goldfrapp singing for The Prodigy. Wow, that would be cool.


Tyler Ramsey, "Ships"

The name of the album this song is from is A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea. This song is its own kind of dream--it evokes a hazy feeling of drifting, letting you experience a good kind of listlessness. The kind you feel when you're drifting in the ocean, a lake, or even a really vast pool, and you're not so concerned where you drift to. As long as you can see land (and therefore are not drifting into need-rescue territory), you're content to let the water take you. You're content to let this song, and the singer's granulated, weary voice take you where it's supposed to.

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Tyler Ramsey, looking cagy




Emily Jane White, "Wild Tigers I Have Known"

When I first read this title, I thought of the book "Where The Wild Things Are". Truth is, I still think of that when I hear this song. There is something dark and untamed about the song; it cloisters around you like a stifling, humid forest. It closes around you, almost choking you until lightly pulling away, amused as you realize you can move quite fluidly afterall. The song is a firm caress that lays a seemingly impermeable embrace on its listener .


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