Front Cover | MP3s

1. Running Crazy – Phoenix vs. Gnarls Barkley
2. Simple X – Andrew Bird
3. 2080 – Yeasayer
4. Kids – MGMT
5. Gender Bombs – The Stills
6. Friend of Mine – The National
7. Dashboard – Modest Mouse
8. Anne Elephant – Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
9. The Taming of the Hands that Came Back to Life – Sunset Rubdown
10. The Passenger – Iggy Pop
11. We Were Born the Mutants Again with Leafling – Of Montreal
12. Challengers – The New Pornographers

This disc began as “LA LA LA,” a mix with songs where the lyrics “broke down” – abandoning words in favor of chanting and ululating. As I chose songs, however, it became clear that there was a secondary feeling at work. That the lyrics fell out of the song not because the singer couldn’t think of anything to sing – but because, at that point, there was nothing that could be sung. This disc is the sound of not knowing what to say.

Coming soon: I’m getting nervous