Josh Ritter, Part I

Now that Fox Confessor is here, the upcoming release that preview mp3s have me most anticipating is Josh Ritter's The Animal Years.




Josh Ritter - Girl in the War [mp3]

Things begin at a standstill, Peter unsure how to begin to Paul: "You know all those words we wrote - are just the rules of the game and the rules are the first to go." (Cue landslide) "Now talking to God is Laurel begging Hardy for a gun. I got a girl in the war, man I wonder what it is we done." The melody picks up momentum, the line separating narrator and character is blurred as Peter pours out heartrendingly human and affecting sentiments, culminating with the brilliant "If they can't find a way to help her they can go to hell." A quick stop for breath before everything resumes, only this time it's just Peter talking to himself, seeing his compassion through to its true-love conclusion. "Her eyes are like champagne: they sparkle, bubble over and in the morning all you got is rain." Fade out like a daydream, and wouldn't you know it - Ritter's just told us the sweetest love story we've heard in ages.

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So Much Silence, despite his reservations, has some nice J-Lew radio rips.

I will win everybody in my two NCAA pools, as seen at left.

Enjoy!