Josh Ritter, Part II

Josh Ritter - Lilian, Egypt [mp3]

I like how this one starts out so unassuming, almost too bland: a hammer-on twang, something about Illinois. It's only after a few bars that we realize the persistence of that drum, the pride in Ritter's voice. "The daughter of the biggest big town banker/ He kept her like a princess I stole her like the Fort Knox gold." La-la-la-da-da! Everything about this song is sweetly tipsy, smiling, forgetting, crashing.

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The Animal Years comes out March 20th in the UK and Europe, April 4th in Canada and April 11th in the US.

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