Nothing’s better than thinking you love something, and then realizing you love it even more than you thought.
When I first listened to Lord Huron‘s single off their upcoming album Strange Trails I was all about it. It’s like a swirling mixture of Fleet Foxes and Elvis – all cool harmonies and swaggering croon. Then upon second, third, fourth, etc. listen, I realized it’s telling a story (what can I say? I’m a sucker for a narrative piece) about a lovelorn lad off to take down his competition ‘Big Jim’. Told from the first person with a heaping dose of misplaced confidence, the song follows the story with its ultimately disastrous conclusion with an irresistible combination of compassion and sly humor – give it a listen: