Illusions Cause Confusion In Our Big Red Bleeding Hearts

Tiger Tunes “Pancake America” – It’s amazing how well this lyrical narrative holds up, though it comes off as a stream of nonsequitors at first: Lovesick guy goes on a mescaline trip, travels to America, has trouble with insomnia, takes some more drugs and freaks out a bit, admits to himself that he wants his ex back for “comfort and sex,” and decides to try to work it out and make some pancakes. Not just any pancakes, mind you – these flapjacks are made of love. (Also, they are made in America, which I suppose is kinda special if you live in Denmark.) It all makes intuitive sense to me, anyway. (Click here for the official Tiger Tunes website.)

The Double “What Sound It Makes The Thunder?” – The majority of the songs on The Double’s first album for Matador are not far off from what passes for mainstream-ish indie rock in this era – vague hints of new wave, atmospheric keyboards, and thin but polite vocals singing jaunty if not particularly memorable melodies that wouldn’t seem out of place on the KEXPs of the world. It’s decent stuff, but it doesn’t move me like this song, which is more in line with the raw, shambling indie of my 90s youth. This track sounds like Chavez barely holding it together after a weekend bender but still managing to hammer out a huge riff that drags the rest of the song down into its powerful undertow. (Click here to buy it from Insound.)