Let's talk about a few new songs.

Britney Spears "Circus"
A bit more listenable than that other song about womanizing or whatever. Mostly because this actually has a decent chorus, as opposed to repeating the same word ten times over. It also has a fairly complex structure (for a Britney Spears song...let's not get too ahead of ourselves here) in that it goes verse - semi-bridge - main bridge - chorus - verse - semi-bridge - main bridge - chorus - breakdown - chorus. Some lyrics about her being the center of attention and what not is basically what this song is about, but lyrics in a Britney song have always been an after-thought considering she mostly just grunts and moans over some dance beats. Overall, quite good.









Vampire Weekend "Everywhere"
So they do a remake of basically one of Fleetwood Mac's best songs, and...the whole thing is a bit of a bore. Could have been something brilliant, but really a conversation about knitting socks with my grandmother is more exciting.









The Decemberists "Days Of Elaine"
Elaine was powerful enough to have days named after her. Like, instead of Monday, it's Elaineday. Or Tuesday shall be known as Elaineday. Wednesday will also become Elaineday. And then Thursday...are you ready for this? It's called (that's enough)









Girls Aloud "The Loving Kind"
It's the next Girls Aloud single, being released in January 2009. It was co-written by the Pet Shop Boys. It should have little trouble finding itself as the group's 20th top ten hit. It is properly amazing. It is also a bit sad. It is also a bit beautiful. It is also a bit gay. But gay in the good sense, not like "hey, let's go bum rush a London nightclub and start a riot when Britney refuses to sing." Oh, wait...









A Camp "Stronger Than Jesus"
If she weren't already someone's wife and if I were actually interested in women in the first place, I would propose marriage to Ms. Nina Persson. Not only is she the lead singer of one of my favorite bands, The Cardigans, whom I have loved since I was about eight years old, but she has one of the most pristine voices in contemporary music and a knack for writing beautiful, serene songs. So here is the first single from the next album by her side project, A Camp.


This is a very short clip, the full high quality clip wouldn't let me embed it. :(