Sunday Shuffle #4: "Mondays aren't Sundays! Quit messing with my head!"

So, uh, I forgot it was Sunday yesterday. How lame is that. Anyway.

JJ72 - Earthy Delights. This is JJ72 at their most Muse-like, which is undoubtedly awesome. I am totally in favour of the crazy-ass distorted falsetto employed in this. As opposed to the regular-ass falsetto usually employed in JJ72 songs. It's very short too, but in a good way. Awesome.

Keane - Sunshine. Taken on its own, this is actually very pretty and all, but I can't say I've ever noticed before, because it comes near the end of the album, and there's only so much of this kind of thing you can take before your mind drifts off elsewhere.

JJ72 - Higher Than Gods. Wow, two JJ72 b sides already, how odd. And this one also has definitely hints of Muse. Are all their b sides like this? How have I not noticed that before? This one is about twice as long as Earthly Delights, and the lyrics appear to consist entirely of the word "Ah". It does outstay it's welcome a little by the end.

Suede - Beautiful Loser. This is one of those late Suede songs that you can already know exactly what it sounds like before you've even heard it. Also, it contains the verse "your brain is drip-connected to the satellite/your heart is not a part of your brain/aesthetics and inventions well they pass you by/and complicate your day", which is so many shades of awful, I don't even know where to start.

The Smiths - The Hand That Rocks The Cradle. Oh, now this I really like. Though, if you could mumble a little less in future, Morrissey, that'd be great.

Coldplay - 1.36. Eh. It's just kind of there. No particular substance to it. At least it's short.

Just like Pink Floyd - The Show Must Go On which, like most of The Wall, just shouldn't be taken outside of the context of the album. That's silly.

Here's something that is not at all short, but is all kinds of awesome: Bright Eyes - Waste Of Paint. So much lyrical awesomeness going on here. And it's incredibly necessary to keep a song as sparse as this going even near as long as it does, but it has it. I don't think I've heard Conor Oberst do better than this.

Also awesome: The Libertines - Campaign Of Hate. The Libertines has nothing on Up The Bracket for me, but this song is great. "FASTER!" The Libertines has nothing on Up The Bracket for me, but this song is great.

And to finish up, awesome again! British Sea Power - Remember Me. Good week. So, this is a great and catchy and pumping and all, but it's awesomeness is totally overshadowed by both The Wurzels' cover of this, and British Sea Power's reciprocal cover of their I Am A Cider Drinker, which are, together, just about the greatest thing ever.

So, next week, I'll think about that whole 'doing things before the last possible minute instead of after' idea. And, if you're wondering, Hex episode one recap is about 80% done, so that should be up before the next Sunday Shuffle.