Well thank Prince that year’s over. It’s 2009 and I hope to write more songs than I did last year.

Probably the crown prince of the short ’08 pile was this Labor Day track, which grew out of an obsession with ‘Les Yper Sound’ from Stereolab. Off Emperor Tomato Ketchup, it’s the perfect example of their catchy sound + Marxist lyrics. This here track is instrumental, so you’ll have to come up with your own Marxist lyrics for the time being.

The real draw for me lately is to write songs without guitars playing power chords. I feel like [...]Continue reading Labor Day...