Molly Shannon, Molly Shannon
Label: Fir Traders UnionGenre: Experimental, Rock
These guys dig women...or their names, at least. Not just the "Saturday Night Live" star after which they're named (twice, for good measure), but every track on their debut album is named after famous-to-obscure female celebrities (if you can identify all of them without the help of Google, my hat's off to you). What connection they all have with each other is a mystery to me ("Batgirl, Miss America 1954, and a French physicist walk into a bar..."). And that mystery is only furthered by their nearly unintelligible lyrics and eclectic compositions (ranging from Eno-esque to bluegrass to indie spunk). What I do know is some strangely compelling songs emerge from the artsy din, "Bianca Montale" probably being the most conventional of the lot.
from You Think Yr The Doctor, I Think I'm The Sheriff (2008):
Bianca Montale [MP3, 5.2MB, 160kbs]
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