I feel like that band's frontman, Britt Daniel, has turned "mood-setting closing track" into something of a cottage industry.
The best of these should make you want to replay the album, no?
"Everybody's at disadvantage/speaking with their second language"
May 6, 2024
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Nobody knows how to end an album on a particularly wistful note like my pal Britt Daniel. ‘Vittorio E’ is like the first of many such closers. 💙
Apr 1, 2024
Obsessive with this song at the moment, I can’t get it out of my head, they’ve laced this song with something.
It’s like if Michael Stipe of REM fronted Slowdive and told them how to write indie pop melodies with their silly guitar pedals.
Listening through some more of their stuff after finding them through instagram earlier this week but this track will not escape any singular judgement I have on their other tracks- they’re all comparable to how this song makes me feel and therefore cannot champion it.
Oct 4, 2024
A song from my pal Britt Daniel about being logical in a relationship, but nothing is really logical. Trying to do something to be at least conventional or rational, but failing in that effort. Emotion and heart ❤️ always wins out.
“No more riding the brakes.”
TUFF. A musical beast. It’s like twice as long live and often an encore or last song of the regular set.
Aug 15, 2024
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The man responsible for dozens of Teenage Symphonies to God
"Sad songs about happy things" (the first time, as a kid, I can recall the sweet/sour combo of melodies that could make you cry attached to songs about endless, bottomless love)
I've long since lost track of how many weddings and funerals I've attended that have featured this song; suffice it to say, "a lot."
God only knows what we'd been without him 🙏🏻
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May 22, 2025
Hey tyler hopefully this doesn’t violate some PI.FYI golden rule
But after nearly two years of writing, editing and arguing, my book about the EP is coming out in May and can be preordered here:
https://hozacrecords.com/product/aifl/
The book is about the origins, history and cultural impact of the EP since these little objects first started coming out in the 50s.
Over 50 of my music biz friends then helped me shape the list and review the top 200 ever released, according to us (ha).
For those of you who are into this kind of geekery/snobbery, I can’t wait to hear what you think. A labor of love, as all books are! ❤️
Mar 27, 2024