music clip of the day

two takes

Dolly Varden, “Surrounded By The Sound”

Live, Chicago, 2008

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Recording (Forgiven Now), 2002

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A lot of stuff like this, at least on the surface, I can’t stand. This I love. Why? Well, for starters, there’s the way the voices interweave. Then there’s the way the words sound. Take the hook, for instance: “I want to be surrounded by the sound.” And, too, there’s the presentation, disarmingly modest. Nothing’s oversold.