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I wanted to listen to more of Yellow Ostrich after hearing a few amazing covers, and “Whale” from 2010’s The Mistress is such a great original track of theirs.  I like songs about the sea, and their clever instrumentation, so this is my song of the day.

When Yeasayer’s “Tightrope” came on my shuffle, I was ecstatic.  How nice it was to be reminded of such a great track (from the Dark Was The Night compilation, which I always like to refer to as “That cd related to that Red Hot concert at Radio City where Sharon Jones brought the entire venue to its feet”).

Then, I heard Yellow Ostrich’s cover of this song, and I was blown away within the first few bars by the hollowed-out drum sounds, which reminded me of Architecture in Helsinki’s 2007 Daytrotter Session version of Heart it Races (which I can’t seem to find anywhere to link to, so I will have to upload the one that I have in the following post).  Then the harmoniously guttural low-fi un-un’s in the background.  And then the string tone, then the squealing computer noises in the background, and then the return of those drums, the humanoid sounds, and the mellifluous flow between each of these seemingly discontinuous and unrelated sounds.  Yellow Ostrich took such an amazing song, and found such unexpected ways to enhance it, that I would consider dubbing it my song of the year if only there weren’t 359 days left.