In an ode to a song that I have not been able to stop listening to in the past week, we here at Zigs have decided to check out playlists and write long arduous odes to songs that have a play count of more than 50! Ahaha.
Not quite hitting the 50 mark yet though, I must pay tribute to this relatively new release which has such a catchy ring to its tail that I cannot cannot stop playing it on repeat on my computer, in my car, on my iPod...
The track in question is this one: No Kind Words by The Maccabees
The reasons I cannot get this track out of my head I cannot quite fathom. Is it the way they repeat 'If you have no kind words to say, you should say nothing more at all' ? Because as far as repetitive sentences go, you gotta admit, that is a kick ass one.
There is also the way the song swirls into a sort of psychedelic trance from the morbid monotone opening. It's almost as sexily ominous as Placebo. Here I thought the Maccabees were a shiny, happy band.
And then there's the ending. Which isn't really an ending...it's the opening to a song 4 tracks down the album but it's done so subtly you may think you dreamed it in the first place.
Fact of the matter is, it's a bitchin' song. With a bitchin' hook. And bitchin' lyrics. And I bitchin' love it. Thank you Maccabees.
