Bring It Back by Mates of State

This CD is definitely a keeper for me. I just bought their latest CD, Re-Arrange Us, a few weeks ago. I was struck by how similar they sound but I like the Bring It Back CD better. There are more songs on it that I like and there is more variety in the types of songs on their older CD. I love the man and woman's harmonies together on the songs, her voice is really pretty too, and I love how catchy the songs are. They tend to repeat phrases in their songs a lot which make them really catchy and also help old people like me remember the words because I hear them over and over.
I have 3 favorite songs. The first one, not in any kind of order, is Fraud of the 80s, why the song is called that I couldn't figure out. It has a cool sound though that might be derived from old 80s songs so maybe that is where it came from. The next one is Like U Crazy. The main phrase in this song is "I like you crazy." which you have to say is always a good place to start when liking a person. It also has a really catchy beat. Finally Nature and the Wreck is a short, sweet song with just the piano in the background. I think at the end of the song you can hear a baby cooing. How can you not like a song like that? I'm a sap sometimes.
I couldn't figure out why Ross bought this CD. It sure isn't his normal brand of music. Knowing him though he heard a song by them on the Current and just had to have it. That was his usual M.O. He heard a song, liked it, then bought the CD. No wonder he had so many CDs. Thank goodness he got into iTunes and started buying 1 song at a time. I think he kind of missed his junkets to Electric Fetus where he would come home with a stack of 8 to 10 CDs that he had bought. After awhile I had to cut him down to less than or equal to 5 CDs. I was pretty heartless.