In the cheap seats
If Robot Blair is the Friday night techno master (and he is), I guess I'm something of a Saturday or Sunday morning breakfast DJ. (Well, there goes my bad-ass reputation, right out the window.) I've posted a few tracks or artists that have showed up more than once here, and I try not to do that, but our readership has grown so much since I posted a track by Felix McTeigue that I thought I'd bring him back. McTeigue is a New York-based singer whose music borders on folk, country and pop, and he's an incredible songwriter. Last time, I posted a song from his new album, but this time it's a song from his self-titled debut.
It's not his most upbeat song, but that's not what I want right now. And damn, what a song: it's almost like a hymn in waltz form, with the stately organ and simple melody. I think it's beautiful, especially when those electric guitars come in at the end, and it's a good example of why McTeigue doesn't get enough attention. (New York folks: he plays at the Living Room at 154 Ludlow regularly, and he'll be there tonight at 10:30.)
It looks like you can't get this CD from his website anymore, but you can get it from Amazon, here. I also highly recommend picking up his new record, Radio Perfecto, either on iTunes or from CD Baby.