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definitely some hints of the Bonnie Raitt in there as well. I'm stoked to hear his Bon Iraitt covers when the record comes out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo

i appreciate that! if they had some cheap beer and a jukebox over here at the Stereogum we'd probably both be a little more chatty on here. cheers.

Haha! Balls indeed. Right on with the Jackson Browne! Maybe that's the name I've been reaching for. Lap steel and all. Anyways, crank it my friend. It's the only way. We'll do it together! I blasted it driving through a golf course today and turned some well-manicured heads for sure. I'm going to lay in the dark and spin "Late for the Sky" - thanks for the nudge.

PS - I didn't give you the thumbs down. No real need for that. Just honest premature evaluations.

oh man! you guys are missing out. be careful about describing the whole song based on the tone of the electric piano (and some heavy-petting sax/guitar licks). But even then, maybe y'all are too young (or grunge? or proud?) to remember how good some of that e. piano shit felt in the early late 80s/early 90s, and that's understandable. It's become a joke, but it still feels clean and right. You know? Like you want to stand on a bar at the end of the night, raise your glass, get everybody singing, and cry like you lost something. Auld Lang Syne incarnate. Sure, it got abused and perm mulleted and driven into the ground like something terrible, but the purging time is over. I'm up for that revival any day. It might be hilarious that the guy who came to mythic prominence through cabin minimalist beauty would revive it, but it's also really fitting and it hits the same nerve in me as FEFEA. Give it some time? It's got soul, y'all.

That Stones cover is killer.

Yes. It is just you, and all the other middle school girls that use the word "meh" to describe things that, like, don't make them want to call their friends, like, right when they get home from school. Or update their statuses about 'loving' things, like, 30 seconds into it.

i think this is a pretty brilliant commentary. i'm not quite to 40 listens yet, but I think this captures my feelings pretty well.

To those complaining about the price of the album: First, you didn't have to pay 50 dollars. That is not the set price for the album. There were cheaper, regular priced options. Second, you didn't pay Radiohead 50 dollars to make the album you wanted, you paid it for "King of Limbs," an album that already existed when you bought it, and that (hopefully, if you dropped 50 bones) is the latest piece of work by an artist that you trust and respect. If it's not what you wanted - fine. I really am sorry. I know how disappointing that can be. But you didn't have to pay 50 bucks, you could have waited to hear what you were paying for, or bought the cheaper option. Not to mention, the same impatience that made you buy this thing for the most money you could, the minute it came out - might, in the end, keep you from enjoying it. I hope you love the package that shows up on your doorstep when it gets delivered. I hope the art and creativity and care that went into it blows you mind. But if you don't, for God's sake, don't start complaining that you paid a lot of money for something that, as it turns out, you didn't want. That doesn't mean Radiohead owes you anything, that means you made a bad purchase.

That Joni cover is stunning. Grade A musician being stark and gentle with his own tunes and everybody else's. The album stands in its own little corner - on the money, and on repeat.

Just have to say - this song gets better and better as time goes by.

Vampire Weekend fans might also like a little album called Graceland. An album Paul Simon recorded after listening to Contra on repeat while he drove laps around Elvis' old house.