Castanets - "Cathedral 4 (The Unbreaking Branch Song)"
Starting out as an amorphous and toneless sermon on spirituality, the soul and God (set to down-strummed acoustic guitar), "Cathedral 4" turns at 1:12 into an amorphous and toneless dance sermon on being and the good life (set to down-strummed electric guitar, jaunty and oddly detached organ, occasional glassy guitar and a borderline silly drum beat). Good. Because that's what I require of a song.
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Great Lake Swimmers - "I Will Never See The Sun"
Some name/thing confusion that is likely to arise when listening to "I Will Never See The Sun":
1. This song is similar to The Saddest Music In The World, but not to the saddest music in the world.
2. The Great Lake Swimmers are the Great Lake Swimmers, but are not (to my knowledge) Great Lake swimmers.
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Some identity confusion that is likely to arise when listening to "I Will Never See The Sun":
1. This song is the Bluenose sailing in 3/4 time, and, of course, is not that.
2. That triumphant bass part is four round raindrops (the volume of a full big bathtub each) falling to the ground and coming satisfyingly undone on impact. Also, that is not what it is.
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An ambiguously constructed sentence pertaining to the aptness of the band's name:
Rarely has the name of a band been so powerfully evocative of its aesthetic.
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This is a very beautiful song.