'Let 'em riot. We're Sonic-fuckin'-Death Monkey'

I was just recently introduced to a band called Fruit Bats ( thanks, Rebecca) and have had their happy music stuck in my head ever since. They are uplifiting and a bit quirky - easy to listen, clean and drive to - and have some great lyrics on top of it all. Too bad something about their name makes me feel like a trying-too-hard indie music snob whenever I say it out loud, or like I'm an extra on the set of High Fidelity (one of my all time top 5 favorite movies about music, fyi). The fact is, I'm just way too uncool to pull it off. See what I mean:

"Hey guys, have you heard the latest Fruit Bats album?"  *ahem* Yeah, lets be honest ... I have no business saying that out loud. I'd never make it as a music snob, certainly not with a straight face. 

I did  notice that the band's last album (see how I didn't even try to use their name?) was listed as one of the top 10 indie albums of 2009 by indiemuse.com  - the link to see what else made top 10 is here  - a few that I knew, but also lots of new music to check out. We'll let indiemuse talk the talk. I just wanna listen, anyway.

This is the song that's been playing in my head (the sweet lyrics are below) 

There’s a man who lives on the sun who makes it hot for everyone           

Make you run aground like a ship in the shallows 
Make your whole heart come undone.

And you come back as the soil before you come back as a soul

And you’ll be worn away by the rain in the rivers

Before you have the chance to go to the great unknown.

But you are not alone, being on your own

There’s a man from the end of the world 

The weary weird end of the world

And he lost his grip on the very last clip

And fell dreaming of his best girl

And he came back as a goat before he came back as a ghost

And he was worn away by the rain in the rivers

And he found himself on his own

But he is not alone being on his own

And there’s a light at the end of the line where everything’s divine

Help you get your grip and fly to the ether

And you’ll finally be just fine

But the man who lives in the sun has got it out for everyone

Make us run ground like ships in the shallows

Makes our whole world come undone

And we’ll be on our own

But we are not alone in being on our own

We are not alone being on our own