a happy ending or a broken heart

Songs dealing with rabid indecision and wavering vacillations do not often come off quite as spazzy and freewheeling as this. Precise chiming vocals and an oddly cheerful bassline square off against evocative songwriting, somehow turning into a rambunctious ode to hesitation and realtionships of the could-have-been kind that is actually quite fun to listen to.

I guess I have a thing for songs which lace otherwise depressive issues with a tinge of quirky cheerfulness. It is as if they have a life of their own, little worlds of freewheeling courage that tumble along a backdrop of red skies and craggy rocks. Bouncing along taking each bump as an excuse to create a kickass tune, happily dashing the expectations of those around that stand by and eye suspiciously. naa nana naaa..

The Futureheads - Skip To The End

where you can listen to their archive of earlier songs on video:

The Futureheads somewhat remind me of The Proclaimers. The video even more so.