I have a big fat songload of springtime to dump on you, but then the weather in DC decided to be a cloudy, drizzly jerk. If the weather's nicer where you are, this song will sound perfect, but if you're in DC or are in weather that's doing an imitation of today's DC weather, then save this song up for later.

Stupid weather. I don't know why the scientists keep making it.

Camera Obscura, "The Sweetest Thing" (2009)

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I love it when songs review themselves. "The Sweetest Thing" is exactly that. Who cares if it's so similar to their last record that you can sing the lyrics of the title track to the intro...it's about as heart-warming a song as you could hear, a perfect slice of Everything's Gonna Be Alright, even as the story of the lyrics tell you that things are certainly not gonna be alright for the characters involved. In spite of its sour story, I want to take this song out to a sunny park and make out with it in front of everybody.