Four Tet, "She Just Likes to Fight" (2010)
find it on There Is Love In You

I was all set to post Lykke Li's contribution to the New Moon soundtrack and use it as an opportunity to get pissy about the repressed sexuality and "I love him for his mind" pretense of the books, but it just didn't feel right. Not the ripping on Twilight part. I wouldn't mind that. But the cold, defeated sound of "Possibility"--beautiful though it may be--just didn't feel like this week's winner.

"She Just Likes To Fight" felt completely right. It's warm and comfortable; quiet layers of beauty calmly stirred in with none of the drama that the title suggests. It's a sound that's insularly optimistic; satisfaction in the face of suggestions that it shouldn't be. It's a beaut, alright, and not a little reminiscent of Yo La Tengo's "Danelectro".

As a side note: my title reminds me of how much I hate it when track listings have that "(instrumental)" by the title, as though songs without vocals need some sort of up-front disclaimer that it isn't a real song.