The latest song to be put on repeat in my collection is track #5 from Okkervil River’s latest release, The Stage Names. Plus Ones, is one of the cleverest, catchiest tunes I can recall in a while. What makes it so clever you may ask? Well, songwriter Will Sheff picks out a handful of songs over the past 40 years that have numbers in their title, adds one to the number, and weaves them together into 3 plus minutes of pleasure. Some songs referenced in the track: 96 Tears, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, 7 Chinese Brothers, 99 Luft Balloons, 8 Miles High…among others. It took me about 5 listens until I started piecing together what was actually going on. Then the songs started jumping out at me…brilliant song.

Check out the song, and the entire CD when you have a chance.