Cut Off Your Hands

Back in March, I handed a little Baker's Dozen love to Cut Off Your Hands from New Zealand. Well, it's time to step that up a bit.

I remember about 15 years ago listening to one of my dad's many speeches about my being "obsessed" with music. I remember that he walked out (after yet another futile sermon), shook his head and said, "You'll get over it with age".

I'm fast approaching yet another "deep into my 30s" birthday this weekend and yet here I sit working away (yet again) and completely distracted by the absurdly hook-laden chorus of "Oh Girl". "Because you can if you just take my hand you know that it's true". It's simple, it's probably been done before, blah, blah, blah. It's so insanely good.

I'm not sure that I'll ever be able to walk away from a song like this. In 15 more years, will anything have changed? In 30 years, will I be pulling Medicare benefits whilst blasting out yet another generation of indie/powerpop gems? I dunno. I hope so. I'm not convinced that the alternative is anything worth aspiring to. (Yes, these are the cliche grumblings of an aging man. Go figure. But, dude, it's weird when the clock keeps telling you that you're "moving on" but things still seem the same.)

Cut Off Your Hands - "Oh Girl".
Cut Off Your Hands - "Still Fond".

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