So that crazy lady from that movie your girlfriend saw, Zooey Deschanel, and M. Ward are staying together for more awesomeness. Besides the odd one-off cotton commercial you heard her in Zooey does have quite the voice, and by teaming up with her and her manic pixie dream girl alt-old county vibing style M. Ward keeps from becoming just another indie washout. I kid, I don’t doubt M. Ward but by teaming up with this one he gains an edge. And Volume Two is worth every cent. On Volume One Zooey and M. do covers intermixed with originals. This time around it is all but two originals and they all could have been re-imagined (as those Hollywood bastards call their lack of creativity these days) Hank Williams originals. My personal favorite is “Lingering Still” which keeps me playing the A-side over and over. While that righteous bastard Justin Bieber is singing monosyllabic baby babies like Rivers Cuomo (and apparently being guilty of screwing over Gears of War press releases), Zooey is cranking out solid chorus after chorus about haunting memories and heartbreak. Check this out from the fifth track, “Lingering Still”: “And the world’s like a science and I’m like a secret This is instant classic material with a calypso backbeat like Nancy Sinatra. Pick up She & Him Volume Two. I recommend a vinyl and free mp3 download from the label so you can love it at home with the depth it deserves and then carry around the sad digital offspring of brilliance on your lifesavIngs-podphonepad.
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