The melodies are INTRICATE on Either/Or, especially given the framework of just one singer/songwriter and his acoustic guitar and voice, soundtracking the entire album. Right there in the seemingly unassuming opener “Speed Trials,” for instance, we have this incredibly subtle, almost untraceable key change immersed in the chorus at an apparently random type (whereas Led … Continue reading “Not That I Should Have to Say This, but ‘Pictures of Me’ by Elliott Smith is Probably a Pretty Lame Song”