[mp3] Salt Licks

Salt Licks - "Lights" (mp3)

I think I was just fuzzy enough on who Will Oldham was when this came out in 1996 that seeing his name in the liner notes (he's not in the band; they just covered one of his songs) didn't put me off the way it probably would now. This song always sounded to me more like a stripped-down Tindersticks than any kind of alt-country.

[Amazon thinks it came out in 2000, but it's the same disc.]