New Music of the Day, December 16:

Mondo Cozmo, "Plastic Soul"

When I moved to Bloomington, Indiana in 1999, it was like stepping into used-CD heaven. There were 4 or 5 good used-CD shops in a 4 block radius, since IU's students kept selling their CD collections for beer money. And a lot of the CDs were cheap enough that I took risks on bands I was only barely familiar with, including a lot of indie pop acts making music in the vein of Beck, The Eels, and Primitive Radio Gods. With its woozy vocals, grainy samples, and piano hook, "Plastic Soul" reminds me a lot of those turn-of-the-Millennium records. Which might be fitting for a song whose lyrics are all about nostalgia.