The new album from Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle is not a timeless classic, but it does contain this gem. Another story song from Mark, with his unique perspective on the world around us. It’s possibly the best song ever written about getting your house renovated. Is that a genre? If not, it should be.

“Oh god those mother fuckers drove me nuts

with their electrical saws and mariachi music,

but they really stepped it up man, and put their backs into it.’

and then to…

“Gustavo was an illegal immigrant,

he took the money that I gave him and he went and spent it

on strippers and casinos and every once in a while with them I’d go.”

One of the songs of the year in my book.