Blue Friday: What It Is

1990's Swagger by The Blue Aeroplanes is an album I return to over and over again, both in life and here on the blog. I've had a brief track from it for a Sunday Short, I've had a longer number for a Monday Long Song, I've had a B-side from an accompanying single and I made the whole thing an early entry onto the Every Home Should Have One master list. I bloody love it, basically.

And now it's time for a Blue Friday post. This is What It Is, from halfway through side two. And yes, that is Michael Stipe on "Ohhhh, ohh oh" backing vocals, thanks for asking.

All of which serves to remind me, and by extension you, of the fact that the Blue Aeroplanes have a new best-of compilation out this very day. You can, and should, grab your copy of Magical Realism right here.