The Complexities of Sunset Rubdown

I haven't been able to listen to anything except Random Spirit Lover these past few days. The music is less accessible than that of Wolf Parade, more unattainable and open to interpretation, and I think that allure is part of the reason I've grown so attached. The songs are stories. Shut Up I Am Dreaming spun tales of horses, snakes, dreams, kids who need rides... Random Spirit Lover is a bit different, but the songs from horses' point of views are definitely still there, along with singing on hands reincarnate. (The Taming of The Hands That Came Back to Life vs. I'm Sorry That I Sang On Your Hands That Have Been In The Grave) The title Random Spirit Lover might suggest fairy tales, but I think it's just that the stories told are so strange and surreal that 'fairy tale' is the only conceivable phrase to describe them. I don't know; I'm more inclined to call them something else because fairy tale makes it sound like some simple children's book, and really, that doesn't do justice to the intricacies of the story telling.What surprised me was the similarities that seem to come up not just in Sunset Rubdown but among all the Spencer Krug lyrics. Certain phrases make appearances in songs from several different bands, which has that "tortured artist" feel to it of never being able to fully realize a concept to the artist's liking. But I think it's more the way thought occurs over time, like learning a little bit here and there and then revisiting whenever you learn something new to connect to the old. Schema accomodation, to utilize my psych terms, changing your views to accommodate a new idea. All those similarities between songs are just old stories rewritten with new information.