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Signs & Signifiers, 2011
Written by JD McPherson and Jimmy Sutton
A stuttering neo-rockabilly-blues number, with clattering percussion, piano trills, and vocals that draw from Tom Waits and Screamin' Jay Hawkins. The lyrics are a sort of big bad wolf come on that on paper seem to have been thought up on the spot, but McPherson's rabid delivery sells it. "Running through the woods / Chasin' red hood / Spendin' money like a pauper / When the beggin' gets good."