2000 Great Songs #1356: Plainclothes Man. The dark ballad from Seattle's Heatmiser is essentially Elliott Smiths' I'm-ready-to-go-solo declaration, like most of his best work the prettiness on the outside clashing with something gnarly on the inside.
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Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.