2000 Great Songs #1397: Family Curse
I've spoken previously about Kevin Tihista (recording as Kevin Tihista's Red Terror), whose contemporary singer-songwriter music places him somewhere between Elliott Smith and Freedy Johnston . While he mostly stuck with acoustic guitar-based, gentle mid-tempo tunes, 2004's Wake Up Captain had a few tracks with more baroque studio flourishes. "Family Curse" takes Tihista a little out of his sweet spot, but the orchestral overlay gives the song some interesting depth. Something strangely off-kilter about the track really made it stick with me. See the entire Top 2000 to date in a sortable database !
