My Top 1000 Songs #975: Have You Heard The News Today?

[I've been writing up my Top 1000 songs on a daily basis--you can see them all in descending order by hitting the All My Favorite Songs tag.]

Another stunning shimmer of melodic jangle pop from Daniel Wylie and his Cosmic Rough Riders. Like the last one, "Have You Heard The News Today?" appeared on 2000's Panorama LP (and the essential compilation Enjoy The Melodic Sunshine, which combined a big chunk of Panorama with some other tracks). It's obviously a massive cheat to call this a 50/50 blend of Teenage Fanclub and the Beach Boys, but, hey, that pretty much says it all. Some dark, cynical lyrics bathed in the light of gentle folk jangle and absurdly gorgeous harmonies.