Best Songs of 2008: No. 5

'Ten Dead Dogs,' Wild Sweet Orange

Now that Conor Oberst is happy and content, what we really need is someone else to take his tenderly phrased angst and run with it. With its country-leaning indie pop as an appropriate backdrop, this song's lyrical mood can be whittled down to the three words that kick off the chorus: "Oh, my God." The desperation only increases when frontman Preston Lovinggood follows it with "Is this really what you want?" Song-wise, well, yes it is.
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