Frog, 'Nancy Kerrigan' -- Best Songs of 2012 You Probably Haven't Heard

Frog, an offshoot of indie rock band Uncles, is going to make you look twice at New York City's Queens borough. Their latest single "Nancy Kerrigan" carries sparse instrumentation, while singer Dan Bateman's haunting croon crawls out from under the covers of a reverbed Murphy bed.

The singer's sad illustrations of houses adorned with American flags invoke a very Midwestern sentiment, which the alt-country twang of Bateman's vocals supports. "God bless the state of Texas/And the Dallas Cowboys blue," he cries in falsetto as the drums begin to ramp up. It's simple, it's elegant and you haven't heard anything like it yet in 2012.

Listen to "Nancy Kerrigan"


Download: "Nancy Kerrigan" (MP3)