Singular Obsession: Obsessed With You, the Orion Experience

It's been a while since I heard a single that inspired the kind of passion necessary to declare it an LTF "Singular Obsession," so it seems appropriate the song that finally makes the cut is a song about (what else?) obsession: "Obsessed with You" by the Orion Experience.

The Orion Experience has a neo-glam rock sound (a la Scissor Sisters) that combines with an almost Abba-like pop dynamism to create a totally infectious sound. On "Obsessed with You" all the elements combine to make 3 1/2 minutes of total blowout eargasm.

(By the way, it's worth mentioning that I discovered the song through Fred Flare awesome podcast, where you can hear a higher quality version of "Obsessed With You" on the Staff Picks mix.)

Listen with Flare!

I just discovered that one of my favorite retail web sites, Fred Flare, also has an awesome music podcast called "Fred Flare's Boombox." (Click the link above and then "Click to Rock.") There are about five DJs who create playlists of 10 songs or so - you can listen to each playlist as a whole or put the boombox on shuffle and hear a little bit from everyone. Fred Flare being based in the indie hipster capital of the world (Brooklyn), all of the music is very cool and of-the-moment.

I'm particularly digging on DJ Julie's mix this month - she included some of my faves from Feist, Belle and Sebastian and Wilco.

Check back - like a woman of child-bearing age, the boombox changes monthly.