The drawling Scottish rockers wrote one of the best breakup albums in 2008's The Midnight Organ Fight with Good Arms vs Bad Arms cementing it's place on my list of all time sad songs. The narrative struggles between accepting his lover moving on whilst wrestling with his remaining feelings for a relationship that broke down due to his shortcomings.
Returning this year with the more upbeat The Winter Of Mixed Drinks, the album lacks the consistency of their earlier efforts but there are many tracks that have retained the punch and lyrical panache displayed in the first two albums. Frightened Rabbit's sometimes unintelligible lyrics are made up for by the obvious emotion that litters their albums and the excellent songwriting easily overcomes any shortcomings.
Download an incredible session performance of Good Arms vs Bad Arms here
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