Straylight Run - Needles the Space

Do John and Michelle Nolan think too much? Straylight Run's sibling frontpeople - both sing, write, and play guitar and piano, ably enabled in their musical ruminations by bassist Shaun Cooper and drummer Will Noon - don't seem like eggheads; but there's no doubting the intelligent design of their gloriously adventurous off-kilter pop and the existential underpinnings of their lyrics in 2004 the band released Straylight Run. First single Existentialism on Prom Night made inroads at Modern Rock radio, and the following year SR issued the EP Prepare to Be Wrong. Word of mouth, frequent touring and glowing reviews pushed combined sales to more than 200,000. That sort of success tends to bolster a band's confidence. In fact, the Needles the Space (produced by Straylight Run and engineered by longtime SR associates Bryan Russell and Mike Sapone) reveals SR as a more cohesive unit, with the technical grasp to match it's creative reach. I've become a better musician so I'm not as limited in my songwriting, Michelle confirms.

1) The Words We Say
2) The Miracle That Never Came
3) Soon We'll Be Living in the Future
4) How Do I Fix My Head
5) Who Will Save Us Now
6) Cover Your Eyes
7) We'll Never Leave Again
8) Take It to Manhattan
9) Still Alone
10) This Is the End
11) Buttoned Down
12) Track #12
13) The First of the Century
14) Buttoned Down [Multimedia Track]
15) How Do I Fix My Head [Multimedia Track]