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The dance floor isn't there no more,
But my body's still movin'.
Tell me, do you know,
Where are we to go, when our world is so confusing?  
from the Apples in Stereo album "Travellers in Space and Time" 


Amazon is offering a brand new Apples in Stereo song free at their digital download store..."Dance Floor" is one toe-tapping, whimsical sounding infectious puff of pop; you won't be able to resist the beats or the words!: (for all of the words to this amazing song, click here) I'm not usually one for nostalgia, but "Dance Floor" sure makes it sound appealing and bittersweet.




(I accidentally hit the picture twice, but I like the song so so much I'm leaving both images up! It's that good!)

 And this one (also free!) called "Angel Underneath" reminds me of something Tom Waits would do (with all the song's quirky warm toughness):




Okay, this one is not free, but it's so oddly addictive and contains a Family Guy/ Stewie ("let's have a sexy party")  reference I couldn't resist; the image on the single cover is very disturbing (I think) and I'm not sure I feel that comfortable posting it, yet I can't help but think Jeffree Star is trying to say something here and not be offensive:




But by all means, please avoid one of the other free downloads of the day..."Woop Woop (That Means Your Phone is Ringing")...absolutely, positively horrible! Well, maybe not horrible...it's just that it sounds like a joke. I listened to the rest of the album and it pretty much all sounds like this: