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My recent find/guy on repeat, Fionn Regan recently played a set of tracks for BBC Radio 1. Included are one of my favorites from The End of History, “Snowy Atlas Mountains,” as well as a few non-album tracks. “The Ballad of the Toad Eaters” is absolutely fantastic, and is on par with anything from the album. There’s also a cover of The Beatles’ “Getting Better” which is a nice homage but has him trudging into the ‘adult contemporary’ area. Covers can be tricky like that. Through the set, his voice sounds a bit less simple and sweet like say John Orth from Holopaw, and more forced and over-accentuated like that of Goldspot’s lead singer, Siddhartha Khosla. I still think the songs are good and that he sounds like he’d be great to see live, I just hope when he finally gets here its not for one of these overcrowded hipster consumer shows. I can’t stand to listen to KCRW, so for all I know he’s already on there and I’m just behind the yuppie taste makers. Regardless it’s a great set, if for no other reason for the upbeat version of “Ballad of the Toad Eaters.”