Brian Vander Ark (solo, The Verve Pipe) - good at simplicity without being simplistic
Ted Leo (Ted Leo and the Pharmacists) - intelligent politically-charged lyrics - a rarity
Mark Stewart (Stew/The Negro Problem) - confident songwriting, alternately witty, somber, and whacked-out
Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian) - "And so I gave myself to God, there was a pregnant pause before he said OK."
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I wonder if we're stuck in Rome.
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