 For me, 'Patty Lee' was a peak of 2007's output that I never appreciated until 2008. Under Pitchfork's advice, I watched the Conan O'Brian performance and was blown away. Candidly addressing the audience, Tim Harrington lunged from stage to floor and, with a bountiful display of t-shirts, in the process charming me. Knees worn out and chest on display, he left the stage in a hurry but I was a convert now and so I watched again.
Jangling guitar licks kick the affair off over a thumping rhythm section and the song already grabs the listener tight. Even without the lyrics, it would have a real sense of being a mini-epic: shifting as it does through so many structural phases. With words though, 'Patty Lee' is unstoppable. Several minutes later, its impression remains once the music's done like a warm chair after a fat dude.
Lyrically, it's fantastic. Overall it's the same. Listen to it over and over and over.
 Alistair Clark
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