One thing I am certain of is "If That's The Case, Then I Don't Know."

Behold this ancient photo of the band!

I really need to stop “holding off” writing about things that are constantly present in my life; 19 years after first posting about this song I get around to sharing it again. 

The Electric Soft Parade's "If That's The Case, Then I Don't Know" is one of those rare songs I can never turn off, that always brightens my mood, and that seems to hang suspended in the aether as a perfectly crystallized distillation of itself; the driving beat, the swirling bridge, the living breathing beast of a song. I no longer have many reliable "break glass for predictable emotional effect" songs these days, and I have decided to start recording more often which tunes fall into that category for me.

Sadly there is no Bandcamp download of the album available, so this YouTube video will have to do.* But, as I suspect you will, you enjoy it I heartily recommend tracking down a physical copy (or file) for a dependable jolt of joy to deploy as needed.

*Yes, I am personally anti-streaming and prefer to promote physical copies/permanent downloads, but I’m also a realist and don’t think my personal habits need be adopted by everyone, especially when so many quite simply have never known a music world other than streaming. So please do feel free to hunt this tune down in your favorite streaming service. It’s on there.