Damien Jurado - silver timothy, 2014

“Silver Timothy,” the album’s lead single, perfectly balances Swift’s propensity for lush psychedelics and Jurado’s typically intimate but elliptical narratives. Jurado practically whispers through this jaunt, his voice made bigger by a web of echo and effects. He lets the arrangement and production ferry the song forward—the Latin percussion and proper rock drums, the rubbery bassline and refracted keyboards, the distant harmonies and howling guitars. The net effect pulls the listener closer to Jurado’s daydream tone, a circuitous way to push the singer-songwriter into his own spotlight."