Top Songs of 2010: #2 Turn Off This Song and Go Outside -- The Lonely Forest 

Turn Off This Song and Go Outside -- The Lonely Forest

The first (and only) band signed to Death Cab for Cutie member Chris Walla's label, this song snuck up on me. I'd heard another of their tracks ("I Don't Want to Live There") on KEXP's Music That Matters podcast, so I grabbed their EP on iTunes because it was super cheap. This is the first track, and it's just supremely awesome. If you're jaded and don't dig just awesome sugary sweet power pop, well, this isn't for you. But then, if that's the case, I hate you.