Neophile: Fergus Brown, “Nerds in Love”
November 6, 2008
I stumbled upon this sweet, geeky love song by Australian singer-songwriter Fergus Brown. It has an amusing backstory; apparently Brown wrote it about a particular girl that he had silently admired from afar. One of his friends told her about it, and gave her a copy of the song. In a perfect world, they would be happily together, but either Brown is very discreet about it, or they are just friends.
As far as I can tell, this track and its B-side, “Last Winter” are the teasers from his debut album, scheduled for release next February. I’m looking forward to it – Brown has the same gentle, playful-but-melancholy vibe as Jens Lekman, with a similarly beautiful voice. If these two songs are any example, I’ll be reaching for the full-length CD to get me through grey winter days.
More Fergus Brown: artist page myspace
MP3: Fergus Brown – Nerds in Love (buy)
Image: Nerd Love by Flickr user fille_de_photo, reposted here under its Creative Commons license.
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