Everyone has their stock stories, the ones they can tell at awkward social moments. Most involve extreme situations or life-changing moments; mine involves neither.
Putting aside personal stances on the war in Iraq, it is important to remember that the soldiers putting their lives on the line were leading normal lives like the rest of us two-and-a-half years ago.
When a band’s members dress up as animals and adopt aliases like Panda Bear, terms like “pop” and “accessible” become relative at best and useless at worst.