“Couldn’t quite seem to escape myself
Far enough, far enough
Far from Florida
We were all drowning in cruise control
Far enough, far enough
Wasn’t far enough….”

-Modest Mouse – “Florida”

A Free Man’s next stop on his around the world trip is the Sunshine State. As I’m doing in Sweden, I would like to feature the best up and coming acts from my former home. I mean, come on, there are like 16 million of you down there. There must be one or two that know how to play a power chord or are you all too busy drinking Cuba Libres in the sun to write a decent song? So, A Free Man is laying down the guantlet, Florida. Is Tom Petty the last decent artist to come out of the home of election fraud and retirement villages?

MP3: Modest Mouse – “Florida”

Modest Mouse’s “We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank” is available from Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank or Amazon.

Image with apologies to Jeff Key.

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