The Wrens - I’ve Made Enough Friends - 2:49
Track 12 off The Wrens oft-forgotten second album Secaucus (the album was shelved for not being adequately radio-friendly and the label pursued other “talent” signing and facilitating Creed’s career). This is the sex anthem of 90’s indie rock. The instrumentation, in congruence with Charles Bissell’s lyrics, builds from the mild flirtation of male posturing to the excitement and sensory rush of someone’s bed. It’s after the track’s titular declaration “I’ve made enough friends” that The Wrens display some of what are my favorite vocal harmonies in modern music. The climax is chill inducing. As listeners we are participants in this romantic encounter and, unfortunately, it disappears abruptly leaving only it’s lingering memory.
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