“I don’t mean to be the last one standing / only meant to be the next best thing” are the damn-near-perfect opening lines to The New Pornographers’ “Cat and Mouse With the Light,” a simultaneously hilarious and heart-breaking vignette of a relationship not meant to be. Neko Case takes the lead on this prismatic pop gem, and by the time she gets to the chorus with “I can’t stand that you love me,” you’ll also fall hopelessly head-over-heels.
Official audio for The New Pornographers’ song “Cat And Mouse With The Light” from the new album ‘Continue as a Guest’ out now on Merge Records.
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