I discovered this band because Cory Doctorow blogged about them. I only really like two songs: this one, and God Doesn't Take American Express, which is just as clever and offbeat as this one. The rest of the album struck me as rather feh, and to be honest, both of the other songs, this one included, sometimes strike me as annoying due to how discordant they are in some ways.

I was discussing guitar with a buddy last night and I said something about how I'm curious to see where my influences will take me when I learn how to make music, because I listen to such a wide variety of music that I don't think I could possibly mash them all up together.

Then it dawned on me, right now, Sophe Lux is what it sounds like when you don't filter your influences. This song has everything, from eastern european gypsy music to a blues solo to a sort of metal-like "vibe" (if no one will chastise me for that) with an overall glam aesthetic and it all sounds like one big hot mess. It's almost brilliant, but not quite there. Sophe Lux is an amalgamation of so many different influences, styles and eras, that it's almost impossible to categori... wait a second...

Sophe Lux is the hipster equivalent of a band! Oh my god!

This is hipster rock.