Landlady – The Car Alarm

Landlady’s “The Car Alarm” is what happens when a song refuses to sit still. Frontman Adam Schatz has always had a knack for writing tunes that twist and turn when you least expect it, and this one’s no different—a jittery, jazz-tinged art-pop number that somehow makes anxiety sound fun.

There’s something wonderfully off-kilter about how the song builds: it’s chaotic but controlled—the musical equivalent of a perfectly organized junk drawer. And somehow, by the end, all these mismatched pieces click together, making you wonder why more songs don’t sound this restless.