I can't really pinpoint what I find so compelling and magical about the art of Spencer Krug.
I've thought about it. I don't think it's the music he writes. While I think it's genius I don't think it's key. The production is what it is. By and large it's of the standard indie rock type. Just what you would expect. I guess that leaves his voice/vocals. As a lyricist I'm in total all consuming awe of the effect's he achieves. The voice in which his lyrics are written has this studied effect I could spend a lifetime trying to fully comprehend. I'll say this: Spencer Krug's lyrics combine removed, flirty coolness with an emotional immediacy I can only call neediness. they take place in a closed world that is, seemingly, his own invention. It's really so much more though. his voice is frequently off key. I imagine it finds itself flabbergasted to be in the world it finds itself in. I here, in his singing, a sense of joy at how close he is able to come to achieving that which he intends to, however the over reaching effect is melancholy when it realizes the gap between his intention and his execution. More laconically- every syllable Spencer Krug sings seems to contain at some base level an internal struggle against the urge to commit suicide because of it's own failure.