Blog: Stereogum

Today, Erika M. Anderson, the woman who made my favorite album of 2011, releases her "Take One Two" single, a benefit for the anti-bullying nonprofit Jamie Isaacs Foundation . And there's also a video, which consists entirely of repurposed, extremely lovable '90s-vintage footage of a teenage Anderson and her friends. If you're of a certain age and disposition, it's the sort of thing that's liable to make you extremely, painfully nostalgic. But Anderson wants that footage to say something else, and she's written a bunch about what the video means to hear. Watch the video and read Anderson's explanation [...]