“ Clean Sheets ,” a funky , jangly Spin Doctors-like nugget about a lonely fella who has trouble with linens , leads into the standout “ East vs West .” The Stonesy “ Exile ” -like track is about a misunderstood drifter who ’ s been coast to coast without a car and away from his Eastern shore home so long in the wake of a suicide of a childhood friend within a group of stoner / surfer buddies , he can ’ t distinguish the idyllic wasteful days of youth from the false comfort of a bar . I love the gorgeously harmonic lyricless vocal bridge between harrowing kickass verses that serve as a refrain for the chorus-less song , whose construction also is reminiscent of such great songwriters as Bruce Springsteen Jackson Browne and Warren Zevon . “ Wanna Dance ,” which is featured in a video by Mercurys manager KL Martin ( on the previous page ), references ‘ 80s dance pop , such as The Go-Go ’ s , alongside the accessible garage rock of The Stokes and Jet .
Watch The Mercury Brothers perform “ Clean Sheets ”