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"  They materialized out of nowhere \u2014 well, Glasgow, I guess \u2014 but the indie rockers Frightened Rabbit up and put out my pick for album of the year in 2008: The Midnight Organ Fight consisted of fourteen tracks, each better than the last, that were some of the most touching, melancholy songs in my music library. Two years later, that record still hasn&amp;#039;t gotten old, but the band has put out a new one, The Winter of Mixed Drinks, due out next week but worth preordering now. Why? I&amp;#039;ve said it before and I&amp;#039;ll say it again: a love song just sounds that much better sung in a Scottish accent. And Frightened Rabbit has grown up a little, with more complex, layered arrangements beneath that accent, courtesy of sad-sack front man Scott Hutchison. It&amp;#039;s plaintive, even depressing stuff, but, hey, it&amp;#039;s winter, and this is one gorgeous record to help you stumble through it all. A taste:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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