“Nightmares” by Violent Femmes

"Nightmares" comes from 3, the Violent Femmes' 1988 album, and it's Gordon Gano doing what he does best: writing the whole thing himself and singing it with that nervy, jittery yelp over his own guitar. Brian Ritchie's bass jumps around underneath, Victor DeLorenzo drums and hits the percussion, and both of them pitch in on vocals.

The band produced it themselves, with Warren Bruleigh engineering and co-producing and Matt Lane assisting, and it keeps the stripped-down, anxious bounce that made the Femmes sound like nobody else.

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