If I had to nail down exactly when I developed an interest in indie rock, it’d probably be the first time I listened to Jets to Brazil’s “King Medicine.” I frequented a message board that was a small community of music lovers who happened to have a breadth of knowledge when it came to 90s indie rock. That’s where I later learned about bands like Mineral, Christie Front Drive, Knapsack and many others. Jets to Brazil were the first though.

“King Medicine” has such a specific place in my life and I go back to it every time I hear it. It’s the longest track on Orange Rhyming Dictionary, but it never feels like it. Every moment in this song has meaning and purpose. I really don’t think I can ever quite give this song it’s proper due with words. King Medicine, this subject loves you.