Okay first of all, has anyone seen this? Pitchfork’s “Guide To Music”? Really? If you’re like me, trying to get a grasp on over a century of great music that came before your lifetime (yeah I’m a Sousa fan) can be, at times, daunting. But that doesn’t mean you need to ruin the experience of finding out yourself!

Or more importantly, it doesn’t mean you need a book’s worth of distraction from the hordes of great music being produced at this very instant. Today, for example, we’ve got a new track from long-time writer and producer Scott Garred, aka Super XX Man. The new album is called Volume XII: There’ll Be Diamonds, and it draws primarily from experiences at a State Hospital. While the subject of the mentally ill is in itself is somewhat haunting, and Garred captures the solemn, inconsolable guilt of the whole experience.

The music is reassuringly upbeat, often times searing with guitar feedback, or as in “Medication,” calculated in its movements, like a Kill the Moonlight-era Spoon song with the “cool” turned way down. But don’t let it be a distraction from the lyrics underneath: “I’ve taken too many medications, I don’t know, I don’t know…” Take a listen for yourself:

Super XX Man - Medication

The new album is out October 28, 2008 on Tender Loving Empire.