I tend to get into exciting new bands and musicians right as they’re about to cross over into the mainstream and cease to become cool. So it’s bad news for rising star MJ Lenderman, because his song Wristwatch has really caught my ear recently.

As someone who writes a lot myself for a range of different purposes, my goal is always to try to say the most I can with the fewest words possible. So I’m in awe of songwriters like Lenderman, who can construct as well-drawn a character as Wristwatch’s narrator in just a few lines. It’s got me looking at my Apple Watch slightly less rosily, anyway.