Everyone loves free stuff, so you’ll probably like this: Deerhoof have put up a bunch of odds and ends up on their website, including this lovely cover of “The Perfect Me,” the leadoff track off the band’s 2007 album Friend Opportunity. Considering that So Cow is one person (or is it two?) from Dublin (or is it Korea?), it’s amazing the band was able to capture the rollicking mile-a-minute energy of the song so perfectly.

Okay, so who exactly is So Cow and what do they do when not busy covering Deerhoof songs? Their website is incredibly unclear on this point. There’s a picture that shows two people in the band, but every other note refers to one guy. Their MySpace says they’re from Korea/Ireland, and the band’s last album has a whole bunch of Korea references on it (in addition to being recorded there). Slowly a picture forms: this is some guy who went to Korea to teach English or something, made some shiny bedroom pop albums, then returned to Ireland to continue his reign of terror.

And just what is the nature of this reign of terror? Surprisingly, it doesn’t sound very much like this cover of “The Perfect Me”—a quick browse of the MySpace gives you a band that sounds like an evolution of the quirky indie pop bands of the late 90s. Anyone who knows me knows this kind of thing is right up my alley. If it’s up your alley too, you’ll be pleased to know that I’m Siding With My Captors is apparently coming out in November.