Daily Download: "The Prosecution Rests," Slow Dazzle

Slow Dazzle is Timothy Bracy and Shannon McArdle, two of the three songwriters who make up the Mendoza Line, and their music is much like the wonky folk-rock of the parent band, but with added electronics and bits of home-studio experimentation. Bracy, my favorite of the Mendoza Line's songwriters, is an expert Bob Dylan imitator, a skilled writer of two- or three-note melodies, an eloquent poet of the rundown and wrecked, and a soul mate to the out-of-tune piano that runs through "The Prosecution Rests." Also available for download is "Fleur de Lie," which features McArdle's just-folksy, girl-in-a-bar-band vocals and some nice backward guitar playing.