Sometimes, you can't hire a better copywriter than YouTube. On the site, the video for New Madrid's "Knots" (below) is praised by commenter "etdursee" as follows: "This song is as amazing as Bob Dylan making love to a psychedelic mushroom!" That pretty much sums things up: trenchant songwriting (when you can decode it) and ecstatic, swirling guitars. Click the player above to catch a live set from the Athens, Georgia, foursome in the Soundcheck studio.