So... I'm not going to try to introduce Billy Bragg. I kind of feel like we're al on the same page here and if not, then I think I'll just kindly redirect you here for some background info.

Anyway, "Sulk" is off his '99 album, Reaching to the Converted and is a kind of slightly uptempo, piano-led jam about his partner not having the wherewithal to make an affirmative decision about the status of their relationship. It's lyrically refreshing and oozes frustration with lines like "If you love me, why don't you show it?/If you hate me, why don't you let me know it?/Why don't you just pick up something and throw it?/You just sulk."

I have spent a good amount of time with old Billy Bragg songs; songs with that dusty and desperate guitar sound that amasses into a wave of distortion behind his melodies and political messages. I have not, unfortunately, heard a lot of his more recent stuff ('99 is recent for Bragg). If "Sulk" is any indicator, I've been making a mistake.


Billy Bragg - "Sulk"