On November 3rd, one of my favorite quirkpop purveyors, John Ringhofer (aka Half-Handed Cloud) is releasing a new collection called Cut Me Down & Count My Rings. The disc collects material (46 songs worth!) from an array of EPs, vinyl singles, CDRs, downloads, and other disparate sources (cassingle anyone?), and precedes a brand-new HHC release, due out from Asthmatic Kitty next year.

The track I give you to sample below doesn’t come from the new collection, but rather from HHC’s Asthmatic Kitty debut Learning About Your Scale (2001) — and it’s always been one of my favorites.

MP3: Half-Handed Cloud – “Can’t Even Breathe On My Own Two Feet”