Aimee Mann: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Bob Boilen, May 8, 2017 This song is called You Never Loved Me it s another cheery, optimistic number, says Aimee Mann, introducing the second of four songs in this Tiny Desk Concert. She has been writing songs on the human condition more often than not with a strong sense of humor to underpin the inevitable melancholy as far back as the 80s, when she was the singer and bassist in Boston s The Young Snakes. Mann s newest solo record, the first in five years, is baldly called Mental Illness clearly, there s a deep honesty within these songs. (Also: This is Aimee Mann s Tiny return, so if you re loving this, take a look at her performance with Ted Leo in their duo called The Both. ) Mental Illness is available now: iTunes: Amazon: Set List Rollercoasters You Never Loved Me Goose Snow Cone Patient Zero Musicians Aimee Mann (vocals, guitar); Jonathan Coulton (guita