Me and Simon is as clever a piece of pop as could be asked for, meaning that it camouflages itself as not pop at all. Laleh does a convincing impression of a singer/songwriter girl – acoustic guitar, a voice dripping with sincerity (smartly pushed to the forefront in the mix), and well-thought-out lyrics. She likes to play a naïve and slightly sad outsider with immigrant roots, exaggerating this persona on the opening track where she wonders, "is this what they call big city love?" singing in a cute accent (absent from other songs) over Middle Eastern strings.
Nice! There's another version of this that has 6 songs. This is the 5-song version. Remember when Roddy was the New Elvis? Turns out Elvis was. A 10" EP housed in an awkward 10" by 12" foldout sleeve.