 Pitchfork Media gave the song several <unk> , including a positive review in their discussion of Everything That Happens Will Happen Today and naming the song number 11 track of 2008 — including appearances on eight editors ' end of the year lists — and placing number 297 on the Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s . Pitchfork also solicited the opinions of musicians for their favorite albums and songs of the year and The Watson Twins proclaimed " Strange Overtones " one of the best songs of 2008 . <unk> 's Top 89 of 2009 featured the song on two editor 's lists . Mark Wheat of NPR named it one of the top 10 songs of 2009 . 
