It's not hard to imagine Dan Bejar all dolled up (and powdered down) as the Goblin King of the Labyrinth himself on many of these numbers, as goofy, accessible in a knowingly '80s way and, well, dreamy as they mostly are, all the better to lull you into the shot before snapping you out of it with one of any number of snarky, silly mouthfuls, the weight of which is appropriately dependent on how much you buy into the myth of it all (my favourite scene's "My Favourite Year", with phased drums and synth strings framing things fine). Bejar really wants us to believe--oh, please do believe!