Regarding the unique title, bassist Chuckie Duff explained "it just makes us laugh and people are free to read whatever meaning they want into it. It's just a good name for what it is - a party record."
The 12-track set was recorded with producer and friend, Bob Hoag (The Format, Limbeck), at Flying Blanket Recording in their hometown earlier this summer. "Bob has been pretty influential in the overall sound and to some degree the arrangements on this record, like he was on the last record. He kind of becomes the sixth member in the studio and that works well because we trust him and he hears things the same way we do," described guitarist, PJ Waxman.
The album's opener, "I'm Not Crying. You're Not Crying, Are You?" may hint at another slow album starter (see: Small Steps, Heavy Hooves' "Oh No") but quickly picks the listener up in the band's familiar piano & tambourine infused pop/indie-rock sound with comparisons to The Flaming Lips. The album's middle and bridge is "Saintly Rows (Oh Oh)", a haunting affair channeling Bob Dylan as each line of vocalist Ian Metzger's lyrics trail off in a sad tone, but ultimately the song builds up to frantic piano lines and a chaotic ending. The theme of the record is most prevalent on the album's closer, "I Know": smooth transitions between slowed down, soulful ballads to good old fashioned rock n' roll.
This fall, the band will hit the road with Minneapolis pop-rock quintet, Motion City Soundtrack, and indie/folk Indianapolis natives, Margot And The Nuclear So & So's, for The Left Handed Forms Of Human Endeavor tour. Further touring is planned through the end of the year.
Track Listing
1. I'm Not Crying. You're Not Crying, Are You?
2. Bad News
3. Carl Solomon Blues
4. Willetta
5. Talk About
6. Saintly Rows (Oh Oh)
7. Flowers For My Brain
8. Now It's Over
9. Parallel Lines
10. If Not For My Glasses
11. Try
12. I Know
Tour Dates
w/What Laura Says (Thinks And Feels)
07/25 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
07/26 Las Cruces, NM - Code Red Cafe
07/28 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
07/29 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ
07/30 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
07/31 San Antonio, TX - Rock Bottom
w/Motion City Soundtrack
09/06 Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock Caf�
09/07 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
09/08 Towson, MD - Recher Theatre
09/10 Ashville, NC - The Orange Peel
09/11 Charleston, SC - Music Farm
09/12 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
09/13 Gainesville, FL - Alachua County Fairgrounds
09/15 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
09/17 Urbana, IL - The Canopy Club
09/18 Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
09/19 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall
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