Last month we took a look at the cover and tracklist for Dragonslayer (out 6/23), Sunset Rubdown’s third full-band LP and second for Jagjaguwar. (Also, their first with new member Mark Nicol on bass and percussion.) In a January Progress Report, hard-working band leader Spencer Krug told us that he doesn’t love 2007′s Random Spirit Lover and explained why its followup will rely less on studio magic: “I like [live] kinds of recordings because they’re very honest and it’s hard to pretend that you sound any different from whatever it is.” “Idiot Heart” is one of the tunes Spencer promised would make the cut, and now he’s ready for you to download it. We love David Horvitz’s new publicity shots of the group bonding at a spa (post-rubdown?), so peruse those while you listen.
A three month tour begins this weekend. There’s a stop in Russia!
04/18 Paris, France @ La Maronquinerie
04/19 Flushing, Netherlands @ De Piek
04/20 Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat
04/21 Wetzlar, Germany @ KuZ
04/22 Stuttgart, Germany @ Manufaktur
04/23 Prague, CZ @ 007
04/24 Krems, AT @ Danube Festival
04/25 Moscow, Russia @ Avant Festival
04/27 Zagreb, HR @ Teatar & TD
04/29 Krakow, PL @ Manggha
04/30 Warsaw, PL @ Hydrozagadka
05/02 Aarhus, Denmark @ Pop Revo Festival
06/11 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
06/12 Brooklyn, NY @ Studio B
06/13 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
06/14 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
06/15 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
06/16 Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn
06/20 Austin, TX @ Mohawk
06/22 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
06/23 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
06/24 San Francisco, CA @ The Rickshaw Stop
06/26 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
06/27 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
06/28 Victoria, BC @ Sugar Nightclub
07/02 Calgary, AB @ The Marquee Room
07/06 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
07/07 Chicago, IL @ Epiphany
07/08 Bloomington, IN @ Jake’s Nightclub
07/10 Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
07/11 Montreal, QC @ Il Motore
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Very nice.
They begin their tour by playing 8-dates in a row non-stop. Any band touring that hard deserves to have their own spa treatment…yes, including a post-rubdown.
Hell yes. He (Spencer Krug) may be the most talented musician alive today (save, perhaps, for Sufjan Stevens). My most anticipated album of 2009, easy.
anyone noticed the ‘if you were a horse you would throw up the reigns’
lyric from ‘the men are called horsemen’ from the first record?
self-referential, and pretty fucking epic!
really fucking good. a welcome shit from Random Spirit Lover, though also different from Shut Up I am Dreaming. i’m pretty excited for the inevitable leak
I know it was a typo, but “a welcome shit” deserves acknowledgment.
This is exciting. 2009 is officially the best year for music in a while.
This song is fucking awesome.
outdated and overrated
Totally agree bro. anyone got any new wavves style pics i can steal for my avatar?
This song isn’t particularly new; they played it for a Daytrotter session back in 2007.
http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/sunset-rubdown-he-cant-believe-he-belongs-to-nowhere-the-human-aurora-borealis-concert/20030012-110112.html
i guess that explains why it sounds kinda old.. i like this style of music but no one takes it far enough and its disappointing
groovy tune
I am literally shitting my pants with excitement. Be glad you’re not here.
Also: Why can’t I buy tickets for Portland yet!? Gaaah!
The capybara, the world’s largest rhodent, lives in South America and is eaten much like a thanksgiving turkey on special days.
This song is awesome btw.
great song. how come members of wolf parade keep singing about how they ‘hate this city’?
Fucking ace.
Camilla is smokin’
I love the lyrics!
I hate hate hate his voice. So annoying
I can tell by the triple ‘hate’ you gave that you’re being honest. I hate hate hate people you listen to songs just to tell everyone how much they hate it.
Goddman Spencer Krug is so good. I can depend on everything he releases being good. Not many other songwriters like that at the moment.
LOVE THE BLACK CAB SESSIONS.. ALTHOUGH THIS SONG HAS ITS MOMENTS THE LYRICS ARE PRETTY COOL
I’d like to look at you go, away. this sucks.