New Yo La Tengo - "Periodically Double Or Triple"

Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew will likely be at it longer than you'll ever be at it. After 2006's I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass and the equally feisty Fuckbook, which they recently released as Condo Fucks, Yo La Tengo are at least a dozen proper albums into their career via the forthcoming Popular Songs. It was recorded in Hoboken and Nashville with Roger Mountenot at the start of the year. We don't know too much else about it, except that the mellow, organ-lined lead track "Periodically Double Or Triple" is a garage-y song that could have been written in the '60s, if not for the reference to Judge Judy (it opens with a reference to the equally outspoken Proust). Take a listen while you inspect the Popular Songs album art, which features a cassette in need of a revival.

Yo La Tengo - "Periodically Double Or Triple" (MP3)

Popular Songs is out 9/8 via Matador.

Posted at 10:43 AM by brandon in Album Art, MP3
Tags: Yo La Tengo

17 Comments

i love this band forever.

Posted by: Thairy's Orange C®eam at 06/04/09 10:57 AM  | Reply
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def a groovy feel... more please

Posted by: j0shsm1th at 06/04/09 11:11 AM  | Reply
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Yes!!! Please never stop, YLT. Also, great album cover!

Posted by: Deezey at 06/04/09 11:15 AM  | Reply
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Groovy.

Posted by: oh. at 06/04/09 11:39 AM  | Reply
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I think the cover image is a photograph of an object fabricated by the American artist Dario Robleto.

Posted by: NA at 06/04/09 11:39 AM  | Reply
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This song is great and I can't wait to see them again in July!!

Posted by: quartertonality at 06/04/09 12:11 PM  | Reply
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YES YES YES YES YES

Posted by: Cynic at 06/04/09 12:47 PM  | Reply
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I love this band to death, but this is bringing back bad flashbacks of "Summer Sun".

Posted by: Belamao at 06/04/09 1:44 PM  | Reply
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I think Summer Sun is a really great album...

Posted by: derek  in reply to Belamao's comment at 06/04/09 4:01 PM  | Reply
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Summer Sun is certainly underrated...one of their better ones, never understood the backlash. Season of the shark is a jam.

This song is groovy but nothing too great. Just has a different take one an age old blues riff...sounds like it would of been perfect on the 'Broken Flowers' soundtrack. This band becomes more of a favorite with each listen!

Posted by: EnchantingWizardofRhythm  in reply to Belamao's comment at 06/05/09 11:45 AM  | Reply
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I love looking at cover art! Anytime I come on Stereogum, I come for discovery of music, but stay to look at some new album artwork. And this one is pretty clever.

Posted by: Black Sunshine at 06/04/09 2:01 PM  | Reply
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Don't get me wrong, I love LYT, but this is kinda bland. Like a "Summer Sun" B-side. Hopefully the rest of the record is better.

Posted by: Aaron at 06/04/09 5:51 PM  | Reply
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Correction: YLT

Posted by: Aaron  in reply to Aaron's comment at 06/04/09 6:09 PM  | Reply
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Love you too :)

Posted by: Cynic  in reply to Aaron's comment at 06/04/09 7:00 PM  | Reply
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I'm having a hard time keeping up with all the cool shit coming out this year.

Posted by: wingedgopher at 06/05/09 1:48 AM  | Reply
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Great song! Love the break in the middle, and the organ tone (and solo) are prefect! Another great song by the masters of vibe.

Posted by: white lotus at 07/03/09 3:09 PM  | Reply
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see 'Nothing to hide' live on french TV show in june. just awesome.
http://ce-soir-ou-jamais.france3.fr/index-fr.php?page=videos-lives&id_article=1430

Posted by: franck.j at 07/05/09 4:27 AM  | Reply
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