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August 24, 2009

New Karen O And The Kids - "All Is Love"

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Last week we revealed that Karen O's Where The Wild Things Are backup band "the Kids" includes YYYs' Brian Chase and Nick Zinner, Bradford Cox, and two Raconteurs, among others. One of those "others" is the "untrained children's choir" taking center stage on the soundtrack's chirpy, childlike (and somehow creepy?) first single "All Is Love."

Also streaming at MySpace.

The Where The Wild Things Are soundtrack is out 9/29 via DGC/Interscope. "All Is Love" is out digitally tomorrow (8/25).

Posted at 12:05 PM by brandon
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Very weakly delivered.

Posted by: Ron Jenkins profile link at 08/24/09 2:10 PM  | Reply
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Just like your comment.

Posted by: Mr_Blue_Angel_Dood profile link  in reply to Ron Jenkins's comment at 08/24/09 2:30 PM  | Reply
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just dreadful

Posted by: bill at 08/24/09 3:04 PM  | Reply
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This truly is terrible

Posted by: Dave at 08/24/09 3:39 PM  | Reply
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thank you everyone for elaborating... or did your attention span wander off before noticing this is a song for a movie based on a children's book?

Posted by: agrokrag profile link  in reply to Dave's comment at 08/26/09 3:23 AM  | Reply
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Was it really that bad?

Posted by: Coj profile link at 08/24/09 4:09 PM  | Reply
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i love the yeah yeah yeahs.
i hate kidz bop.

Posted by: Kurt profile link at 08/24/09 5:25 PM  | Reply
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I told Spike he should of used that Rob Zombie track featuring The Wiggles.

Posted by: uberfunction profile link  in reply to Kurt's comment at 08/25/09 8:21 AM  | Reply
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i like it.. its langley schools music project and KO at home combined but with better production.. can't wait to see the music set to the film

Posted by: Jake Silk profile link at 08/24/09 6:26 PM  | Reply
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God, I was hoping this would be the song that was on the movie trailer.

I figured out it's actually Wake Up by The Arcade Fire.

Posted by: Windchill Factor profile link at 08/24/09 8:20 PM  | Reply
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turns out jaded douchebags won't like this. surprise.

Posted by: cha cha at 08/25/09 1:09 AM  | Reply
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But reactionary morons with a taste for trite bullshit apparently will.

Posted by: Dave  in reply to cha cha's comment at 08/25/09 2:03 AM  | Reply
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lyrics?

Posted by: cobra at 08/25/09 4:16 AM  | Reply
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I think I would like it better if it was meant for a kids movie. Preferably one about a boy who travels to an island full of monsters.

Posted by: uberfunction at 08/25/09 8:15 AM  | Reply
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wah. my jeans are too tight for this song's incessant cheerfulness.

Posted by: huckabeast at 08/25/09 5:49 PM  | Reply
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if I were expecting a Yeah Yeah Yeah's song, I would be feeling overdressed right now. This song nails the wide-eyed magic of the story, and anyone who has actually READ the story should be able to follow KO's youthful rendition here

Posted by: agrokrag profile link at 08/26/09 3:21 AM  | Reply
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I got that. I didn't like it though.

Posted by: reflector profile link  in reply to agrokrag's comment at 08/26/09 5:23 PM  | Reply
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Where can I find a song with Rob Zombie and the Wiggles?

Posted by: seriously? at 08/26/09 10:52 AM  | Reply
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its perfect for its purpose

Posted by: brian at 08/26/09 8:53 PM  | Reply
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It reminds me of Tilly and the Wall

Posted by: Sam profile link at 08/27/09 7:15 AM  | Reply
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As if i didn't want to see this movies enough (no that's not sarcasm that's admitting to what you all hide).

Posted by: Prince of Carrot Flowers profile link at 08/27/09 2:53 PM  | Reply
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I can see how this could work against the movie's visuals, but as a standalone song it's sub-Kidz Bop.

Posted by: zxcvb at 08/27/09 10:25 PM  | Reply
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I love it. Too bad for all that don't

Posted by: joe at 08/28/09 3:16 PM  | Reply
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this is adorable, looking forward to hearing more from the soundtrack (and the movie), i need something to even out my Really Rosie playlist

Posted by: Tyrannosaurus profile link at 08/29/09 1:04 AM  | Reply
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Still beats the ponyo theme song.

Posted by: st.sebastion profile link at 08/30/09 4:09 PM  | Reply
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the vocals are mixed too loud. this sounds like a severely lo bit preview.

Posted by: Boothlord at 08/30/09 7:56 PM  | Reply
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I do like it for it's context. Reminds me of John Lennon's 'Real Love'

Posted by: Mustafa profile link at 08/31/09 5:08 PM  | Reply
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the track is very fun, in order to go hand in hand with the whole theme of the movie.
its may not be very appealing, but it is definitely suitable for the movie's "feel'

Posted by: eric386 at 10/02/09 12:42 PM  | Reply
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