It's Frog season. We loved the beloved folk duo's last album, 2023's GROG, and now they're announcing its follow-up, 1000 Variations On The Same Song. "MIXTAPE LINER NOTES VAR. VII" is out now, and it's awesome.
“1000 Variations On The Same Song is a theme and variations — there are times in your life as a songwriter where you'll start a bunch of stuff that all sounds alike, which can be a problem, something that you want to excise from yourself. This time I decided to embrace it and take it as far as it could go.”
I support this method. If the rest of the album sounds like this single, then I'm in. "MIXTAPE LINER NOTES VAR. VII" is lo-fi greatness, the first verse name-dropping both My Chemical Romance and Big Star (taste). In the chorus, Daniel Bateman sings poignantly, "I can’t justify it, it isn’t rational/ I get high and cry it over broken Casios." Amazing stuff! Listen below.
TRACKLIST:
01 "STILLWELL THEME"
02 "TOP OF THE POPS VAR. I"
03 "DOOMSCROLLING VAR. II"
04 "WHERE DO I SIGN VAR. III"
05 "HOUSEBROKEN VAR. IV"
06 "BLAMING IT ALL ON THE LIFESTYLE VAR. V"
07 "JUST USE YOUR HIPS VAR. VI"
08 "MIXTAPE LINER NOTES
VAR. VII"
09 "WHERE U FROM VAR. VIII"
10 "DID SANTA COME VAR. IX"
11 "ARTHUR MCBRIDE VAR. X"
1000 Variations On The Same Song is out 2/14 via Audio Antihero / Tape Wormies.
