Okay, Dead Oceans, let’s get one thing straight right fucking now. Chicago’s Califone don’t need any help releasing badass, fucked-up music. No way, no how. Sure, you may have gotten the call to release All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, the newest album of freaky, funky, junkyard, blues-pop by the multi-talented multi-instrumentalists Tim Rutili, Jim Becker, Joe Adamik, and Ben Masseralla since 2006’s acclaimed Roots and Crowns this coming October 6...

And sure, producer, collaborator, and erstwhile band mate Brian Deck (Iron & Wine, Gomez, Modest Mouse) may have gone on record as saying that “Tim’s songwriting on All My Friends Are Funeral Singers is my favorite yet. They have found a sound unlike anyone else, and are able to draw otherworldly sounds from very common instruments. It’s melodically inventive and economical and delivered with more detail and nuance than before”...

And yeah, sure, primary songwriter and vocalist Tim Rutili (who frequently dabbles in such extra-musical forays as short, surrealist documentaries, music videos, and film scores) MAY have recently written and directed his first feature-length film, which he plans on submitting to film festivals early next year, also titled All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, which just so happens to draw on the same themes and inspirations as the album, having been conceived simultaneously to the album and containing many of the same images and characters...

And YES, okay, sure, maybe Califone will incorporate a full-length presentation of the film during their live performances (which will be announced shortly), adding a totally new and incredibly cool and exciting element to their live show...

But EVEN SO, Dead Oceans, the point IS... the, the point is... uhh... wait. What was I talking about, again??

All My Friends Are Funeral Singers tracklist:

1. Giving Away the Bride
2. Polish Girls
3. 1928
4. Funeral Singers
5. SNAKE'S TOOTH = PROTECTION AGAINST FEVER AND LUCK IN GAMBLING
6. Buñuel
7. Ape-Like
8. A WISH MADE WHILE BURNING ONIONS WILL COME TRUE
9. Evidence
10. Alice Marble Gray
11. Salt
12. Krill
13. SAVEN, FOURTEEN, OR TWENTY-ONE KNOTS
14. Better Angels

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