Oh my god, out of my f-ing way, everyone! I’ve gotta get to the physical record store because it’s New Release Tuesday and the Fleet Foxes “Mykonos” 7-inch is OUT TODAY on Sub Pop!
Hurry, hurry, I don’t want to be the last sarcastic, bearded, employed-but-not-corporate, white, 20-something guy to grab this hot new gatefold sleeved-single and drop a needle on that shit and be all like whoooaaaaaaah-ho-ho-hoooaaaah!... Uh, what? Hey... wait a minute. I already HAVE this song. It’s literally a year old from that damn Sun Giant EP! Actually, come to think of it, I own the dang thing TWICE, because it was ALSO included on the vinyl version of last summer’s self-titled full-length (TMT Review) (which, yes, as a sarcastic, bearded, employed-but-not corporate, white, 20-something guy, I own and still put on fairly regularly to compliment my turgid “White Wine and Wallace” nights that I -- yes, I -- invented). Damn those laurel-resting bastards!
Well, it’s okay. I have to calm down here... after all, it’s probably at least backed with a new song, right?? Hmmm, let me just check Sub Pop’s releases real quick in my favorites... Oh, son of a bitch! The B-side is just a cover of the traditional folk ballad
“False Knight on the Road” (made popular by Steeleye Span and Richard Thompson) that I already downloaded from the internet a while ago because it’s not even previously-unreleased! Dude. I’m so disillusioned here. Now what am I supposed to do?
Oh, well it looks like they're touring North America some more this summer at least. I guess I could go see them in my home town for the fifth time in the past 12 months! Maybe they’ll play a lot of new songs on this round, if they’ve had time to write any.
Tourdates:
05.25.09 - George, WA - Sasquatch Festival
06.23.09 - Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
06.26.09 - Glastonbury, United Kingdom - Glastonbury
06.27.09 - London, United Kingdom - Hyde Park Calling $
07.04.09 - Arvika, Sweden - Arvikafestivalen
07.29.09 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club
07.30.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
07.31.09 - Jersey City, NJ - All Points West Fest
08.01.09 - Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival
08.03.09 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis Theatre #
08.04.09 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall #
08.05.09 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Theatre #
08.07.09 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08.09.09 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #
09.12.09 - North Dorset, United Kingdom - End of the Road
$ Neil Young
# with Dungen
