Saturday, September 30, 2006

whatever it is you think you are, you aren't.

Just a little bit more Polyvinyl propaganda. The new 31K Polemics EP I've brought up is available for pre-order now at Polyvinyl's Online Store in addition to 31 Knots' rare debut album, ClimaxAntiClimax, which is not being re-released but rather dug up and sold while quantities last.



31 Knots' "Sedition's Wish"
from Polemics EP

If that's not enough reason for you to visit the Polyvinyl store, then it's almost a sure thing that Owen's At Home With Owen finally being available for pre-order will entice you. Whether or not you've heard any or all of the eight new songs, including my personal favorite (and the album's lengthiest), "A Bird In Hand," this album will be the best ten dollars you spend this year. Mike Kinsella's latest is a deeply personal series of stories about his changing life; getting married, owning a home, subscribing to cable (and XBox Live), losing his father, and growing fatigued by the life of touring and writing music. He even tries his hand (and succeeds) at writing the closest thing to a pop song he's written yet with "Bag of Bones," complete will bells and "aww-worthy" lyrics. The album opener (featured below) transforms the stripped down live version of a painfully honest critique to something far grander, while still brutal and somehow sweetly sincere. In short, At Home With Owen is not an album you can afford to be without.



Owen's "Bad News"
from At Home With Owen

And, just like with Shock of Being, Polyvinyl is releasing the vinyl version of Make Believe's second album, Of Course. It's shipping now and completely worth it. The vinyl even has a bonus song from this focused, solid, quickly recorded album by the perfectionist, ever-practicing Make Believe. And be sure to check out the newly redesigned and pleasently put together Joanfrc.com

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