Mystery Jets – The Boy Who Ran Away

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As you can see, the white mystery jet is a B747 and not a B707.

Mystery Jets’ new album Zootime was released today.  And it’s not the soundtrack for that Seattle-area dude who was nailed by a horse and died.  Instead, the band has combined tracks from past releases and new material with remixes by London-based DJ Erol Alkan and Simian Mobile Disco founder James Ford. Below you’ll find two songs from the album.

The Boy Who Ran Away mp3
Diamonds in the Dark mp3

Handsome Furs – What We Had

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Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and his old lady will release their side project album (by the name Handsome Furs) called, Plague Park on May 22nd. Here’s what our brohams at Sub Pop have to say about the album:

“Dark and minimal while noisy and earnest, the point was to be as sparse and repetitive as possible with the help of little more than vocals, guitars, and a new drum machine. Through this, songs of earthbound captains, eggs made of gold and iron, and sleepless bodies were born. Boeckner’s disenchanted vocals thinly resonate while cloaked in a frenzied undertone of fear and uncertainty, all punctuated by bare drum machine beats.”

You’re definitely going to wanna check out the track What We Had.