Just when I thought I had all the So Cow news posted yesterday, Josh from Ireland’s own Pop Goes the Radio commented on my post.
Pop Goes the Radio posted three tracks from upcoming album on Meaningless Friendly due out very soon on Tic Tac Totally. Here is what Tic Tac Totally has to say about the new album:
So Cow “Meaningless Friendly” LP/CD is just 2 weeks away folks! The album will be released mid-tour (see below for dates!) just in time for SXSW. The new record expands brilliantly on the promise/premise of the “S/T” LP from last year, which featured 18 of his best collected tracks. Here offering 13 fresh ones of the great off-kilter TVP’s-meets-Home Blitz-pop wandering So Cow delivers. In the meantime we have a digital album release set up for 2/16/10 on iTunes, so no worries if you’re fiending either!
“Extra Friendly” LP+7″ edition
Check back REAL soon for this! This package gets you the new LP, plus a limited edition 7″ EP with 3 bonus tracks.Exclusively through TTT and ltd. to 300 copies. Look out!
Keep your eyes on Tic Tac Totally’s Website…I know I will. I need to get a copy of that limited edition 7″. This is the most exciting music news, at least for me, in 2010 so far!
In the mean time check out these tracks.
“Girl Racer” reminds us that So Cow at it’s core is one man, Brian Kelly. Using not much more than minimal electronics, and electric guitar Kelly crafts a near perfect pop track . This track really resonates in the part of my brain that loved “Shackleton.” Even though this track has perfect pop sensibility that doesn’t prevent Kelly from adding some psychedelic guitar to the background. Apparently if you are from Tuam, or Ireland in general, there are references in this song that us Americans just don’t get, but that doesn’t detract from the fact that it is an awesome introduction to So Cow’s new album. A version of this track originally appeared on a compilation CD about Tuam which Pop Goes the Radio might be posting in the future.
[mp3] So Cow- “Girl Racer”
“Random Girls” is a track that I’m sure many of us boys can relate to…so many ladies in this world, and so many crushes (I’m lucky to already have my special lady). This track shows a little more of what North America is in store for on So Cow’s tour. This track features a full band, and an intense guitar solo toward the end. Kelly’s musicianship is what made me fall in love with So Cow in the first place, and this track is a perfect example of that. There are sure to be plenty of ladies crushing on these Irish boys as they make their way through the states and Canada.
[mp3] So Cow- “Random girls”
If “Girl Racer” and “Random Girls” are any indication of the rest of the album we are sure in for a treat. I’ll let you head over to Pop Goes the Radio for the third track called “Dunno.” This final track is one I remember from So Cow’s last American tour. Check it out here.
Meaningless Friendly is now on sale from Tic Tac Totally. Buy it here .
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New Yorkers, So Cow will be in the City on:
- Feb 13 Monster Island Basement Brooklyn, New York
- Feb 14 Cake Shop New York, New York
The tour starts tonight, February 11th, at Asbury Lanes in Asbury Park.
For a full list of tour dates click here (or if you are on the main page of my blog…scroll down…they were posted yesterday).
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