Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew will likely be at it longer than you’ll ever be at it. After 2006′s I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass and the equally feisty Fuckbook, which they recently released as Condo Fucks, Yo La Tengo are at least a dozen proper albums into their career via the forthcoming Popular Songs. It was recorded in Hoboken and Nashville with Roger Mountenot at the start of the year. We don’t know too much else about it, except that the mellow, organ-lined lead track “Periodically Double Or Triple” is a garage-y song that could have been written in the ’60s, if not for the reference to Judge Judy (it opens with a reference to the equally outspoken Proust). Take a listen while you inspect the Popular Songs album art, which features a cassette in need of a revival.
Popular Songs is out 9/8 via Matador.
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i love this band forever.
def a groovy feel… more please
Yes!!! Please never stop, YLT. Also, great album cover!
Groovy.
I think the cover image is a photograph of an object fabricated by the American artist Dario Robleto.
This song is great and I can’t wait to see them again in July!!
YES YES YES YES YES
I love this band to death, but this is bringing back bad flashbacks of “Summer Sun”.
I think Summer Sun is a really great album…
Summer Sun is certainly underrated…one of their better ones, never understood the backlash. Season of the shark is a jam.
This song is groovy but nothing too great. Just has a different take one an age old blues riff…sounds like it would of been perfect on the ‘Broken Flowers’ soundtrack. This band becomes more of a favorite with each listen!
I love looking at cover art! Anytime I come on Stereogum, I come for discovery of music, but stay to look at some new album artwork. And this one is pretty clever.
Don’t get me wrong, I love LYT, but this is kinda bland. Like a “Summer Sun” B-side. Hopefully the rest of the record is better.
Correction: YLT
Love you too
I’m having a hard time keeping up with all the cool shit coming out this year.
Great song! Love the break in the middle, and the organ tone (and solo) are prefect! Another great song by the masters of vibe.
see ‘Nothing to hide’ live on french TV show in june. just awesome.
http://ce-soir-ou-jamais.france3.fr/index-fr.php?page=videos-lives&id_article=1430