First MP3 and cover art posted

[Patrick]

Go to the Music Page (http://www.matadorrecords.com/music) to hear the MP3 of "Don't Have To Be So Sad"; go to the band page (http://www.matadorrecords.com/yo_la_tengo) to see the cover (click on the mini for a larger image).

Patrick

[Sunsquashed]

I guess they've arrived - they finally made the cover of one of their own albums (unless you count them hanging out in the background of New Wave Hot Dogs).

Anyone have a track listing for the new CD? They have played some new songs live lately and I'm trying to match songs with titles.


Overall the new music is quite varied - Georgia sings a couple of rockers, and there's some long groovy tracks too, marvelous bass lines. I like the new mp3, although I wonder what Georgia is doing, since there aren't any drums (perhaps she's doing the Floyd Crameresque piano?). I think YLT has been using the drum machine too much, but it's hard to criticize this song, it's so perfectly crafted.

[Patrick]

Track listing:

Beach Party Tonight 3:06
Little Eyes 4:18
Nothing But You and Me 5:13
Season of the Shark 4:27
Today Is the Day 5:33
Tiny Birds 5:07
How to Make a Baby Elephant Float 3:29
Georgia Vs. Yo La Tengo 3:56
Don’t Have to Be So Sad 5:53
Winter A-Go-Go 3:21
Moonrock Mambo 4:49
Let’s Be Still 10:22
Take Care 2:32

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by Patrick
Track listing:


Georgia Vs. Yo La Tengo 3:56


based solely on the title, this is already my favorite song of 2003.

[RockAction]

good song, in the vein of "And Then Nothing..."
cant wait to hear the rest!

[Squall91]

I love the new song posted.

[yojimbo]

hmmm i liked the mp3 they posted, it has that lovely elegant laid back masterful feel a lot of yo la tengo stuff had, especially recent stuff, but i was listening to it and just thought that bits of it, or more specifically the vocal lines, seem lifted from And then nothing... damn it and i can't remember which song. but it does have that feel. I suppose it makes me want to hear the whole album more, but i hope they haven't retreaded too-much. sans vocals, the mp3 would sound brilliant alongside the sounds of the sounds... but I'd hope they'd, um, I dunno, break a bit for the new one... as it stands, the last two albums "proper" (i.e. matador) were incredibly important to me: heart beating as one was my soundtrack to biking raound tokyo in mys spare time off work there, and then nothing... was a big part of the pretty shitty year after that. i suppose i'm putting too much pressure on the single track they've put out, but I hope they haven't treaded the water too much.

[Sunsquashed]

The half-spoken vocals remind me of much of And then nothing....the music is a bit like Saturday. But I've heard 3 of the other songs live, and none of them sound much like anything else on the last CD.