Just about a year ago, I started up this here blog for the sole purpose of sharing my newfound crush on Times New Viking with a few pals. Since then, I’ve affectionately etched a well-worn groove into each of their proper LP’s Dig Yourself, The Paisley Reich and my own gateway drug to the euphoria that is TNV: Rip It Off. Not sure if I’d finally over-listened them a bit (we’re talking constant rotation for a good 9 months) or was just totally distracted by the Marnie Stern explosion of awesomeness last Fall, but for whatever reason, never quite embraced Cousin Oliver the Stay Awake EP. And that was, sort of, that for a few months.

Well, absence makes the heart grow fonder, they say. So thanks Pfork TV for reminding me that yeah, that record actually kicked much ass too. Still not as sublime as the main releases but man what an appetizer for my most eagerly anticipated album of 2009.

Here’s “Sick and Tyred” in — what else would you expect? — lovely lo-fi video (is that some kinda PixelVision filter… or even the real thing?)