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?)

If Times New Viking is the gateway drug, these dudes are the next illogical euphoria…

Sincerely,
Franklin Snarl, MD.

PS. Make your record player happy.

Basically this site was created for the sole purpose of posting this here video

Haven’t been this into a new (to me… yeah, I learned about them on Pitchfork; yeah I’m and old dude and probably hopelessly late to the whole awesome lo-fi shitgaze party — I have a job that eats up my entire week, so can barely surf the web let alone hit the record shop.) But I ask you, dear non-existent reader, how can anyone listen to even a single Times New Viking song and not be utterly, completely in love with this band? I can’t. I can’t. I can’t stop. OK, well, just so I don’t seem like some like some sort of one-post Arcade Fire Stole My Basketball-esque nut, I’ll try to periodically put some things I like up on this blog. You know, so that way nobody can not read even more random stuff here. And will invite some pals with better taste than me to do the same.

Best Regards,
Franklin Snarl, Esq.

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