February 18th, 2009 11:14am
New Swan Lake MP3, “A Hand At Dusk”
Swan Lake – “A Hand At Dusk” That best of all the Canadian troikas of musical geniuses, Swan Lake (aka Destroyer Dan Bejar, Frog-Eyes’ Carey Mercer, and Sunset Rubdown/Wolf Parader Spencer Krug) have released a track from their forthcoming record Enemy Mine (out 3/23 on Jagjaguwar). “A Hand At Dusk” is shambling but not shambolic, and should prove to be perfectly weird enough to please fans of any of the three principals.
This track was “Pitchfork‘s;” but note that you can also stream the “Spin Exclusive” of the track “Spider” at Spin.com, and you can download “Spanish Gold, 2044” if you sign up for Stereogum’s E-Newsletter.
2/20/09 7:06 pm
adam says:that’s a lot of exclusives…. i wonder if putting all that free music out there at once really achieves anything? i mean… you need to download 1/3 of the album with the label’s endorsement to decide if you like it.
2/20/09 7:27 pm
Ryan Catbird says:I’m with you on this one for sure, Adam. I bet they’d probably have gotten more “bang for the buck” simply by releasing an a new mp3 every few weeks leading up to the album release.
And of course, don’t get me started on the “exclusives” thing.
2/20/09 7:28 pm
Ryan Catbird says:PS, today, they went ahead and let them all go as free “non-exclusives.”
http://www.mbvmusic.com/the-3-swan-lake-mp3s-from-enemy-mine/6143