You Say Party! We Say In-Store!

Photo by Ming Wu

Vancouver's You Say Party! We Say Die! treated Ottawa to an acoustic in-store performance today. The dance-rock combo performed songs from their 2007 album, Lose All Time and their latest release XXXX (Check the video below).

Released Sept. 29, the album features a more polished and concentrated vision from the band. In general, the album appears more whole than its predecessors. With more pacing in the choruses and vocals taking centre stage, it's clear that the band understands where their strengths lie. YSP!WSD! has taken a serious step forward with this release. A track that stands out is "Laura Palmer's Prom", its 80's synth-ballad style is novel without being cheesy. "Dark Days" is sombre without killing the vibe, assuring that this YSP!WSD! will be keeping the kids dancing.

Check them out on their upcoming tour with BTA favourite Think About Life.

Enjoy!

You Say Party! We Say Die! - Laura Palmer's Prom

You Say Party! We Say Die! - Dark Days

Tokyo Police Club; friends of You Say Party! We Say Die!

I don't know how I didn't hear about this before today, but...

Tokyo Police Club joined by YSP!WSD! covering an old personal favourite, the Rentals' "Friends of P".

The original music video of "Friends of P" is posted below. Listening to this song more than 10 years later, I think it's easy to hypothesize why weezer's creative output shit the bed the second Matt Sharp left to focus on the Rentals full-time.

Also on the topic - Youtube just keeps hitting them out of the proverbial park. Check out this one - the Rentals joined by Damon Albarn (circa blur's hay day), performing the track on some random French talk show.

- bbbykmbrly.