will all my unused seed / collect like mercury?

Why?

the rain does not respect statements / why should i?

I heard that Why?'s latest album, Eskimo Snow, had leaked on Thursday morning from George, who had heard it from Jack, and who both can be found here. Look, I'll be honest, as Jack has mentioned over there, blogging music before its being officially released is about as low as you can go, and pointing out that its all over the Internet, especially at Hypemachine, doesn't seem like much of an excuse. However, in defence of what I'm about to do for one song only, this isn't like when a really bad version of Veckatimest leaked, or even like when the vinyl rip of Merriweather Post Pavillion found its way onto here a few months shy of January 2009, in the first case because this isn't a really shoddy version (and plus, Why? > Grizzly Bear), or a vinyl rip (which doesn't really prove anything at all).

Anyway, to cut a short story long: Why? are amazing, Eskimo Snow is amazing, and I like the direction they've moved in, even if it is away from the trip-hop that's cemented their place in every true hipster's Ipod. Here, by way of a sample which will induce you to buy the album when it comes out, is Against Me, my personal favourite in terms of Yoni Wolf's writing.

Against Me - Why?

Serengeti and Polyphonic

not feeling patriotic makes you really not wanna learn / pack up little gram bags like you’ll never have a turn

Just in case you're one of those trip-hop obsessives, and that with Why? moving off into the horizon you'll need to grip your copy of Alopecia ever tigher...do not despair! Why?'s Anticon colleagues have released their latest album and here, fittingly, is a Why? remix.

My Patriotism (Why? Remix) - Serengeti and Polyphonic

Thom Yorke

nobody looked me / in the eye

Nothing Thom Yorke or Radiohead does can ever be bad, and bearing that truism in mind here's a Mark Mulcahy cover Thom recorded. I was thinking about blogging Thom's newest original song which he played at Latitude, but the live recordings are really bad (not as bad as Alley Cat, but anyhow) and so I'll hold out until a studio release.

All For The Best - Thom Yorke

Simian Mobile Disco ft. Alexis Taylor


there's nothing there / holding me

Simian Mobile Disco won't be releasing their next album for a while, but neither will Alexis Taylor's Hot Chip, and that's not their only common ground; Alexis has sung on SMD's forthcoming album, and its catchy, and its summer, and its winter and its autumn into the bargain, and here it is.

Bad Blood (ft. Alexis Taylor) - Simian Mobile Disco

On the Snuff Box next time!

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin!

Flaming Lips!

Miike Snow!

The Fabulous Four Skins!

Ladies!

Whiskey!

Plea-suuure!