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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

MP3 / Teh Internets Peter Bjorn & John Premiere New Song on Kanye's Blog

Posted by Eric Grandy on Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:19 AM

...Right between one entry about Jay-Z and another about toy robots. The PB&J song is called "Nothing to Worry About" (maybe) from their forthcoming album Living Thing. Or, in Kanye's typically understated all-caps:

WORLD PREMIERE ... THEY SENT THE SONG TO ME FIRST! PETER BJORN & JOHN... SHIT IS DOPE!! DRUMS ARE CRAZY AND I LIKE THE KIDS ON THE HOOK. THERE NEW ALBUM IS CALLED "LIVING THING" ..... WITH ALL THAT SAID I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE SONG... LOL!!!... I'M GONNA ASSUME IT'S CALLED, "NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT"

You can download the song here.

I'm going to listen to it right now.

Update: Wow, I am really not feeling this track at all. The chorus is all clipped and fuzzy and like a not all that catchy re-version of "Amsterdam"'s chorus (PB&J not all that catchy? crazy!), the kids sound like a really weak nod to "D.A.N.C.E." or maybe the Avalanches remix of Belle & Sebastian's "I'm a Cuckoo," and the beat-heavy R&B verses and the attitude ("if you got problems/why don't you go and solve them") though maybe a good fit for Kanye's blog are not nearly as charming as, say, the fey wistfulness of "Young Folks" or the coy tussling of "Up Against the Wall." Guh. Maybe it will grow on me..??? (Also, did anyone ever listen to that instrumental PB&J album?)

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I will listen to it right now to find out if it is better than Seaside Rock.

Posted by josh on January 7, 2009 at 2:49 PM

I completely agree with the chorus being a Kroger/Western Family version of Justice. I feel like this is the kind of track Kanye would love. Which also would be in a commercial with a shapely pair of jeans walking down the street (with no one wearing them-think invisible woman). Everyone keeps checking out the Jeans, and the words "Be Seen" along with the brand of jeans would then appear on the screen. But that's just me.

Posted by Oscillator Cook on January 7, 2009 at 5:11 PM