I know, it's not fair that the Stranger has a copy of Throw Me the Statue's new album Creaturesque* and you don't. It's not fair that I've listened to it enough times in the past 18 hours to already have two lyrics vying to be my early favorite. But don't despair! The band is having a listening party for the forthcoming album (out August 4th on Secretly Canadian) this Thursday, June 18th, 9pm at Solo Bar. Bonus: it's a joint listening party for the new United State of Electronica album, Loveworld (also out August 4th, on the band's own Mannheim Worldwide)!

Anyway, those early favorite lyrics:

"Annie, does your boyfriend know," from the song "Pistols," a perfectly smart and soft-spoken TMTS song, all sighs and sleepy eyes, the above lyric coy and conspiratorial but sung with apparent care.

"I know your noises/I know you're always in love," from "Noises," a slightly more rocking number, with just a lightly distorted guitar groove swerving around precise drumming, joined on the chorus by light leaking synths and some dancing piano. The lyric's just great, and while I guess "noises" could just mean talking—talking about always being in love, say—I hear that line and think about how great it feels to learn the sounds someone makes when no one else is listening. It also kind of reminds me of the coda to Why?'s awesome "Gemini (Birthday Song)": "You know my build/you know my size/the degree to which my eyes are astigmatic."

*Doesn't the word "Creaturesque" look kind of weird? Like it's missing a letter somewhere? I like the title. I like how it sounds spoken aloud, but I can't look at it without doing like a triple take at the spelling.