Pitchfork

Chicago indie faves Chin Up Chin Up have announced the release of their second proper full-length, This Harness Can't Ride Anything, due out October 10 on Suicide Squeeze. The album, which follows 2004's We Should Have Never Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers, marks a couple of milestones for CUCU: a new label (Suicide Squeeze) and a new full-time bass player (Jesse Woghin of the Narrator, replacing Chris Saathoff, who was killed in 2004).

Recorded by Brian Deck (Iron & Wine, Red Red Meat, Modest Mouse) at his Engine Studios, This Harness features lyrics that cover familiar Midwestern terrain: "Minnesota, beavers, and breasts," according to a press release (well, I guess breasts aren't exclusively Midwestern). However, the song titles sound like it's some sort of concept album about Lost.

Tracklist:

01 This Harness Can't Ride Anything
02 Water Planes in Snow
03 We've Got to Keep Running
04 Islands Sink
05 Mansioned
06 I Need a Friend With a Boat
07 Blankets Like Beavers
08 Landlocked Lifeguards
09 Stolen Mountains
10 Trophies for Hire

The band is planning a fall tour in support of the album. In the meantime, CUCU saddle up to play Suicide Squeeze's 10^th Anniversary celebration on June 30 at Neumo's in Seattle and the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago's Union Park on July 29.

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