Pitchfork: Brakes Prep New LP

Have you heard Open Season, the latest British Sea Power album? Seriously, you should. The Brighton, England quintet have attracted some rather tenuous comparisons to Joy Division, largely as a result of the keyboard stylings of Eamon Hamilton. And as fun as it is to put people and things in categories, we're going to hold off on labeling him a keyboardist; clearly, the man's got more to offer, acting as frontman and primary songwriter of Brakes.

For lack of a better way to put it, Brakes are a side project featuring Hamilton on guitars and vocals, Tom and Alex White of the Electric Soft Parade, and Marc Beatty of Tenderfoot. The group began after the White brothers heard Hamilton open for the Lonesome Organist in late 2002, and offered to back his self-described "country-punk" songs. Since, they've opened a number of Brighton shows for the likes of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the American Analog Set. And in Iceland, Georg and Orri of Sigur Ros offered Eamon Hamilton the distinct pleasure of filling in as his backup band. Their new album will be released on September 13 in the U.S. Tracklist:

01 Ring A Ding Ding Ding
02 NY Pie
03 The Most Fun
04 Heard About Your Band
05 What's In It For Me
06 You'll Always Have a Place to Stay
07 Cheney
08 I Can't Stand to Stand Beside You
09 Pick Up the Phone
10 You're So Pretty
11 Jackson
12 All Night Disco Party
13 Hi How Are You
14 Comma Comma Comma Full Stop
15 Sometimes Always
16 Fell In Love With a Girl