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Given our devilishly short attention spans (and theirs), the new Shapes and Sizes album is, like, the Chinese Democracy of ADHD indie rock. I mean, c'mon guys, when did your self-titled debut come out? Like, last July or something? What's the freaking hold up? Who are you, Kevin Shields?

Thankfully, the playful Montreal-via-Vancouver- via-Victoria quartet delivers its Shapes and Sizes follow-up-- Split Lips, Winnings Hips, a Shiner-- on May 22. In cahoots once again with Asthmatic Kitty, the hyper squad of keyboardist Caila Thompson-Hannant, guitarist Rory Seydel, bassist Nathan Gage, and drummer Jon Crellin serves up another silver platter of spastic grooves, recorded at Vancouver's JC/DC Studios and mixed with labelmate Rafter Roberts.

As previously reported, Shapes and Sizes hit the road with another Asthmatic labelmate, Castanets, this March. Furthermore, they-- er, what were we talking about? Ah, nevermind.

Split Lips, Winning Hips, a Shiner:

01 Alone/Alive
02 Head Movin'
03 Geese
04 The Taste in My Mouth
05 Teller/Seller
06 Grassy Corner, a Sunset
07 Highlife (I Had Been Duped)
08 Can't Stop That (Sinking) Feeling
09 The Horse's Mouthy Mouth
10 The Long Indifference
11 Canvas Skies, Muslin Trees
12 Victory in War
13 Piggy
14 One, Two, Three

Shapes and Dates:

03-04 New York, NY - Cake Shop
03-05 Brooklyn, NY - Europa *
03-06 Philadelphia, PA - Danger Danger *
03-07 Baltimore, MD - TBA *
03-08 Washington, DC - Warehouse Next Door *
03-09 Chapel Hill, NC - Nightlight *
03-10 Athens, GA - Caledonia Lounge *
03-12 New Orleans, LA - Green Project Space *
03-13 Houston, TX - The Proletariat *
03-15 Emo's IV (Asthmatic Kitty Records SXSW Showcase) *
03-19 Springfield, MO - Randy Bacon Gallery *
03-20 Kansas City, MO - The Pointless Forest *
03-21 St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway *
03-22 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
03-23 Ann Arbor, MI - EQ Halfass at University of Michigan *
03-24 Toronto, Ontario - Sneaky Dee's *
03-25 Ottawa, Ontario - Zaphod's *
03-26 Montreal, Quebec - Friendship Cove *
03-27 Boston, MA - Middle East *
03-28 Providence, RI - AS220 *
03-29 Brooklyn, NY - Lutheran Church of the Messiah *
03-30 Rochester, NY - Bugjar
03-31 Alfred, NY - Alfred University

* with Castanets