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Visual artist and writer David Shrigley (who you might know from his Deerhoof album covers and Blur and Bonnie "Prince" Billy videos) has rounded up a boatload of great artists to play Brian Wilson to his Van Dyke Parks for the forthcoming 39-song compilation Worried Noodles.

In 2005, Tomlab issued Worried Noodles (The Empty Sleeve), an LP-shaped book of lyrics. Now, those lyrics have been set to music and turned into full-fledged songs by the likes of Franz Ferdinand, David Byrne, TV on the Radio, Grizzly Bear, Liars, Hot Chip, Deerhoof, Final Fantasy, Mt. Eerie, Islands, Phil Elvrum, Aidan Moffat, Trans Am, Dirty Projectors, Max Tundra, Scout Niblett, Tussle, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, and YACHT. (You might remember us mentioning the Niblett/Shirgley connection in our last news story about her.)

Tomlab will release Worried Noodles on October 23 as a two-CD set along with a 104-page hardcover book with lyrics and black & white illustrations. There will also be a three-disc vinyl version of the comp without the book.

Worried Noodles:

Disc 1:

01 Roger Ferguson: "Welcome Singer"
02 Christopher Francis: "One"
03 Grizzly Bear: "Blackcurrant Jam"
04 R. Stevie Moore: "Live in Fear"
05 Phil Elvrum & Nick Krgovich: "Whatcha Doin'"
06 Scarlett's Well: "Maybe"
07 Psapp: "Sad Song"
08 Aidan Moffat & the Best Of's: "Your Hands Are Cold"
09 YACHT: "I Saw You"
10 Simon Bookish: "Prince of Wales"
11 Deerhoof: "You, Dog (aka Kidz Are So Small)"
12 Hank: "Baby's Bible"
13 Marriot 1262 (TV on the Radio Portland Chapter): "Sweet, Sweet Potato"
14 David Byrne: "For You"
15 James Chadwick: "The Wooden Floor"
16 Islands: "Joy"
17 Cotton Candy: "A Sentimental Song"
18 Franz Ferdinand: "No"
19 Alig Fodder: "The Hole"
20 Cibelle: "Elaine"

Disc 2:

01 Dirty Projectors: "Come Forward"
02 The Curtains: "Show Me the Way Things Work"
03 Max Tundra: "A Truce"
04 Munch Munch: "A Squirrel"
05 Liars: "Panic Button"
06 Tussle [ft. David Shrigley]: "A Clash of Heads"
07 Trans Am: "The Film"
08 John Shankie: "A Song"
09 Scout Niblett: "The Bell"
10 Final Fantasy: "Joys"
11 Mt. Eerie: "A Sentimental Song"
12 The Dead Science: "Once I Found a Diamond"
13 Lord Cut Glass: "Maybe"
14 No Kids: "Another Song"
15 Hot Chip: "No"
16 Casiotone for the Painfully Alone: "The Pretty Girl"
17 Mitch Friedman: "Awesome"
18 Pyrolator & Stoya: "Elaine"
19 Les Georges Leningrad: "Manager and Coordinator of Prostitutes"