THAO WITH THE GET DOWN STAT DOWN RELEASES NEW ALBUM \u2018KNOW BETTER LEARN FASTER\u2019 ON OCTOBER 13, 2009<\/p>\n
\u201cPacks a subtle punch, sweet but not sappy.\u201d – Spin<\/p>\n
\u201cElliptical lyrics, bright guitar work.\u201d – The Wall Street Journal<\/p>\n
\u201cWorn down by the endless pitfalls of romance? Thao Nguyen most definitely is not.\u201d \u2013 Time Out New York<\/p>\n
“Like tea and honey spiked with a healthy shot of whiskey.\u201d \u2013 Elle<\/p>\n
We are pleased to announce that Thao with The Get Down Stay Down will be releasing their second full-length album, Know Better Learn Faster, on October 13, 2009 (Kill Rock Stars).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe album is named \u2018Know Better Learn Faster\u2019 because you can\u2019t,\u201d explains Thao. \u201cBy the time you realize you should, it\u2019s too late. And I enjoy the predicament and the totally devastating, unfunny humor of that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thao and the ever-versatile Get Down Stay Down (Adam Thompson on bass, keys and additional guitar, and Willis Thompson on drums and percussion) return with the follow up to their critically lauded and riotously applauded previous album, \u201cWe Brave Bee Stings and All\u201d, the breakout success and best-selling record of 2008 for Kill Rock Stars. With super-producer and friend Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, Bill Frisell, Jim James) again at the helm, Know Better Learn Faster perfectly captures the band as their more mature, tastefully raucous, subdued and musically adventurous selves. Honed, trimmed and tightened over the last year and a half of constant touring, the now-trio delivers Thao\u2019s cleverly crafted and emotionally evocative songs with vibrant, innovative instrumentation, incredible energy and a still-acutely-solid sense of what sounds good. The new batch of songs spans all genres and influences, all the while staying faithful to their distinct style, sharp wit, and the infectious and enamoring exuberance of their renowned live shows.<\/p>\n
But the band can be serious too. Know Better Learn Faster is in many ways a boisterous, frenzied, and resigned break-up record, and with that territory comes a few songs wherein Thao does not employ her trademark method of juxtaposing brighter melodies with melancholic content. \u201cA few of these are just straightforwardly sad. Sometimes there\u2019s not much room to mince words and music when you feel like shit,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
The diverse and wide-ranging songwriting only helps to showcase the trio\u2019s formidable musicianship: all members have stepped up and expanded their repertoires to fill out the trio\u2019s sound. To further help the cause, the band was thrilled and humbled to enlist album guests Andrew Bird, Eric Earley of Blitzen Trapper, Laura Veirs, Nathan Crockett of Horse Feathers, and close friend and new 4AD artist Tune-Yards. <\/p>\n
Know Better Learn Faster is a deeply felt, honestly rendered audit of the end of one or any number of relationships. Thao says: \u201cWe are thankful for the opportunity to have explored and then purged all crippling tensions and anxiety inherent in such dramas and hope you enjoy the scrappy by-product.<\/p>\n
TRACK LISTING:
\n01. The Clap
\n02. Cool Yourself
\n03. When We Swam
\n04. Know Better Learn Faster
\n05. Body
\n06. The Give
\n07. Good Bye Good Luck
\n08. Trouble Was For
\n09. Oh. No.
\n10.Fixed It!
\n11. Burn You Up
\n12. But What of the Strangers
\n13. Easy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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