SlipLive

It was just about a year ago that we had Andrew WK run around CMJ as our expert party correspondent. The night before we filmed I was awed by relative newcomer Bon Iver at Bowery, and hours later I was awed by seeing him bounce around the LES with Lizzie Powell of Class of '06 BTW Land Of Talk. She mentioned then the pair were "working on something." Then she and Justin told Andrew about their idea of a party ("renting go-carts").

A few months later, the "something" Lizzie spoke of revealed itself via MySpace blog post, confirming Vernon was producing the long awaited follow-up to LoT's buzzy debut EP Applause Cheer Boo Hiss. In the time since the band parted ways with their great drummer Bucky Wheaton (now getting kit work from the Slip's Andrew Barr), and finished recording the nine tracks in Montreal and one at Bon Iver's parents' place in Eau Claire, WI which fill out Some Are Lakes. It's the title track we get to sample today, which starts with Lizzie's open-string chord voicings and "at a summer lake," some dissonance in the hook, and some low-mixed background vocals in the bridge. It's Applause-y, but you'll find some new folds at the corners.