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compiled by Erin Sheehy
March 9, 2009
Peter Bjorn and John | “Nothing to Worry About”
IN THE TUBE
After a brief hiatus and the release of an instrumental album, Peter Bjorn and John are back to their old ways, writing epidemically contagious pop songs stickier and sweeter than melted ice cream. The melody to “Nothing to Worry About” – the first single on PB&J’s upcoming record, Living Thing (due out March 31 in the U.S.) – won’t claim residence in your hippocampus in the same way as “Young Folks,” but it certainly gives your brain something to chew on.
The music video for “Nothing to Worry About” is at least as entertaining as the song. It’s a portrait of a character and his friends dismissing the worries of life, particularly what other people think of them, and simply doing what feels good. Check it out…
by Dan D’Ippolito
IN THE TUBE
After a brief hiatus and the release of an instrumental album, Peter Bjorn and John are back to their old ways, writing epidemically contagious pop songs stickier and sweeter than melted ice cream. The melody to “Nothing to Worry About” – the first single on PB&J’s upcoming record, Living Thing (due out March 31 in the U.S.) – won’t claim residence in your hippocampus in the same way as “Young Folks,” but it certainly gives your brain something to chew on.
The music video for “Nothing to Worry About” is at least as entertaining as the song. It’s a portrait of a character and his friends dismissing the worries of life, particularly what other people think of them, and simply doing what feels good. Check it out…
by Dan D’Ippolito
August 18, 2008
New Peter Bjorn and John LP Available September 23
Peter Bjorn and John’s follow-up to their critically acclaimed third album, Writer’s Block, is complete and ready for unveiling. On September 23, Seaside Rock will be available on vinyl, and in digital form, accessible via a download code.
Seaside Rock is a largely instrumental album, which is (or isn’t) surprising considering that right after Outkast’s “Hey Ya!”, “Young Folks” is the catchiest song of the millennium. According to a recent press release, Seaside Rock was inspired by “the memory of the sound of the Swedish music school orchestras from hell…the timbre of a bunch of youngsters trying to play saxophone and failing…the sound of a violin being played by a beginner who hates it.” Written by the band members themselves, the release goes on to explain Seaside Rock’s genesis:
“Soon the idea of making an instrumental album with these types of sounds seemed like a great idea. And since the childhood of each of the three members was quite similar (growing up bored in small villages located near water in the north of Sweden), Peter Bjorn and John decided to have the themes of water and boredom as inspiration for the record.”
