Lets Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop Announce MPLS Date

Download: Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop - "Henry And The Horse"
Download: Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop - "Larlie"

Chicago-based goof-pop quartet, who sound like Pavement did if Pavement had training in improvisational comedy, Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop have announced an Minneapolis date for this February, the 23rd, at Stasi's. No other information is available, other than doors being at 9 p.m., but once it does, we'll let you know. LGOOTTSS released their debut LP, Listening, last fall, and the record finally seems to be building up some steam. A review of the record on Can You See The Sunset? was popular on the Elbo.Ws for quite some time. Read that review here and read MFR's take here.

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(Jonathan Graef)

Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop - Listening

Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop


Download: Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop - "Henry And The Horse"
Download: Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop - "Larlie"
Download: Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop - "VIP Room"

Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop
Listening (The Roydale Recording Company / IODA, 2007)
Grade: B+

Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop are a Chicago quartet whose members each have extensive training in improvisational comedy. Though they describe themselves as an "indie-pop goof-rock band", if you take a, uh, listen to their first full-length album, Listening, you'll find some seriously catchy and surprisingly well-crafted tunes.

Listening consists of 15 tracks, each crafted with the kind of charmingly nerdy idiosyncrasies of groups like They Might Be Giants and Best Friends Forever. "Larlie" is the song that I haven't been able to get out of my head - and so, I keep listening to it over and over again. Ditto for "VIP Room" (a track with a hilariously goofy falsetto vocal), "Bionic Dolphin" and "Chattanooga Koo Koo".

Though the band's name suggests clever, witty music, there's also a dark undercurrent that makes its presence known throughout the album. The subject of "My Fucken Family" is pretty self-explanatory, and "Loved Song" is a sad, ukulele driven ditty about a broken relationship. Despite what the group's name might say, this is a sandwich shop worth visiting.

Listening won't be available in CD form until Nov. 6th, but you can download it now through iTunes

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(Jonathan Graef)

The Melismatics To Open (For) A Terrible Sandwich Shop, Play 35W Bridge Disaster Benefit Show

Download: The Melismatics - "It's A Drag"
Download: The Melismatics - "Digging Deep"

Minneapolis based power-pop band The Melismatics are playing a show tomorrow night at the Abbey Pub in Chicago. They'll be opening up for Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich shop (more about them below). If you are a fan of either Apples In Stereo or Cheap Trick, then you should check out The Melismatics. If you're in Minneapolis, then you'll find plenty of opportunities to see the band. Perhaps the most relevant is the band's appearance at the Fine Line Music Cafe's benefit concert to help raise money for the Minnesota Helps Fund: Bridge Disaster fund. Tickets are $10 and the show starts at 6 p.m. (doors open at 5). The money is obviously for a great cause, so if you can go, do.

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Download: Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop - "Bye You"
Download: Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop - "Henry And The Horse"

More than just a clever name, Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop play off-kilter, comedic indie-pop that takes the template that Pavement laid down and adds jokes to it. No, not the jokes that were oh so bad, but actual, funny jokes. It certainly helps that all of the band members have backgrounds in improvisational comedy. What started out as a one-man band has evolved into a full-fledge band putting out some wonderfully whimsical material. The band put out an EP last year and are set to release a full-length later this fall. Check out "Bye You," which is from the EP and "Henry And The Horse" from the forthcoming LP. And, of course, the band plays live tomorrow at the Abbey Pub. Show starts at 9. The Melismatics open.

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(Jonathan Graef)