okay, i just read this from a link on shiner’s home page. you should check it out, they’re talking about their new album (october 23rd will be the best new music day of the year, hands down, when you add hey mercedes and d-plan on top of shiner) and you can listen to a couple of the new songs in real audio.

the real reason i mention it is this though. i laughed my head off:

“What sets The Egg apart from previous Shiner records is its exploration of sounds and structure; many of the songs having an ethereal quality that seems to tie them together. Although “The Truth About Cows” and “Surgery” bring the rock like always, the middle five tracks (beginning with “The Egg”) are darker, more expansive and seem to be thematically linked, almost like a concept album.

“There’s no, like, fucking gnomes or wizards or anything like that,” Malinowski is quick to add. “Musically, it’s concept-linked.”

oh man. gnomes and wizards. that’s outstanding.