Last month we posted the title track from indefatigable Jackson Heights crew the Beets' recent two-song "Time Brought Age" 7" and said to expect a sophomore collection Stay Home come 2011. It's where you'll find "Watching TV," another swatch of warped, imploding '60s referencing pop (as always, think Uncle Wiggly, Chemical Imbalance compilation, Queens-based punks). The song's appropriately wordy, television-focused video was shot in bassist Jose Garcia's Jackson Heights basement and directed by Matt Volz. The Beets will turn your problems into hit songs:
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Stay Home is out via Captured Tracks. Tour dates for the guys' John Darnielle-approved live show:
02/17 - Brooklyn, NY @ 285 Kent Ave ~
02/18 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Mug (Vassar College) ~
02/19 - Allentown, PA @ Warehouse space ~
02/20 - Washington, D.C. @ Velvet Lounge ~
02/21 - Charlottesville, VA @ Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
02/22 - Asheville, NC @ Broadway’s
02/23 - Athens, GA @ Farm 255
02/24 - Nashville, TN @ Glenn Danzig’s House
02/27 - Chicago, IL @ Permanent Records (in-store)
02/27 - Chicago, IL @ The Hideout #
03/01 - Toronto, ON @ Parts and Labour
03/01 - Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo
~ w/ The German Measles
# w/ Campfires
