Two years after Soft Right, Pet Lions returns with their debut full-length Houses (release date May 10, 2011), bringing warmth, depth, and maturity to the punchy pop of their debut EP. Produced by Neil Strauch (Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s, Iron and Wine, Bonnie “Prince” Billy), Houses shows Pet Lions moving from home to home, sharing auditory real estate with power-pop mainstays Phoenix, art stars Deerhunter and Sonic Youth, and synth nostalgists Tears For Fears and OMD. With Houses, Pet Lions has channeled regret, desire, and hope into a noisy yet melodic whole – for the first time, they feel right at home.
Tracklist:
1. The English Room
2. When I Grow Old
3. Slow Wave
4. Mexican Cigarettes
5. Sleeping
6. Comeback
7. To the Coast
8. Trinidad
9. Southern Arms
10. Thieves
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So conversation's somewhat sparse and disconnected
But I'm glad we had this brief exchange so unexpected
I'd like to stick around and try what you've suggested
Why don't we take a trip and find a new perspective
The ocean between us
Makes it hard to feel your warmth enough
So maybe I've been unassertive or misleading
But I think I might know what you and I've been needing
I've imagined coming home at night to find you sleeping
My daydreams float around the thought of our next meeting
The ocean between us
Makes it hard to feel your warmth enough
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