The Morning Benders “Excuses”

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The Morning Benders are giving away “Excuses,” the first track off their new album, Big Echo (which was co-produced by Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear), for free on their website. Before you download this wonderful mp3-freebie, I suggest you watch The Morning Benders’ exquisite live rendition of “Excuses”, featuring what they call the “Big Echo Orchestra”, which includes other SF bigwigs like Christopher Owens of Girls, among others. This clip was gorgeously shot by the folks at Yours Truly.

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Big Echo is out on March 9th on Rough Trade Records.

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pmablog February 17, 2010 at 5:43 am

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Will R February 17, 2010 at 12:06 am

Amazing
I can’t wait to hear more of them

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Sophie February 17, 2010 at 9:01 am

this is seriously the best thing i’ve heard in a really, really long time. they are ridiculously talented. holy crap.

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tvvin (O m a r) February 17, 2010 at 2:25 pm

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Awesome song! Ya’ll should hear it and watch the video… [link to post]

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TnS February 25, 2010 at 6:47 pm

It’s a great production and video. I got my hands on Big Echo luckily and its pretty tremendous. Get ready for it, this isn’t even the best track off the album.

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andrew May 28, 2010 at 8:19 pm

WOW.

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