OUT TODAY: BRENT DEBOER'S "THE FARMER", and BLUNT MECHANIC'S "WORLD RECORD"

TWO EXCITING RELEASES OUT TODAY: BRENT DEBOER'S "THE FARMER", and BLUNT MECHANIC'S "WORLD RECORD"--yeaaah!

About "The Farmer": Dandy Warhols drummer Brent DeBoer wrote and recorded the songs on his four-track eight years earlier, recently bringing them to life thanks to a little encouragement from his friend and producer, Brian Coates (The Great Northwest / The Dandy Warhols). DeBoer's record, titled "The Farmer" is an intricately delicate EP with DeBoer singing songs of love and loss and Coates adding a subtly psychedelic production.

About "World Record": It is far from hyperbolic to enthusiastically assert that this album—Blunt Mechanic's first—is Ben Barnett's finest work to date. Considering the critically-acclaimed and cultishly-followed body of work he has amassed over the past 15 years under the Kind of Like Spitting moniker, it's understandable that one could lazily dismiss that claim before having heard the onslaught of unstoppable, charming hooks, impeccably constructed songs, heart-wrenching, moving, uplifting storytelling, brilliant turns of phrase and vocal/instrumental interplay that defines World Record.