New Marmoset, Spokane Albums Due From SC/Jagjag
L-R: Marmoset, Spokane

Sometimes bands break up for good. Sometimes, they just chill. Marmoset and Spokane, of Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar respectively, have had their share of chill for a while, and they're both returning from prolonged absences for an album apiece.

Little Hours represents the first album from the droning Virginian duo Spokane in four years. The disc mirrors a laborious construction project the Spokanians undertook while making the record, and in the spirit of making stuff, 50 Little Hours LPs will feature sleeves hand-designed by the band. The ten-track LP will be released August 7 on Jagjaguwar.

Marmoset bested Spokane by a year with their half-decade absence from recording. But never mind all that; the Indianapolis psych-rock outfit are back with Florist Fired, sixteen hazy tracks from the Naptown trio. Florist Fired-- the title of which we'd love to hear the story behind-- is out July 24 on Secretly Canadian.

Marmoset – Florist Fired:

01 Toe Tapper
02 Florist Fired
03 Das Boot
04 Eat Me Out
05 Laughing With Minx
06 I Saw Your Shadow
07 Apples
08 Luckcharm
09 Missing Man
10 Butterknife
11 Pass it Along
12 (I'm) Somewhere
13 Not Nice
14 Dropping Dimes
15 Envelope
16 Personality Candyspots

Spokane - Little Hours:

01 Singing
02 Minor Careers
03 If There Is Hope, It Lies in the Proles
04 Thankless Marriage
05 Building
06 Middle School
07 Addendum
08 These Things
09 Leases & Promises
10 Tell Me

MP3: Marmoset: Missing Man [from the Florist Fired LP]
MP3: Spokane: Thankless Marriage [from the Little Hours LP]
Video: Spokane: Thankless Marriage [from the Little Hours LP]