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When Don Caballero signed on with Relapse Records in January, Pitchfork warned them about making friends with all those metal dudes (clearly because of eardrum-blown-into-brain syndrome and all that), but apparently our advice was taken with a grain of salt, as the math-rock gods have developed a World Class Listening Problem.

WCLP is the title of the band's Relapse debut, which is set to see light on May 16 in the U.S. and May 22 everywhere else. As previously reported, Don Cab spent the winter months logging time at Al Sutton's Rustbelt Studios. The record was mastered by Alan Douches (laugh it up at the surname until you see his credentials: Sufjan, Animal Collective, Mastodon, the Rapture-- the list goes on), and has words like "Goofballs" and "Fecking" in its song titles, which we appreciate.

World Class Listening Problem:

01 Mmmmm Acting. I Love Me Some Good Acting
02 Sure We Had Knives Around
03 And and and, He Lowered the Twin Down
04 I Agree.......No!.......I Disagree
05 Palm Trees In the Fecking Bahamas
06 World Class Listening Problem
07 Railroad Cancellation
08 Theme From Bricktop Clowns
09 Savage Composition
10 I'm Goofballs for Bozzo Jazz

Don Caballero have a few summer performances lined up with fellow Relapsers Zombi, and a long-awaited world tour on the way. The latter remains under wraps at the moment, but please feel free to take a look at these guys for now:

05-19 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks
06-15 Montreal, Quebec - La Salla Rosa *
06-17 Ottawa, Ontario - Barrymore's Music Hall *
06-19 Toronto, Ontario - Horse Show Tavern *
07-14 Cambridge, MA - The Middle East *
07-21 New York, NY - Knitting Factory *

* with Zombi

* Pitchfork Review: Don Caballero: American Don
* Pitchfork News: Don Caballero Sign to Relapse Records