Blog: Stereogum

Swan Lake, the Canadian power trio of Daniel Bejar (New Pornographers, Destroyer), Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown), and Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Blackout Beach), are releasing their second album Enemy Mine at the end of March (3/24, Jagjaguwar ). It's an amazing collection that opens with the epic "Spanish Gold, 2044," our vote for one of the best single tracks, 2009. We caught up with the song's singer/writer Carey Mercer, who told us this among other things: "Spanish Gold 2044" is both a reference to the "Kokomo"-like Matthew McConaughey-style back-ups that I begged Dan [...]

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