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Gallantly Streaming: NPR's Summer Preview Delivers New Stuff From Divine Fits, JEFF The Brotherhood, Avett Brothers And Lots More. Even Nas.

Daniel Britt (of Spoon) and Dan Boeckner (of Wolf Parade & Handsome Furs) have spent their entire careers perfecting their respective brands of off-kilter pop/rock, so when it was announced that they'd be joining forces you can imagine this writer's excitement.

As we gear up for the August 28 release of full-length A Thing Called The Divine Fits, they've started rolling out tracks.  Start with the Boeckner-led, synth-infused My Love Is Real:



Another new track premiered over at NPR as part of their Summer Music Preview.  Would That Not Be Nice has decidedly more Britt Daniel, and rocks substantially harder.

Speaking of rocking harder, you can also sample Country Life, a pleasant chugger from JEFF The Brotherhood.  It's taken from their seventh album (and major label debut) Hypnotic Nights, out July 17 on Warner Bros.

Then, there's the first taste of The Avett Brothers' seventh album The Carpenter, just announced with an impending September 11 release on Universal.  Live And Die packs everything you'd expect from the Avetts as they prepare for a Mumford-sized push.  It's a hard song to dislike, especially when it locks into its groove and takes you away with its comfortable melody. 

Stream all three of these tracks (as well as a host of others that may or may not interest you) right here.
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