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Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Release Third Album

• 18th Jun 2010

Polyvinyl is pleased to announce the release of Let It Sway, the highly-anticipated third album from Springfield, MO favourite sons Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. The album will be available August 16 in U.K. / Europe and was produced by Chris Walla and Beau Sorenson at Smart Studios in Madison, WI.

After enduring numerous tension-filled sessions while self-recording SSLYBY's second release, 2008's Pershing, the band members decided it would be best to relinquish control over production and pursue new options when it came time to record what would eventually become Let It Sway. Not knowing which producer to contact, they began their search by reaching out to Death Cab For Cutie guitarist and respected engineer Chris Walla — a fan and friend of SSLYBY since the release of 2005's Broom — to see if he had any recommendations.

Unexpectedly, Walla quickly replied he had the perfect person in mind — himself. And so, at his suggestion, SSLYBY made the trek from their hometown of Springfield, MO to Madison, WI — home of the famed Smart Studios (Nirvana's Nevermind, Smashing Pumpkins' Gish). Working with Walla (Tegan and Sara, The Decemberists) and resident producer Beau Sorenson (Death Cab For Cutie, Sparklehorse), the band members crafted the final list of 12 songs that appear on Let It Sway.

Let It Sway is an invigorating record that marries the bedroom charm of its debut Broom, the adrenaline found on Pershing, and highlights the band's live sound to yield the most accessible SSLYBY album yet. Suggested tracks include the lead single, “Sink / Let it Sway,” “Back In The Saddle,” “Banned (By The Man),” “In Pairs,” and “Made To Last.”

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin will hit the road later this summer in support of Let It Sway. This will include the following UK dates, with more possible:

October 9th – Oxford – Venue TBC
October 10th – Tunbridge Wells – The Forum
October 11th – London – Hoxton Bar & Kitchen