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“Gentle and spooky guitar pop, alternately sadly sweet and disturbingly arrhythmic.”

This is the second album by Montreal’s Trips and Falls. I’ve actually had a copy of this record since very shortly after releasing their debut in early 2010, but various circumstances have conspired to nudge the release date back to this Autumn.

Their flair for song titles is obviously still in evidence, but in general this album is perhaps a little less weird than the last.  Lyrically it’s still just as bittersweet, but the music is a little gentler and if anything the sad duets are a little more dominant on People Have to Be Told.

01. I’ll Do the Dishes, You Do the Laundry
02. Good People are Always so Sure They’re Right
03. I Learned Sunday Morning, on a Wednesday
04. Is That My Soul That Calls Upon My Name?
05. Marginally More Than Mildly Annoying
06. That is a Big Door!
07. This is all Going to End Badly
08. Why Should Now be Normal?
09. That’s What She Said

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Jacob from Trips and Falls emailed me this album ages ago, and I absolutely loved it. If it weren’t for this release being on the horizon, it would have been up at the top of my list of albums of the year last year, but in September they agreed to release it on Song, by Toad Records so I have to hold off until my 2010 lists.

This is just a strange album altogether, but it’s full of surprising pop moments. It’s a record with You Should Really Get Yours and Prelude to a Shark Attack back to back – one of the weirdest and one of the prettiest songs on the whole label.

1. How Do You Do…
2. We Were Like Strangers Today
3. And in Real Life He Wears Corduroy Pants
4. Breaking Up With My Mormon Missionaries
5. You Should Really Get Yours
6. Prelude to a Shark Attack
7. Memoirs of a Martyr
8. Thanks for Sharing
9. Damaged Goods