The hip is the perfect background or driving music. I saw them at Another Roadside Attraction in the States and at the Molson center. They are a really good band that seems to be popular in certain part of the states, its weird like that.
Here are some of my favorites in case you want to sample a few tunes..
"Locked in the trunk of a car"
"Courage"
"Little Bones"
"Ahead by a century"
"bobcaygeon"
"Ahead by a century"
"Gift Shop"
"Yawning or Snarling"
"Fully Completely"
"Blow at HighDough"
and of course one of their biggest hits "New Orleans is Sinking"
Heres their
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