Barenaked Ladies Are Not Just Peckish, But Bookish As Well

For those of you who were kinda taken by the cover art for Snacktime, Barenaked Ladies' first kids' album (due out May 6), well, now you can get a whole bunch more of that. Instead of just preordering the CD alone, you can preorder the CD and an accompanying book. Yes, you can also get a book featuring a collection of stories based upon the album, with illustrations from bandmember Kevin Hearn (who also did the album cover).

I'll have a review of the album soon enough, but I think longtime readers of the website will probably find the preorder price ($10 for the CD alone, $15 for the book/CD combo, both shipped) tempting.

But in case you need to hear more...

Youtube is typically accomodating, in this case with recordings from a show the band did in the greater Vancouver area back in March. Here, then, are the first five tracks from Snacktime, as performed live.

7 8 9
The Ninjas or watch a version below...
Pollywog In A Bog
Raisins
Eraser

Barenaked Ladies Love Their Fans, Hate Quebec and Rhode Island

I don't typically mention contests from bands here (though I'm going to do so a couple times here in the next few days), but I was amused by this, the rules and regulations for a recently-launched contest the Barenaked Ladies are running to promote their upcoming kids' music CD Snacktime.

The assignment is -- draw the band. "Barenaked Ladies just want to see the most creative cartoon of them," they say, and the winner will receive a BNL hoodie, t-shirt, and personally autographed copy of Snacktime.

Yeah, yeah, cute, whatever, but the rules, goodness, those are long, though the band probably does have a few more fans than the bands typically releasing albums in the genre. They're capped by the final statement -- "The contest is open to legal residents of the United States and Canada (excluding Quebec and Rhode Island)." The pure randomness of the statement (which I'm sure is backed by very sound legal reasoning amused me. Anyone from Quebec or Rhode Island care to share why they might be prohibited from entering said contest?

New Music: Barenaked Ladies' "Pollywog in a Bog" (On Cruise Ship)

Not wanting to wait to hear music from the Barenaked Ladies' May album-length foray into kids' music, Snacktime?

Well, then, get yourself to a cruise ship!

(Huh?)

The band hosted their "Ships & Dip III" Caribbean cruise in late January (hmmm, wonder how much interest there would be in a Zooglobble cruise?). The Brothers Creeggan, a BNL side project featuring BNL bassist Jim Creeggan and former member Andy Creeggan, played a show which included Jim's "Pollywog in a Bog," from the upcoming album. It's a mid-tempo reggae tune and here, at least, also features a mid-song dancehall rap.

So who's with me on Zooglobble cruise idea? How about renting a paddle boat?

I'm Feeling Peckish... Barenaked Ladies "Snacktime" Album Cover

And who says album art is passe'? Did the Barenaked Ladies resurrect Edward Gorey from the dead (and give him a cheerier disposition in the process)?

In any case, as noted earlier, BNL's first kids music CD, Snacktime is out May 6 on Desperation Records.

(Oh, and if you want to hear who makes an appearance on the disk, Bill's got the scoop. Lyle Lovett -- now there's a guy who should do a kids' album.)

New Barenaked Ladies Album "Snacktime" Out May 6 at about 3:30 PM.

Remember last month when I told you that the Barenaked Ladies had a new kids' album coming out?

Well, more details have emerged, thanks to those hardworking folks at Billboard. They're reporting that the band will release Snacktime on their own Desperation Records on May 6.

Even though I don't have any ads here on the site, I'm going to gin up some tension and page views by making you click on the link below to see the track list. Hee hee.

Here's the track listing, and don't tell me "Canadian Snacktime Trilogy" isn't the funniest song title you've read in a looooong time:

Raisins
The Ninjas
Pollywog in a Bog
7,8,9
Food Party
Canadian Snacktime Trilogy: "Snacktime"/"Popcorn"/"Vegetable Town"
Drawing
Humongous Tree
Eraser
My Big Sister
Louis Loon
I Don't Like
Allergies
I Can Sing
What a Wild Tune
Here Come the Geese
Bad Day
Things
A Word for That
Curious
Wishing
Crazy ABC's