Sat. Nite Duets release new single, “Way Behind My Age Group”
There are plenty of words to describe Milwaukee’s Sat. Nite Duets—shambling, scrappy, Pavement-worshipping—though one word that’s often overlooked is “hardworking.” The group released the terrific One Nite Only in 2010 (and got some love from GQ in the process), and followed it up with the equally winning Wilder Dreams earlier this year. Now, in advance of a new full-length album, the band has released an appropriately charming single, “Way Behind My Age Group.”
“The feeling of this song, for me, can be pretty well summed up by the situation which led to its lyrical conclusion,” band member Andrew Jambura tells The A.V. Club. “Namely, driving from Oteen, North Carolina to Black Mountain, North Carolina with my friend and part-time band member John Anderson, and being floored by Paul Carrack’s bellow right before the last chorus in Squeeze’s ‘Tempted.’”
The Squeeze-indebted song will appear on Sat. Nite Duets’ upcoming full-length album, Summer Of Punishment, due out February 2012 on Brooklyn-based label Uninhabitable Mansions. Following a summer gig with label heads Radical Dads, Sat. Nite Duets hit it off with the group, and convinced them to release the new record. Radical Dads also contain a member of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, which led to the Duets scoring an opening slot at CYHSY’s recent show at Turner Hall.
As for the rather foreboding title of the album, Jambura sees it simply as a chance to cast a wide thematic net. “With a title like Summer Of Punishment, I think you have a lot of latitude in terms of what your record is actually about. It could be the name of a metal band’s 1987 tour just as easily as it could be the name of a slacker-rock party record. This is why I think the title fits so well with the songs we have this time around—it gives us a whole spectrum of ideas to work with.”
A record release show is slated for Jan. 14, 2012 at Turner Hall, with Milwaukee’s own Catacombz and Centipedes. Until then, enjoy “Way Behind My Age Group” and its references to “bad drugs,” not getting laid, and Craig Finn.
