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Three years in the making! Two people who can barely stand each other most of the time, who have endured emotional distress, heartbreak, a grueling, botched disaster cross-country tour that resulted in bankruptcy and homelessness, YET STILL summoned inhuman tenacity of spirit and came out swinging with a record that will be ripping you, not one, but TWO auxiliary *ssholes. Since forming their strange musical alliance in 2002, CARS CAN BE BLUE have strived to combat the inertia of indie music's boring banalities with cheekily colorful aplomb. The twisted worm that had always wiggled beneath the surface of this cheerful boy/girl pop duo has gradually swelled up and begun devouring its human host. Behold, DOUBLY UNBEATABLE! A joyous paroxysm of negative energy culled from three years of uncertain circumstances and desperate living, Becky Brooks and Nate Mitchell have filtered their own distrust of humanity into a living document that is catchier and more compelling than the volume that preceded it (2005's All the Stuff We Do). Yes, times have changed and the new CARS CAN BE BLUE attitude is sharper and thornier than ever before, all of which translates into GREAT NEWS for fans of real-deal rock-n-roll. This new batch of songs is faster, louder and meaner than its predecessor. All the choicest ingredients of the CCBB recipe are still here: manic tempos, huge pop hooks, killer vocal melodies, ultra-compact songwriting custom-made for even the shortest of attention spans, but with the following improvements: HEAR the sassy, vintage Vox amp guitar tone and explosive drum trashiness dialed in by production maestro Jeff Flesh Hammer; Walls (he of Woggles/Hillbilly Frankenstein/Guadacanal Diary fame who has also twiddled knobs for sleaze-rock luminaries like Southern Culture on the Skids and Man? or Astroman?). LISTEN to snotty, spiteful, f*ck-off lyrics spewed vindictively by chirpy musical elf Becky Brooks on tracks like "Hope You're Hurting", "Coat Tails" and "Just Because", as well as the pointed-if-misguided social commentary of "You're On Drugs". THRILL to the excitement of Cramps-homage zombie-rocker "Eyeballs", Buzzcocks/Vaselines hybrid "I Wish I", the post-punkified Minutemen-on-crank rave-up "Ribbon" or the shuddering balls-out catharsis of Dwarves-via-Whitehouse explosion "So Cheap". EMBRACE the sensitive side of CCBB with songs like "Flipped Around", the playful mirth embedded in "Pretty Special" and "I Think It's A...", the Spectorian bombast of album-opener "Sun Blows Up", or the discomfiting Nick Cave-meets-Tom Waits dirge-de-force "Cycle of Violence". Yes, experience all of the above and more! CCBB gives you a "total package" Lex Luger himself would be proud of.