The Soundtrack of Our Lives are one of my favorite bands, and their new album Communion just went on sale in the US digitally on Yeproc. Here's the iTunes link:

This a massive, sprawling wonderland of an album, 2 discs full of smart, high-energy, freaky pop music. There is a definite "journey" to the album, and strangely some of the very best tunes turn up well into the second disc. This is an Album with a capital "A". I think of TSOOL as kindred brothers from Sweden, what they do is so much like what I aim for with Polara and my solo stuff. Please check their new album out…and don't be frightened by the (remarkably disconcerting!) cover.

And for a very interesting, unusual glimpse of some of the new material, check out this acoustic show they did in Oslo on Dec. 29! It's pretty cool how a band that rocks as hard as TSOOL can translate so well without a fuzz pedal in sight.