Read Music / Speak Spanish (Reissue)

Limited LP : Tri-colour Vinyl 

In late 2001, Conor Oberst, Denver Dalley, Landon Hedges, Ian McElroy, and Matt Baum spent a week at Presto! Recording Studio in Lincoln, NE recording a punk album. That debut album, released in the post-9/11 fog of early 2002, screamed out observational commentary on urban development, the sacrice of human value for the dollar bill, and the new American Dream in a way that felt distinctly out of sync with the hyper-patriotic atmosphere of peak G.W. Bush-era America. 
 
20 years on, those feelings are just as, if not more, relevant than they were in that moment. America has mutated into a new confused version of itself, in many ways unimaginable two decades ago. Yet, the fear and disgust voiced on Read Music/Speak Spanish now sound more prophetic than paranoid, making the album’s message as necessary as ever. 

01. Man and Wife, the Former  (Financial Planning) 
02. Mañana 
03. Greater Omaha 
04. Man and Wife, the Latter (Damaged Goods) 
05. Mall of America  
06. The Happiest Place on Earth  
07. Survival of the Fittest / It's a Jungle Out There 
08. $$$$  
09. Hole in One 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9n6yhmqyF0