Moonface - "Headed For The Door"

One of my early front runners for best track of 2012 thus far has been "Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips," the krautrockin' first single from Spencer Krug's new Moonface album, With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery. Yes, as if things weren't already crowded enough when introducing a Krug record, this time around the Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown/Swan Lake/Moonface singer/songwriter/keyboardist is backed under his newest moniker by Finnish krautrockers Siinai. While our first taste of this collaboration was the aforementioned 2:47 pop-rock nugget, the second single (out today) "Headed For The Door," sounds more akin to previous Moonface tracks. At 7:39 in length, it slowly builds from an arrangement of 80's style synthesizers and a heavy four-on-the-floor military-style beat reminiscent of Wolf Parade standout "I'll Believe in Anything." Carried along by Krug's shaky baritone and lyrics that seem to address a relationship unraveling, the track swells and then itself unravels in beautiful mess of brass and keyboard improvisation, with some spoken word poetry just barley audible beneath it all. It's not nearly as rockin' as the first Moonface/Siinai single, but it nonetheless sounds like classic Spencer Krug. Give it a listen below. With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery is out April 17th on Jagjaguwar.