Exclusive: Family Of The Year Announce EP Release 411

A lot of people like to ease into the weekend in a ritualistic way. By going out to T.G.I. Friday’s with the girls. By going out to Hooters with the guys.

Our Spidey sense tells us you’re probably not part of this crowd. Nor are we.

What excites us a hell of a lot more - the way we’d like to kick off every fin de semana - is with some exclusive news from a band we dig.

Since we have a feeling you’d be interested in the special IndiePit Blog news - you know, more so than a $2-off coupon for a José Cuervo margarita mixer or something - we’ll share the nuggets we just learned.

So there’s this neo-folk-rock band called Family of the Year, who live about two or three clicks away from us, in Silver Lake (L.A.’s equivalent of Brooklyn). Like a toasty mitten around a frosty hand, they give us warm comfort …

Wait, that metaphor is wholly inappropriate, given that we’re writing this in the sizzling Southern California summer.

They’re like an ice pack on a sunburned forehead.

Yeah, that works, right? Even if it implies something totally different?

We’re betting you can’t wait for us to get to the point. Lucky for you, in addition to breaking news, we’re also in the business of answering prayers.

So here it is: Family of the Year are going to put out their debut EP on September 22 through Washashore.

The brand-new quintet pride themselves - or joke on their MySpace profile, at least - on having “post-teen spirit” and being “influenced” by the likes of Chumbawumba, Barenaked Ladies and System of a Down. Since we’re not sure whether or not they’re yanking our chain, we’ll rope in what we consider a more apt comparison: a less druggy Fleetwood Mac, who we just nostalgically and shamelessly raved about earlier this week.

Make your own comparisons - hell, leave them in the comments below - or don’t, when you hear this downloadable MP3, “Summer Girl“:

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As we also learned, Family of the Year just had a chat tonight about the title of and sequencing to the EP. With any luck, we’ll be announcing those details too.

Either way, Los Angelenos, mark your cals (that’s short for calendars): FOTY will be strumming up support for their divine release with two shows at the Hollywood Knitting Factory, on September 16 and 27.

Finally, since Red Sox and rock music go together about as well as Red Bull and, well, System of a Down, we’ll leave you with one more Family photo: