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Clockwise from upper left: Cover for Vampire Weekend, Erika Elder of MV & EE, Thomas Bartlett of Doveman, photo by Tom Chambers from the latest Project Song.
October 13, 2009 - On this edition of All Songs Considered, we've got an exclusive new song from Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla and J. Robbins of Jawbox. The two wrote and recorded the new single, titled "Mercury," in just two days as part of our Project Song series. Also on the program: London's captivating quartet The XX; the neo-psychedelic duo MV & EE; folk trio Espers; and new music from Doveman, Vampire Weekend and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah frontman Alec Ounsworth.
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