I am pleased to report that the new Sloan LP is completely awesome.

In advance of my full review, I just had to share with you all one of my favorite tracks on the album.

So hard to decide such things, but as always I am a super-huge fan of anything Chris Murphy contributes to the band.

Here he is again at his finest, with a killer riff and thoughtful lyrics: “You Don’t Need Excuses to Be Good” — from Sloan’s Commonwealth.

Play it loud … for the sake of the kids!