The band's website has a mini-game, where you can unlock parts of the new song's lyrics and video. The band also encourage fans to download the sheet music and post their own renditions of the song! :)
And here's a soundcloud from the site for a commentary from Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw:
Youth Without Youth
Emily Haines wrote a letter on the bands website in which she said:
"These are exponential times!", someone shouted at me on this topic. For a while I thought it was only my own life that was speeding by. Then I asked around and the consensus is that pretty much everybody is falling over themselves to match the ever quickening pace. What a relief. I'm so happy I asked! The things you consider ordinary or only related to you will be the most challenging to clearly express and also the most universally true. When I wrote the song "Help I'm Alive", I had no idea how many people would relate to the way I was feeling. I put it out there as a personal statement and ended up finding out that a lot of people understood where I was coming from for the first time.
I agree so much with this feeling - especially having just seen '24 Hour Party People' I share Emily's sense of awareness of being immersed in history, the ever-quickening pace and the sometimes overwhelming excitement at living in the times we are living in.
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