I hate frat language, but there's no other way to say it: I'm stoked about the upcoming Ben Folds/Nick Hornby collaboration called Lonely Avenue.
I would pre-order it, but I think it would arrive too late. Instead, I'm taking 20 bucks down to my local vinyl store as early as I can on Sept. 28.
For those of you who don't know about the team-up, it's essentially a Ben Folds solo album with words written by British novelist and columnist Nick Hornby.
I've loved both of these guys for a long, long time. They're both sensitive or semi-sensitive (read: wussy) guys who speak to directly to the problems faced by sensitive and semi-sensitive guys.
And what's interesting is that both their careers seemed to be pointing to something like this.
Hornby's latest book (a phoenix of awesomeness called Juliet Naked) was about a guy obsessed with a particular artist, a formula that allowed the author to write lyrics and descriptions of make-believe songs.
Whereas Folds has become increasingly open to new kinds of collaboration, having just released an album of a capella versions of his songs that were mostly arranged by other people.
Check out the promotional vid below.
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