Who's Your New Professor?

To many, absence make the heart grow fonder. However, to Sam Prekop fans, absence has caused an eager rabidness normally reserved for only the most severe sort of fan. In the five years since his debut, Prekop has released two The Sea and The Cake albums, one EP and becoming a well known, well shown, established painter and photographer. A busy boy indeed.

Now he's back, with the same band as five years ago, with another masterpiece of breezy, crisp offbeat pop perfection with 'Who's Your New Professor?' Close listening reveals something typical for this album: elaborate layers, exotic arrangements and a gently subtle complexity that is infinitely rewarding - a charming example of Prekop's ability to pen a perfect pop song.

Prekop set out to make a record that was completely different from both his previous solo album and his Sea and Cake material and succeeded fabulously. 'Who's Your New Professor?' uses a variety of unconventional guitar tunings, steps away from the familiar vocal and rhythmic patterns and generally approaches pop sensibilities from a skewed, yet entirely digestible and musically rewarding angle.

Like many of his Thrill Jockey labelmates, Prekop is a man of diverse and impressive talents. During the past decade he has made a name for himself in the art world, with his paintings hanging in galleries in NYC, Paris and Glasgow. A true renaissance man.