You might remember the last time Springfield pop rockers Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin graced our city, way back last January. We’ve had a lot of time to think about them since then. And they’ve had time to put out what is essentially the best possible introduction to a 10-year old band, Tape Club, a compilation of a decade of demos, b-sides and rarities that are just as amazing as anything they’ve recorded for real.

It looks like Polyvinyl’s all out of the limited edition 18o gram marble vinyl, but they’re only selling 3k of the CD/ t-shirt, too, so get on that if you’re buying.  But this is a preview! On Friday, November 4th, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin returns to St. Louis, this time, as headliners! The Firebird is hosting a full evening of Midwestern mayhem with St. Louis cuties (and 2011 RFT Best New Band winners) Dots Not Feathers and Champaign-Urbana hotstuffs Elsinore.

Things this Friday night show will be better than: 

• Getting your braces off before school picture day
• Putting on underpants fresh from the dryer
• Waking up thinking you slept late, then realizing it’s Saturday
• Finding out there’s no such thing as a brain cloud and you’re going to be fine

Huddle up, cats and kittens. Here’s the thing: This might be the last time you can see SSLYBY in a club venue. They’re blowing up nationally. They’re on a pretty big tour and they’re spreading the love from sea to sea. The bandwagon still has room right now, but we’re not saving seats, so see you there!