Remember New Ruins? We posted about the Champaign group’s last release, We Make Our Own Bad Luck last year and have been hungry for some new material.

The band plays Schubas in Chicago this Thursday alongside favorites The Daredevil Christopher Wright (who are in Milwaukee Saturday) and Southeast Engine.

We’ve been hooked up with an exclusive download of the song “Alligator Lie,” which was previously released as a 7″ vinyl on Record Store Day. You can hear that and the flip side track here.

MP3: New Ruins – “Alligator Lie”

Champaign, IL continues to be a breeding ground for new musical discovery here at Muzzle of Bees. Over the weekend I finally got around to taking in New Ruins after numerous e-mails suggested they’d be my speed. It was an outstanding recommendation, which I now forward onto you. A few months ago the group released We Make Our Own Bad Luck on Parasol from which you can (and should) download the track “Lake” below. Enjoy.

Buy: New Ruins
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Myspace: New Ruins
MP3: New Ruins – “Lake”
MP3: New Ruins – “Ships”