Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin stopped into a small, southeastern Iowa town to down some barbeque less than an hour before parking its van in downtown Rock Island and cutting these four songs on February 24th, a Friday if we’re to say.

Bassist Jonathan James was doing some light tour reading, “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Guitarist Robert Cardwell was commenting how “Madelin” – a Catfish Haven song – had been unshakable for weeks. This is an introduction to a band that has as much potential as we were made to believe Bode Miller had before he got to Italy. We know what happened on those snowy downhill runs of his at the Torino Games, but these upstanding Missourians – from a spot in the deeply southern quadrant of the state where Johnny Cash performed “I Walk The Line” on “The Ozark Jubilee” for one of the first few times ever – don’t look or sound anything like that hippie. The outcomes will be different – Sean Moeller

When your explanation just isn’t good enough, we ask those who are brighter. The Yeltsin boys give the lowdown.

Travel Song (Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin) [2.58MB] [10549 downloads]



from 2005’s “Broom;” alternate arrangement
“Originally a serious song about getting out of Missouri. I think it ends out sounding like we just dropped another class in college.”

Oregon Girl (Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin) [2.22MB] [11467 downloads]



from 2005’s “Broom;” alternate arrangement
“Supposed to sound like a chase scene through an airport. Think of the McCallisters barely catching their plane to France in ‘Home Alone.’”

Modern Mystery (Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin) [3.81MB] [9232 downloads]



unreleased new song
“A dance song for Jamaica Kincaid…to cheer her up!”

Yr Broom (Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin) [1.93MB] [7663 downloads]



from 2005’s “Broom;” alternate arrangment
“Could be used as the theme song for Room Raiders (that MTV show) if those people had souls.” Daytrotter editorial note: shaker provided by George Hunter

Identifying lyric to crack the mystery of next week’s Daytrotter Session featured artist: “Let me ask you a question/Have I ever made you cry?/Have I ever baby?”