Lambchop, "NIV"

10,000 more minutes, give or take.

As of 11 AM this morning there are 180 hours remaining until polls close out in California, ending the 2016 Presidential Election. (If we’re lucky. Which we have not been so far. So who even knows.) Basically, if you watch the full run of “The Sopranos” twice you’re through it, although you personally will not be fortunate enough to cut to black at the end. Anyway, it’s November. It’s the last Tuesday before the Tuesday. There can only be five or so surprises left that make you want to smash your head in with a heavy object. Think of it this way: After what this year has done to us everyone will be so beaten and numb at Thanksgiving that those 6 hours will pass by in blessed silence. (If you figure 6 hours for Thanksgiving there are roughly 30 Thanksgivings until the polls close.)

But let’s talk about something happy. The new Lambchop album FLOTUS is the best thing they’ve done in several years, and they weren’t even a band that was coasting or anything. Here’s “NIV.”

And here’s Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner on the album’s origins.

FLOTUS or For Love Often Turns Us Still

FLOTUS is out Friday. Enjoy.