Exciting news from exciting bands today. The Vivian Girls and Why? have both released album sneak preview mp3 track type things, designed for whetting appetites and general musical enjoyment. Carry on reading below for the goods.

Vivian Girls - 'When I'm Gone'

Yeah, the track is entitled 'When I'm Gone' and you can get yourself an mp3 by clicking this very link. No surprises with this one. It's taken from their forthcoming second long player which is called Everything Goes Wrong. That is out September 8 (US) and with a tracklisting as follows:

1. 'Walking Alone at Night'
2. 'I Have No Fun'
3. 'Can't Get Over You'
4. 'Desert'
5. 'Tension'
6. 'Survival'
7. 'The End'
8. 'When I'm Gone'
9. 'Out for the Sun'
10. 'I'm Not Asleep'
11. 'Double Vision'
12. 'You're My Guy'
13. 'Before I Start to Cry'

13 tracks should take it up to a round twenty minutes or so.

Here they are performing 'Moped Girls' on Pitchfork TV.

WHY? - 'This Blackest Purse'

Elswhere in the 'handing out of free mp3s to celebrate upcoming album' world, Why? have also shared an mp3 from their upcoming album, Eskimo Snow. Click here for that particular piece of goodness, entitled 'This Blackest Purse'. It's not exactly what we were expecting but still to hear Yoni's voice again makes our hearts stop. We're still waiting a release date for that album but, boy! are we stoked.