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Plainly stated, 31Knots hasn’t moved in a new direction with Worried Well so much as they’ve ripened to full maturity and evolved into the creature they're meant to be.

Previous albums and EPs are just as tightly wrapped, just as fierce and incendiary, but something is different. Something here is new.

Worried Well deserves to be called out as thought provoking and well-written in a time when substance is quickly giving way to music of commerce and palatability.

There is no band like 31Knots and Worried Well finds them at the full height of its powers.

Release Date: Aug 19, 2008

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Press Quotes

"The whole album is woven together via a series of samples that shape the album into a complete form of art rather than a mass of songs." Punk News

"This disc is yet another step in the Portland band's trek away from definable sounds and into a truly unique musical space." Beyond Race Magazine

"Worried Well finds the group utilizing its prismatic musical resources to astonishingly varied effect. "Compass Commands" falls somewhere between Gilbert & Sullivan and "Hey Ya," while "Upping the Mandate" glides on a carriage of hand claps and Dr. Dre-worthy synth lines. When all of these elements reach true confluence, as on the spidery, arpeggio-driven "Strange Kicks" and the lovely, elegiac "Opaque/All White," 31Knots prove themselves one of the most dramatically adept power trios going." XLR8R

"31Knots crafts challenging rock music in the grand tradition of iconoclasts like Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa." Slant Magazine

"Worried Well manages to find the perfect balance between the intricate instrumentation and swaggering theatricality that have come to define their tenure as a band. The record is constantly turning, rising and falling, starting and stopping, each song unique from its counterparts." The Stranger

"Haege's chaotic guitar work is always melodic even as it skirts the boundaries of dissonance, while Pellicci's drumming and Winebrenner's basslines hold Haege's forays in check and add a rhythmic drive that keeps everything moving forward." Billboard

31Knots Worried Well

	Format	Availability	Price
	CD + Instant MP3	In Stock	$10.00
Polyvinyl Records \| PRC-155-2 \| Release Date: 08/19/2008
	LP + Instant MP3 (180 Gram Black) Limited edition of 1000.	In Stock	$14.00
Polyvinyl Records \| PRC-155-1 \| Release Date: 08/19/2008
	MP3 320kbps download.	In Stock	$8.00
Polyvinyl Records \| PRC-155-9 \| Release Date: 08/19/2008

Track Listings

	Title	Length	Price
	CD
1.	Baby of Riots	0:43	-
2.	Certificate	3:29	-
3.	The Breaks	3:32	-
4.	Something Up There This Way Comes	4:58	-
5.	Take Away The Landscape	2:45	-
6.	Strange Kicks	3:58	-
7.	Opaque	3:26	-
8.	Worried But Not Well	4:33	-
9.	Compass Commands	3:28	-
10.	Statistics and the Heart of Man	4:20	-
11.	Upping the Mandate	5:15	-
12.	Between 1 & 2	3:11	-
	LP - 180 Gram Black
1.	Baby of Riots	0:43	-
2.	Certificate	3:29	-
3.	The Breaks	3:32	-
4.	Something Up There This Way Comes	4:58	-
5.	Take Away The Landscape	2:45	-
6.	Strange Kicks	3:58	-
7.	Opaque	3:26	-
8.	Worried But Not Well	4:33	-
9.	Compass Commands	3:28	-
10.	Statistics and the Heart of Man	4:20	-
11.	Upping the Mandate	5:15	-
12.	Between 1 & 2	3:11	-
	MP3
1.	Baby of Riots	0:43	$0.99
2.	Certificate	3:29	FREE
3.	The Breaks	3:32	$0.99
4.	Something Up There This Way Comes	4:58	$0.99
5.	Take Away The Landscape	2:45	$0.99
6.	Strange Kicks	3:58	$0.99
7.	Opaque	3:26	$0.99
8.	Worried But Not Well	4:33	$0.99
9.	Compass Commands	3:28	FREE
10.	Statistics and the Heart of Man	4:20	$0.99
11.	Upping the Mandate	5:15	$0.99
12.	Between 1 & 2	3:11	$0.99
	Album Cover Art		-	Album Only