Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin asserts that the world isn’t quite fed up with longwinded indie rock band names

Edging out Austin, TX bands I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness and …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Springfield, Missouri quartet Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin has emerged as this year’s winner of SXSW’s most ridiculous AND uncomfortably long band name. Destined to never fit onto a venue’s marquee (at least without using “5″s as “S”s), or become a catchy acronym (SSLYBY…nope, I got nothing. But I guess you can spell their acronym in a calculator: 551484. SWEET HUH.), the band is slugging it out, confounding bloggers with their vaguely political name and early ’90s college rock throwback sound. But if you’re like me and never got over In The Aeroplane Over the Sea and still light up at the mention of Archers of Loaf, then your hornrimmed glasses will fog up with delight/mouthbreathing.

Here’s a good SSLYBY/551484 sampler:

There, and now you love them.
Still, I’d rather listen to NPR’s David Sedaris yammer on about pissing into a cup. God that’s depressing.

Tour dates (shamelessly lifted from Filer’s site) after the jump.

SSLYBY Tour Dates:
March
12 Austin, TX - - Tucson Scene Party/ Beso Cantina
3/13 Austin, TX - - DAG Presents Party/Hole in the Wall
3/14 Austin, TX - - Stereogum / Paste Party

April
12 - Columbia, MO — The Blue Note !
14 - St Louis, MO — The Blue Bird !
15 - Indianapolis IN — Locals Only !
16 - Chicago IL — Empty Bottle !
18 - Toronto ON — El Mocambo !
19 - Montreal QC — TBA !
20 - Allston MA — Great Scott !
21 - Brooklyn NY — Union Hall !
22 - New York NY — Mercury Lounge !
23 - Philadelphia PA — Johnny Brenda’s !
24 - Washington DC — Black Cat Backstage !
26 - Charleston SC — The Map Room !
27 - Atlanta GA — The EARL !
29 - Memphis TN — The Hi Tone Cafe !

May
5 - Norman OK — The Opolis *
6 - Denton TX — Hailey’s *
7 - Austin TX — The Mohawk *
9 - Phoenix AZ — Modified *
10 - Tucson AZ — Club Congress *
12 - San Diego CA — TBA *
13 - Los Angeles CA — The Echo *
14 - San Francisco CA — Rickshaw Stop *
16 - Portland OR — Towne Lounge *
17 - Seattle WA — The Vera Project *
18 - Vancouver BC — Media Club *
20 - Salt Lake City UT — Kilby Court
21 - Denver CO — Hi-Dive
22 - Omaha NE — The Slowdown
23 - Iowa City IA — TBA
24 - Minneapolis MN — 7th Street Entry

! w/ Via Audio
* w/ Port O’Brien

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