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Minneapolis mood rockers Standbye return with "The Coping Mechanisms," the highly-anticipated follow-up to 1999's "Days Spent Waiting" (Guilt Ridden Pop) and their first release on 2024 Records. After garnering substantial press coverage and peaking at number 51 on CMJ Top 200 with "Days Spent Waiting," Standbye took some time off to regroup. They emerged in the winter of 2001 with rekindled fervor, and entered Seedy Underbelly studios (Semisonic, Alva Star, Kid Dakota) with producer/engineer Jaques Wait, fresh off a stint working with Steve Lillywhite (U2, Dave Matthews Band). The music ranges from charging, intricate rock to the haunting minimalism of cello, guitar, and singer Sally Grayson's unmistakable voice lamenting the loss of a loved one. After visiting a distraught friend in New York City just days after 9/11, Sally penned "Don't Panic, Don't Panic, Don't Panic," a song that respects the sadness of the events while voicing impatience with simple answers and pleading for comprehensive justice.