You know what the Mendoza Line is?

It's 'an informal term used in baseball for when a player's batting average falls below .200, considered the boundary between extremely poor and merely below-average offensive players'.

Want to know what an even better definition of the Mendoza Line is? They're a quite wonderful pop-Americana collective whose last record Full Of Light And Full Of Fire was referred to in certain quarters as 'one of the best albums of the decade'.

They're also ardently supported by famed US music writer Greil Marcus - someone whose work has revolutionised the field of pop-culture criticism. Although – unlike hecklerspray – he hasn't invented the term 'nobsack' and then tried his hardest to include it in every article he ever published. So we're still, like, a billion times better, and that.

Anyway. The Mendoza Line. They are great and – if you'd like to hear a sneak peek of their upcoming double CD 30 Year Low, which marks a definite turning point for the group – then you can do so by clicking on the link below.

Do so.

Hear New Mendoza Line Stuff Here