Welcome to the release of the most ambitious James & James album of all time. We call it, "Xuadalupe."

Working underground with Bradford Johnson from LoveStudios, we're giving you a 5 song EP of remixes to some of our songs. LoveStudios has put a lot of work into this, and we think the result is really something special. You can hear "Hollywood," the first track off the album, at www.youtube.com/binaryjames.

From a song-writing standpoint as well, "Xuadalupe" represents some of the most ambitious song-writing we've ever done. "Xuadalupe" is a concept album, telling one story in five parts about the apocalypse.

The album begins after the "Guadalupe" ends; with a nameless, tall, faceless hero fighting for survival in an abandoned southern California wasteland in the midst of the apocalypse. Our hero laments "waking up" to not being "where [he] thought [he] was going." Our hero encounters zombie celebrities, wayward robot drivers, and a mysterious phone caller before "[taking] the town to burn it slow." Our hero figures it best to start a new colony in its ashes, "break[ing] the bones to set them right again."

The second track begins with our hero throwing a wild, wedding party for the new city's robot inhabitants. During the wedding, our hero witnesses one of the designated bridesmaid robots having a radiator cooling malfunction. Unfortunately for the bridesmaid robot, one of the short, stocky groomsmen robots with a nearly-inapproriate last name was originally programmed for military use. He had recently been outfitted with a heat-seeking targeting system - a system that quickly locked onto the poor bridesmaid. Despite his best efforts, "he [couldn't] take his eyes off of her." Our hero is caught within the ensuing explosion, and everything fades to black.

The third track describes the aftermath, as our hero digs himself out of the debris. He soon discovers that the only other survivor of the crash was the groomsman robot who had caused the explosion. Our hero's face is badly marred, but his new robot acquaintance is able to perform an emergency metal skin graft and save his life. Our hero thanks the robot by promising unending friendship. At this point, the two realize that the wedding photographer's camera has survived the explosion, so they decide to take a picture and bury it among the wreckage, in the name of hope. This picture is the photograph featured as our album artwork. The two new friends head off in search of the groomsman robot's wife, who had heard about the accident via apocalyptic google. They meet in an abandoned airport, and the robot sings "I see her as the car pulls in; I hesitate to go inside." The robot discovers his wife "holds a child for someone else" and remembers how he "promised [to] love [her] even though there's no reason why." The two start crying robot tears, but end up staying together, singing they'd "rather die than live a life independent."

Unfortunately, this left our hero alone once again. The fourth track is about our hero's realization that 20 years ago that very day was when he and his high school sweetheart, Julie, shared their first kiss. In a flurry of nostalgia, he teleports to his hometown to recover a time capsule he and Julie buried in the city park. Upon arriving, he finds Julie there waiting for him. He isn't surprised - in fact, he tells her "I think I knew it all along." They teleport together back to the southern California wasteland, where our hero is startled to find his robot friend lying in a crumpled heap of metal, taking his last breaths and pointing to the sky.

The fifth track describes the final world war of the apocalypse. "There's panic in the air; the weatherman says stay at home because the roads are closed." Conditions are bad for our hero, and his chances of survival are bleak. His dying robot friend pulls our hero close and whispers, "make your peace with God, Snow is on the way." Our hero asks his dying friend what he's referring to. The dying robot looks past him, to the sky above. Our hero turns to see the White Horseman of the Apocalypse galloping over the horizon, returning to rule the world on a sea of white cloud. With his final gasp, the robot cries, "Let it Snow!"

What happens next?

You'll have to buy the album to find out, but it should be pretty self-explanatory. We promise this story will make sense, if you read it with an open mind while playing "Xuadalupe" blaring loudly from your iPod speakers.

We love you all,
James & James