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Chris Pratt’s character on Parks and Recreation, Andy Dwyer, is in a band called Mouse Rat. That band has now released a real music video for one of the group’s most famous songs, while the in-universe band revealed plans to release an actual full-length album.
Mouse Rat has debuted the music video for “5,000 Candles In The Wind (Bye Bye Li’l Sebastian),” which is dedicated to Pawnee’s favorite little horse who passed away 10 years ago. The song features such memorable lyrics as, “Maybe someday we’ll saddle up again / And I know I’ll always miss my horsiest friend / Spread your wings and fly.”
According to Spin, this song will be featured on the upcoming Mouse Rat album, The Awesome Album, which has 15 tracks and will debut on August 27. It’ll apparently be available on vinyl, CD, and cassette.
The tracklist also reveals that one Duke Silver, the stage name that Nick Offerman’s Ron Swanson uses for his jazz saxophone career, will be featured on the album. The album is being released by Dualtone Music Group and Entertainment 720, the fictional company created by Aziz Ansari’s Parks and Rec character, Tom Haverford.
“Any creative business coming out of Pawnee is tied to Haverford,” Dualtone president Paul Roper said in a statement (via EW). “From Rent-a-Swag to Tommy Fresh cologne and Tom’s Bistro, not to mention his business ideas not yet formed like the scented phone, talking tissues, contact lenses that display text messages, and the glitter-infused laundry detergent Sparkle Suds, partnering with Entertainment 720’s hype machine was essential. The man is an idea factory.”
The album also features performances by Scott Tanner of the Parks and Rec band Land Ho!. Tanner is played by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy on the TV show.
The Awesome Album
5,000 Candles in the Wind (Bye, Bye Lil Sebastian)The PitSex HairCatch Your Dream (feat. Duke Silver)Two Birds Holding HandsAnn SongThe Way You Look TonightMenace BallRememberI Get A Kick Out Of YouLovely TonightI’ve Got You Under My SkinI Only Have Eyes For YouPickled Ginger (*performed by Land Ho!)Cold Water (*Scott Tanner feat. Duke Silver)
