Cobra Starship

The award for "self aware song title" goes to Cobra Starship for "Guilty Pleasures," which is the first single off the band's new album Viva La Cobra!. Of course, if you're taking Cobra Starship incredibly seriously and don't consider them a "guilty pleasure," I'm sort of worried about you.

The band, who will be releasing Viva La Cobra! on the same day, will be joining the already-in-progress Sleeping With Giants tour starting on October 23rd. Also on the tour you will find The Academy Is..., Armor For Sleep, Sherwood, and The Rocket Summer.

The band has decided it is officially time for you to know what songs will be on their upcoming album, Viva La Cobra!, due out October 23rd.

Looks like our good friends at Amazon.com actually got it right, because the official Cobra Starship mailing list sent out the cover with Gabe, the cobra ring, and the gold chains, announcing it as the official cover for Viva La Cobra! Don't ask what that neon monstrosity from last week was -- just be glad it's gone. The band has also announced a special MySpace contest for their fans.

This interview is so cute, it might beat out a basket of puppies in a cuteness contest. See for yourself.

Supposedly, anyway. After Amazon.com put one up last week, everyone was buzzing about the new Cobra Starship cover -- which the band's representatives quickly said was not the real cover. And now this new 1980s styled neon cover has appeared, and is reportedly the real album cover. I suspect we'll know for sure on October 23rd, when the album hits stores -- and not a second sooner.

In brilliant/hilarious merchandising news, now you, too, can have your own bronze cobra ring like Gabe is wearing on the fake cover of the new Cobra Starship album, which is now called Viva La Cobra. You ask why? I'd say why not is a much better question.

It appears that well, Patrick Stump and Ashlee Simpson had nothing to do with the song "Black and Light." At least according to Pete Wentz, who felt the need to set the record straight.

And even worse, she's writing lyrics.... for songs Victoria has been working on with Patrick Stump.

If The World is Ending, We Are Throwing a Party, produced by Patrick Stump, will be in stores on October 23rd. Advance press says it's "beat crazy dance rock."