Listen To This: "Hey Matt" - Walter Martin (with Matt Berninger)

It's been nearly three years since the kids music world had a family music album from Walter Martin. We're All Young Together was an appealingly shaggy collection of songs inspired by Martin's memories of growing up in a family with lots of music playing, both at home and on road trips. While "appealingly shaggy" applies to a not insignificant percentage of favorite kindie albums at Zooglobble HQ, We're All Young Together also featured something more unusual among kids music albums -- serious indie cred. When you can get Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Alec Ounsworth from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, among others, to play on your album, then you definitely have some sway.

Those weren't the only artists on the album -- Martin also roped in Matt Berninger from The National on "We Like the Zoo," which received one of the more unique videos in recent kids music video memory.

Well, news this morning that Martin has a brand new album coming out called My Kinda Music, and in addition to a duet with Laura Gibson, Martin also duets once more with Berninger. It's for the song "Hey Matt," a celebration of unique voices in music. It's goofy, and features a second verse plot twist (for lack of a better phrase) that might confuse the kiddos but will greatly amuse the older music fans in the audience.

My Kinda Music is out May 5th. Can't wait.

Walter Martin (with Matt Berninger) - "Hey Matt" [YouTube]

Listen To This: "Sing To Me" - Walter Martin feat. Karen O

Very geeked to hear the news that Walter Martin, the organist for the band The Walkmen (now on "extreme hiatus") is coming out with a new album of family-friendly music We're All Young Together.

When you hear the whole thing, I think you'll be geeked to hear the actual album, too.

But for the moment, you'll have to limit your excitement to enjoying this gentle lullaby from the album -- "Sing To Me" features the Yeah Yeah Yeah's Karen O. If in fact you're allowed to be excited by a lullaby, seems to miss the point, right?

Anyway, besides Karen O, who appears on a couple tracks, there are a number of other guest stars -- Matt Beringer from the National, Kat Edmonson, and Alex Ounsworth from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. We're All Young Together will be released on May 13.