Ever been to Milton, Ontario? Neither have we, but sounds like it might be a beautiful place judging by the halcyon indie pop soundscapes scored by that town’s the Most Serene Republic, who have announced they’re prepping sophomore full-length Population for Oct. 2 release. Arts & Crafts, the label that seems to be the home of all fuzzily exotic Canadian collectives except the Arcade Fire, will release the band’s follow-up to their 2005 debut, Underwater Cinematographer.

The album is led by “Sherry and Her Butterfly Net,” and with tracks complementarily titled “A Mix of Sun and Cloud,” “Career in Shaping Clay,” and “Humble Peasant,” the album seems like it might be all about bucolic whimsy. But notions of rainbows and sunshine may be offset by tracks coined “Compliance” and “Neurasthenia,” an ailment with symptoms like fatigue, anxiety, and, ugh!, impotence. But then there’s “Multiplication Tables,” so who knows, maybe the album is about math algorithms.

Population’s tracklisting:

1. "Humble Peasants"
2. "Compliance"
3. "The Men Who Live Upstairs"
4. "Present of Future End"
5. "A Mix of Sun and Cloud"
6. "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
7. "Why So Looking Back"
8. "Sherry and Her Butterfly Net"
9. "Agenbite on Inwit"
10. "Career in Shaping Clay"
11. "Solipsism Millionaires"
12. "Multiplication Tables"
13. "Neurasthenia"