After playing under the radar for a few years, the duo of Wye Oak seem to be turning into bigger blips. On the heels of their ’09 record The Knot, Baltimore natives Andy Stack and Jenn Washer have spent much of this year opening for some pretty hot acts. Fans of The Decemberists will note that trend will continue into early next year. Things should continue to pick up for the band in 2011, as news has emerged of a their own headlining tour behind a fresh album.
Entitled Civilian, the album drops on March 8th thanks to Merge Records. Vocalist/guitarist Washer and multi-instrumentalist madman Stack laid down the record with mixing engineer John Congleton, who also happens to have worked with previous tour-mates Shearwater, as well as St. Vincent. The resulting songs are, in Wasner’s words, “as a whole, about aloneness (the positive kind), loneliness (the horrible kind), moving on, and letting go (of people, places, and things).”
Three days following the CD, LP, and digital release, Wye Oak will take to the road for 18 shows across North America. Fellow Baltimorians Lower Dens will accompany them through DC, NC, Atlanta, and Norman, OK. Brooklyn’s Callers will take over the duties for the rest of the trek, including stops in Vancouver, Salt Lake City, St. Paul, and a handful of California dates.
You can check out the tracklist for Civilian and complete tour information below. Before you get to that, though, you might want to click ‘play’ on the title track from the album. Go ahead, before all your friends see those blips, too.
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“Civilian”
Civilian Tracklist:
01. Two Small Deaths
02. The Alter
03. Holy Holy
04. Dogs Eyes
05. Civilian
06. Fish
07. Plains
08. Hot as Day
09. We Were Wealth
10. Doubt
Wye Oak 2011 Tour Dates:
01/19 – London, UK @ Monto Water Rats &
01/24 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre *
01/25 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre *
01/26 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre *
01/28 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues *
01/29 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues *
01/30 – Albany, NY @ Valentine’s
01/31 – Montreal, QC @ Olympia De Montreal *
02/01 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy *
02/02 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre *
02/04 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre *
03/11 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat #
03/12 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 56 #
03/13 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl #
03/15 – Norman, OK @ THe Opolis #
03/21 – Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture ^
03/22 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah ^
03/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo ^
03/25 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill ^
03/27 – Vancouver, BC @ Media Club ^
03/29 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studies ^
03/31 – Nampa, ID @ Flying M Coffee ^
04/01 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court ^
04/02 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge ^
04/03 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Jr ^
04/04 – Iowa City, IA @ The Mill ^
04/05 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club ^
04/06 – Appleton, WI @ Lawrence University ^
04/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
& = w/ Jenny and Johnny
* = The Decemberists
# = Lower Dens
^ = Callers
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