Grab your parkas, your ski masks, and your little hand warmer things, friends, because Arbouretum are going on tour this winter and it’s gonna get hella cold. Imagine if Lance, that guy from your office who always turns the thermostat way down because he “runs hot,” was a band. The band you are imagining is Arbouretum. Shiver, right? Double shiver, even. I mean, I would imagine the fellahs in Arbouretum talk a little bit less about their mother-in-laws than Lance does, but the comparison’s pretty close. At any rate, they’ve definitely got one thing in common: the ambient temperature in the office park drops several degrees when they’re around. I bet you didn’t think doomy psych-inflected folk rock had the ability to actually effect the weather, did you?
Except for the first date in mid-November, Arbouretum are joined for the length of their winter jaunt by none other than the human puffy-coat himself, Cass McCombs. McCombs has an album of his own coming out pretty soon. It’s called Big Wheel and Others and it’s out October 15 on Domino. I’m telling you right now you’d better bundle up for this one. Seriously, I recommend layering. Watch Arbouretum’s video for the title track to this year’s Coming Out of the Fog below to get a sense of whether or not your parka is going to cut it. Honestly, it probably won’t.
Dates:
11.16.13 - Baltimore , MD - Ottobar #
12.02.13 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
12.03.13 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore
12.04.13 - Toronto, ON - Great hall on Queen Street
12.06.13 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
12.07.13 - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar
12.08.13 - Nashville, TN - High Watt
12.09.13 - Atlanta GA - The Earl
12.12.13 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
12.13.13 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot and Saddle
12.14.13 - Baltimore, MD - The Ottobar
# Wooden Shjips, Purling Hiss
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