Bowerbirds, the inventive and folksy Raleigh, NC trio much beloved of Mountain Goats fans and environmentalists, will be hitting the road on both sides of the Atlantic this summer.
The ’birds will kick off with headlining shows in Madison and Chicago late next week before opening up the East Coast (and partially Canadian) leg of Bon Iver's summer tour. After a couple of headlining dates in their home state in early August, the band will embark on a seven-week European tour, which sees them headlining in seven countries, hitting up several festivals, and sharing stages with Bon Iver, Neva Dinova, Damien Jurado, and War on Drugs.
The lengthy trek is Bowerbirds' fourth tour and their first overseas, following their debut LP Hymns for a Dark Horse (TMT Review), released in 2007 on Burly Time Records and reissued (with two bonus tracks!) on Dead Oceans last month. Previously, the band has toured with Phosphorescent and fellow Raleigh-ites The Rosebuds. The group also opened for The Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice last fall after a couple of ringing endorsements from head goat John Darnielle.
According to their publicist, Bowerbirds is in the early planning stages of a sophomore album, as yet untitled, to be released sometime in 2009.
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