And now for another round of Caps-Locked Answers to Oddly Specific Questions About Nat Baldwin!
Q: Does Nat Baldwin have a new full-length called In the Hollows coming out April 29 from Western Vinyl?
A: YES!
Q: Does Nat use a weaving metaphor in his description of the album?
A: YES!
Q: Could you give more detail about the metaphor, like a quote or something?
A: “I WANTED THE STRINGS TO ADD TO THE MOURNFUL QUALITY OF THE SONGS, WEAVING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SONIC TERRAIN, PROVIDING EMOTIONAL EMPHASIS, BUT ALSO LEAVING NECESSARY AMOUNTS OF SPACE!!”
Q: Can I pre-order In the Hollows?
A: DUH!
Q: I feel like Nat plays bass in the Dirty Projectors? And hasn’t he worked with all sorts of folks like Department of Eagles and Vampire Weekend?
A: YOUR ACCURACY IS UNCANNY!
Q: And isn’t he also going on tour between the dates of March 14 and June 8 with an array of artists including Ryan Power, and Lisa/Liza?
A: HONESTLY IS THERE ANY POINT TO ME ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS WHEN YOU SEEM TO ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWERS?
Q: I’m just trying to be helpful!
A: CAN’T YOU SEE HOW IT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL A LITTLE UNNECESSARY THOUGH?
Q: You’re necessary, no one ever said you weren’t important!
A: SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE YOU DON’T THINK ABOUT ME DURING THE DAY THOUGH!
Q: Just because I don’t text you every 20 minutes doesn’t mean I don’t care!
A: ALRIGHT ALRIGHT, LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS LATER, DON’T YOU THINK WE’RE STRAYING A LITTLE TOO FAR FROM THE FORMAT?
Q: Should we just embed a stream of title track “In the Hollows” and get out of here?
A: IF WE DON’T DO IT SOON THIS JOKE WILL GET OLD PRETTY FAST!
In the Hollows tracklisting:
01. Wasted
02. Knockout
03. Half My Life
04. In the Hollows
05. The End
06. Cosmos Pose
07. Sharpshooter
08. Bored to Death
09. A Good Day to Die
Dates:
03.14.14 - Biddeford, ME - The Oak and the Ax *
03.15.14 - Bar Harbor, ME - Lompoc Café *
04.04.14 - Iowa City, IA - Mission Creek Festival
04.30.14 - Kittery, ME - BUOY ~
05.01.14 - Pawtucket, RI - Machines With Magnets
05.02.14 - Portland, ME - Space
05.03.14 - Winooski, VT - Winooski United Methodist Church
05.28.14 - Lancaster, OH - Rockmill Brewery Tasting Room^
05.29.14 - Chicago, IL - Constellation
05.30.14 - Champaign, IL - Mike ‘n’ Molly’s
05.31.14 - Bloomington, IN - Rootcellar Lounge
06.01.14 - Louisville, KY - Dreamland
06.02.14 - Cincinnati, OH - The Ice Cream Factory
06.04.14 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby’s All Right
06.06.14 - New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine
06.07.14 - Hudson, NY - The Spotty Dog Books & Ale
06.08.14 - Peterborough, NH - The Thing In The Spring !
* Lisa/Liza
~ Ryan Power
^ Holler Boys
! Dave Kontak Ensemble
• Nat Baldwin: http://natbaldwin.tumblr.com
• Western Vinyl: http://westernvinyl.com
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