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Smith Westerns announce details of sophomore LP, Dye It Blonde, due Jan. 2011

By October 29, 2010No Comments

Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde cover art

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Chicago’s Smith Westerns will release its sophomore LP, Dye It Blonde, on Fat Possum on Jan. 18. That’s the cover art above, and the track list is included below. The record was produced by Chris Coady (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, !!!, TVOTR, Beach House, etc.) in New York City. The band has already won wide acclaim based on its self-titled debut, originally released in 2009 via the Chicago label HoZac while all of the band members were still enrolled in high school. The band has a handful of US shows this Fall, including dates with Florence and the Machine and a few on their own. Their Nov. 5 show at Lincoln Hall in Chicago will be the band’s last Chicago show for some time as the band will be heading to Europe to open the MGMT tour.

SMITH WESTERNS

10-29 Philadelphia, PA – Bryn Mawr College
10-30 Brooklyn, NY – 171 Lombardy
10-31 Boston, MA – House of Blues #
11-01 New York, NY – Terminal 5 #
11-02 New York, NY – Terminal 5 #
11-03 Toronto, Ontario – Sound Academy #
11-05 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
11-12 Milwaukee, WI – Club Garibaldi
11-20 London, England – Luminaire
11-21 London, England – Brixton Windmill
11-22 Paris, France – FMR *
11-23 Landshut, Germany – Wintergarden
11-24 Frankfurt, Germany – Sinkkasten
11-26 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Trouw
11-27 Cologne, Germany – King Georg
11-29 Dusseldorf, Germany – Stahlwerk ^
11-30 Hamburg, Germany – Docks ^
12-01 Gothenburg, Sweden – Eriksberg
12-02 Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene ^
12-03 Stockholm, Sweden – Berns ^
12-04 Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega ^
12-06 Berlin, Germany – Columbiahalle ^
12-07 Munich, Germany – Tonhalle ^
12-08 Vienna, Austria – Gasometer ^
12-10 Prague, Czech Republic – Archa Theatre ^
12-11 Bologna, Italy – Covo
12-12 Milan, Italy – Alcatraz ^
12-13 Zurich, Switzerland – Maag Hall ^
12-14 Lyon, France – Le Transbordeur ^
12-15 Bordeaux, France – Saint EX
12-16 Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz ^
12-17 Madrid, Spain – La Riviera ^
12-18 Lisbon, Portugal – Campo Pequeno ^

# with Florence & the Machine
* with Wavves
^ with MGMT

Smith Westerns
Dye It Blonde
(Fat Possum)
Street Date: Jan. 18, 2011

Weekend
Still New
Imagine Pt. 3
All Die Young
Fallen In Love
End of the Night
Only One
Smile
Dance Away
Dye the World

SMITH WESTERNS LINKS:

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/smithwesterns
Label: http://fatpossum.com/