Last week, San Francisco's The Dodosannounced that their sophomore album, Time to Die, would be out on September 15 via Frenchkiss. Today comes word that the band is planning a massive U.S. tour around the album with support from The Ruby Suns throughout the entire tour.
The tour kicks off on September 27 in L.A., and runs through October 26 in Vancouver. The band have a few festival dates before then (Outside Lands and KEXP's Summer Series).
In other Dodos news, they've released the art for Time to Die, which is above, and the official track list. Here that is:
01 Small Deaths 02 Longform 03 Fables 04 The Strums 05 This Is A Business 06 Two Medicines 07 Troll Nacht 08 Acorn Factory 09 Time To Die
Here are the tour dates:
08.08 Los Angeles, CA: The Getty Museum 08.14 Seattle, WA: KEXP Mural Amphitheater Summer Series 08.28 San Francisco, CA: Outside Lands Music Festival 09.26 Big Sur, CA: Henry Miller Library 09.27 Los Angeles, CA: El Rey Theatre 09.28 San Diego, CA: Casbah 09.29 Tucson, AZ: Club Congress 09.30 Phoenix, AZ: Modified 10.02 Dallas, TX: House of Blues-Pontiac Garage 10.03 Houston, TX: The Orange Show 10.04 Austin, TX: Austin City Limits Festival 10.06 Tallahassee, FL: Club Downunder 10.07 Atlanta, GA: The Earl 10.08 Asheville, NC: Grey Eagle 10.09 Washington DC: Rock and Roll Hotel 10.10 Baltimore, MD: Talking Head 10.12 Philadelphia, PA: First Unitarian Church 10.13 Brooklyn, NY: Music Hall of Williamsburg 10.14 New York, NY: Bowery Ballroom 10.15 Cambridge, MA: Middle East Downstairs 10.16 Montreal, QC: La Sala Rossa 10.17 Toronto, ON: Lee's Palace 10.19 Chicago, IL: Bottom Lounge 10.20 St. Paul, MN: Turf Club 10.22 Denver, CO: Bluebird Theater 10.24 Boise, ID: Neurolux 10.25 Portland, OR: Aladdin Theatre 10.26 Vancouver, BC: The Biltmore Cabaret (All shows except the first three with Ruby Suns)