Vetiver's vital new album, Thing of the Past, features covers of great, beardy folk nuggets by singer-songwriters from the legendary (Townes Van Zandt) to the obscure (Stand up if you own the original version of Dia Joyce's "Sleep A Million Years." Anyone? Beuller?). It's full of spirited performances and an obvious passion and respect for the sources, and it's out this week. You can hear head Vetiver Andy Cabic talking about the making of the album and see a live performance clip below. There's a full-blown tour coming too, so you'll have an opportunity to experience Vetiver's folk-rockin' rave-up in the flesh.
Vetiver tour dates:
05/16 - Brighton, UK @ Theatre Royal (The Great Escape) 05/17 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique w/ The Teenagers & Man Man 05/18 - Fulda, D @ Das Kreuz 05/20 - Zurich, CH @ Rote Fabrik-Ziegel Oh Lac 05/21 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Small Room 05/23 - Coventry, UK @ Tin Angel 05/26 - Cambridge, UK @ Barfly 05/27 - Leeds, UK @ Faversham 05/28 - Liverpool, UK @ Sound City Festival 2008 05/29 - Edinburgh, SCT @ Cabaret Voltaire 05/30 - Glasgow, SCT @ The Arches 05/31 - Aberdeen, SCT @ Tunnels 06/01- Newcastle, UK @ Cluny 06/02 - Nottingham, UK @ Bodega Social 06/03 - Bristol, UK @ Cube Cinema 06/04 - Manchester, UK @ Dulcimer 06/05 - London, UK @ St. Giles in the Fields 06/06 - Cardiff, UK @ Barfly 06/08 - Dublin, IE @ Crawdaddy 06/09 - Belfast, IE @ Black Box 06/10 - Birmingham, UK @ Barfly 06/13 - Porto, PT @ Passos Manuel 06/14 - Lisbon, PT @ ZDB Gallery 06/17 - Barcelona, ES @ Sidecar 06/18 - Madrid, ES @ Joy Eslave w/ Akron Family 06/19 - Seville, ES @ Teatro Central w/ Akron Family 06/20 - Granada, ES @ Teatro Alhambra w/ Akron Family 06/21 - Malaga, ES @ Teatro Canovas w/ Akron Family 06/27 - Paris, F @ Cafe De la Danse 06/29 - Glastonbury, UK @ Glastonbury Festival 07/25 - Rochester, NY @ Boulder Annual Music Festival 07/26 - Albany, NY @ Valentine's 07/27 - Burlington, VT @ Club Metronome 07/28 - Peterborough, NH @ Reynolds Hall 07/29 - Portland, ME @ Space Gallery 07/30 - Hamden, CT @ The Space 07/31 - Montague, MA @ Montague Bookmill 08/01 - Boston, MA @ Museum of Fine Arts 08/02 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom 08/03 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
