Last year, on the strength of their (bad pun alert) punchy 2006 debut Give '''Em All a Big Fat Lip and a whole lotta well-received gigging, The Whigs rose from relative obscurity''Fat Lip was self-financed and self-released''to nab status as one of Rolling Stone'''s ''"10 Artists to Watch.''" RS then further went on to dub them ''"the best unsigned band in America''" (my shower disagrees)
Today the band announced that they will be releasing their follow-up to Fat Lip and debut on ATO Records on January 28th, 2008. The album'''s title is Mission Control, and if their live show buzz is any indication, then fair reader be forewarned: all superlative hell very easily could break loose.
The Whigs will spend the back leg of 2007 on the road, in prelude to Mission Control'''s aforementioned January release:
TOUR DATES (more to be announced):
WITH THE BROKEN WEST:
October 23rd World Grotto Knoxville, TN
October 24th Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall Asheville, NC
October 25th Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC
October 26th Khyber Philadelphia, PA
October 27th Rock and Roll Hotel Washington, DC
October 30th Exit/In Nashville, TN
October 31st 20th Century Theatre Cincinnati, OH
November 1st Birdy&supl;s Indianapolis, IN
November 2nd Schuba&supl;s Tavern Chicago, IL
November 3rd 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN
WITH WILD SWEET ORANGE:
November 4th The Back Porch Spearfish, SD
November 6th The Bouquet Boise, ID
November 7th Roseland Grill Portland, OR
November 8th John Henry&supl;s Eugene, OR
November 9th Univ. of Washington Seattle, WA
November 12th Café Du Nord San Francisco, CA
November 13th Spaceland Los Angeles, CA
November 15th Stubbs Austin, TX
November 16th Club Dada Dallas, TX
November 17th Sharpie&supl;s Shreveport, LA
WITH THE REDWALLS AND JOHNATHAN RICE:
November 29 The Crofoot Detroit, MI
November 30 EL Mocambo Toronto, ON
December 1st Mohawk Buffalo, NY
December 3rd TT the Bears Boston, MA
December 4th Knitting Factory New York, NY
December 6th Beachland Tavern Cleveland, OH