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Wye Oak 'My Friend/ My Creator' EP Out Today, Tour Dates, Free MP3

4:25 p.m. · March 12, 2010 · by Jenna Humphrey

"I Hope You Die” is a free offering from Wye Oak’s new EP My Neighbor/ My Creator, out digitally today at the Merge Store. The duo has two LPS out to date (If Children and Knots), which are full of keyboard and saxaphone-rich ballads that play up distortion. With this song, Jenn Wasner sings, “I hope you die” but actually means, “I love you a lot, you jerk.”

Wye Oak  is playing a Stereogum party at SXSW with, quite appropriately, Ben Gibbard and Morning Benders. SXSW dates are part of an extensive U.S. tour.

Here are the dates:

03.12 Frederick, MD: Café Nola

03.13 Pittsburgh, PA: Brillobox
03.14 Indianapolis, IN: Vollrath Tavern
03.15 Memphis, TN: Hi:Tone Cafe
03.18 Austin, TX: Cedar Street Courtyard (Merge SXSW Showcase)

03.19 Austin, TX: Home Slice Pizza Party

03.20 Austin, TX: Emo's Brooklyn Vegan Party

03.20 Austin, TX: The Parish Stereogum party

03.24 Atlanta, GA: The Earl

03.25 Chapel Hill, NC: Local 506
03.26 Washington, DC: Rock N Roll Hotel
03.27 New York, NY: Bowery Ballroom
03.28 Philadelphia, PA: Johnny Brenda's
03.30 Cambridge, MA: TT the Bear's
03.31 Montreal, QC: La Sala Rossa
04.01 Toronto, ON: Lee's Palace
04.02 Ithaca, NY: Castaways
04.03 Cleveland, OH: Beachland Tavern
04.04 Chicago, IL: Lincoln Hall
04.05 Milwaukee, WI: Mad Planet
04.06 Minneapolis, MN: 400 Bar
04.07 Grinnell, IA: Gardner Lounge at Grinnell College
04.08 Lawrence, KS: Bottleneck
04.09 Norman, OK: The Opolis
04.10 Dallas, TX: The Loft
04.22 Phoenix, AZ: Rhythm Room
04.23 Tucson, AZ: Club Congress
04.24 Los Angeles, CA: Spaceland
04.25 San Francisco, CA: Bottom of the Hill
04.27 Portland, OR: Doug Fir Lounge
04.28 Vancouver, BC: The Biltmore Cabaret
04.29 Seattle, WA: Triple Door
04.30 Pullman, WA: The Bell Tower
05.01 Boise, ID: Neurolux
05.02 Salt Lake City, UT: The State Room
05.04 Denver, CO: Walnut Room
05.05 Albuquerque, NM: Launchpad
05.07 Austin, TX: The Parish