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Wye Oak To Drop New CD, 'Civilian' In March; Tour To Follow

3:03 p.m. · December 8, 2010 · by Tony Sclafani

The Baltimore-based indie duo became well known outside of their homebase after they signed with Merge Records a few years ago and released the album The Knot, which was filled with uniquely dreamy Americana songs (for a Prefix interview about the release go here).

Come March 8, the group has announced they will drop its third release, called Civilian. It's coming out on CD, LP and digital download and will drop March 7 on City Slang in Europe. For this one, lyricist/guitarist Jenn Wasner says the songs “are, as a whole, about aloneness (the positive kind), loneliness (the horrible kind), moving on, and letting go (of people, places, and things).” She and multi-instrumentalist Andy Stack also worked with mixing engineer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Shearwater), who Wasner says "pushed us into some exciting and sometimes scary new territory.”

If that whetted your curiosity, you can hear a preview, since the band and Merge Records is making the title track available for download. Wye Oak will also hit the road come the new year, playing some shows with the Decemberists. Dates (and other acts on the bill) are as follows:

1.24 - 26 New York, NY: Beacon Theatre *
1.28 - 29 Boston, MA: House of Blues *
1.31 Montreal, QC: Olympia de Montreal *
2.01 Toronto, ON: The Sound Academy *
2.02 Royal Oak, MI: Royal Oak Music Theatre *
2.04 Chicago, IL: Riviera Theatre *
3.11 Washington, DC: Black Cat #
3.12 Chapel Hill, NC: Local 506 #
3.13 Atlanta, GA: The Earl #
3.15 Norman, OK: The Opolis #
3.21 Tucson, AZ: Solar Culture %
3.22 San Diego, CA: Casbah %
3.24 Los Angeles, CA: The Echo %
3.25 San Francisco, CA: Bottom of the Hill %
3.27 Vancouver, BC: Media Club %
3.29 Portland, OR: Mississippi Studios %
3.31 Nampa, ID: Flying M Coffee %
4.01 Salt Lake City, UT: Kilby Court %
4.02 Denver, CO: Larimer Lounge %
4.03 Omaha, NE: Slowdown Jr %
4.04 Iowa City, IA: The Mill %
4.05 St. Paul, MN: Turf Club %
4.06 Appleton, WI: Lawrence University %
4.15 Philadelphia, PA: Johnny Brenda’s

* = The Decemberists
# = Lower Dens
% = Callers