Thao & the Get Down Stay Down will tour North America this spring in support of their forthcoming full-length album, We the Common (out on Ribbon Music February 5 in the U.S., February 4 throughout the rest of the world). See below for a list of dates.
We the Common is available now for pre-order, as is the deluxe vinyl version of the record which includes a limited edition 7” with covers of Melanie’s “Brand New Key” and The Troggs’ “With A Girl Like You” (the 7” is also available as a download with pre-orders of the CD). Pre-order at http://ribbonus.dominorecordco.com/ribbonus/albums/02-11-12/we-the-common/. The group has also revealed the new record’s artwork, see above.
Recorded at San Francisco’s Tiny Telephone Studios and Dallas’ Elmwood Studio, We the Common was produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Bill Callahan, the Walkmen, Explosions in the Sky) and features a duet with Joanna Newsom on the track “Kindness Be Conceived.” Thao observes, “We the Common is an album about wanting to be a human who tries and is grateful for the opportunity. It is about wanting to be better and closer to people. I have had over a year respite from touring and recording—in this year I started really trying to be a part of the community I live in and the family I was born into.” The album is the follow-up to Thao’s 2009 release Know Better Learn Faster.
THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN, WE THE COMMON
1. We the Common (for Valerie Bolden)
2. City
3. We Don’t Call
4. The Feeling Kind
5. Holy Roller
6. Kindness be Conceived
7. The Day Long
8. Every Body
9. Move
10. Clouds for Brains
11. Human Heart
12. Age of Ice
THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN’S WE THE COMMON TOUR
* with Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
March 5 Portland, OR Doug Fur Lounge
March 6 Vancouver, BC Fortune Sound Club*
March 7 Seattle, WA Neumos*
March 8 Boise, ID Neurolux*
March 9 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge*
March 11 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge*
March 16 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s*
March 17 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks*
March 18 Atlanta, GA Smith’s Olde Bar*
March 19 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle*
March 20 Washington, DC Black Cat*
March 22 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom*
March 23 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts*
March 24 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair*
March 27 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace*
March 28 Ann Arbor, MI The Ark*
March 29 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall*
March 30 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall*
April 1 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center*
April 2 Iowa City, IA Mission Creek Festival*
April 3 Kansas City, MO Record Bar*
April 5 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad*
April 6 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom*
April 7 San Diego, CA The Casbah*
April 8 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour*
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