Mar. 26, 2013, Providence, R.I. – Brown Bird, the Rhode Island indie-folk duo who release their new album Fits of Reason on Apr. 2 (Supply & Demand Music), are currently streaming “Nine Eyes” via Alarm (http://alarm-magazine.com/2013/mp3-premiere-folk-duo-brown-bird-heads-east-with-nine-eyes/).  The pair has also added an additional leg of tour dates to their already extensive North American run, which includes performances at both the Stagecoach and Sasquatch Festivals.

The new dates kick off May 3 in Chapel Hill and primarily cover the Southeastern and Western United States with a May 16 taping for eTown in Boulder.  Brown Bird previously announced dates throughout the rest of the country, which are listed below.

The Boston Phoenix, in their final issue, said of the band and new album: “Brown Bird, a boundary-pushing Americana duo from Rhode Island, make music that touches upon that can’t-put-my-finger-on-it amalgamation of past and future sounds.  Their reductive semi-electric folk – slightly overdriven guitar, violin, upright bass, foot percussion, wicket tight harmonies – is deceptively simple in its toe-tapping-ness, though in fact it is frequently reminiscent of ‘30s-era Ellington flirting with Cuban and Middle Eastern tropes in a proverbially dusty middle-America barn.”

Brown Bird is currently streaming “Seven Hells,” the lead track from Fits of Reason via SoundCloud, which can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/supplyanddemand/brown-bird-seven-hells.

New tour dates:

May 3                         Chapel Hill, NC         Local 506

May 4                         Asheville, NC           Isis

May 6                         Atlanta, GA              The Earl

May 7                         Athens, GA              The Melting Point

May 8                         Birmingham, AL       Bottletree

May 9                         New Orleans, LA       Siberia

May 10                       Houston, TX             Fitzgerald’s Downstairs

May 11                       Austin, TX                Stubb’s JR

May 12                       Ft. Worth, TX           Live Oak

May 14                       Albuquerque, NM      Low Spirits

May 16                       Boulder, CO             eTown

May 17                       Denver, CO              Larimer Lounge

May 18                       Salt Lake City, UT     State Room

May 22                       Los Angeles, CA        The Satellite

May 23                       San Francisco, CA     Independent

May 31                       Chicago, IL               Do Division Festival

Previously announced tour dates:

March 9                      Portsmouth, RI          Common Fence

March 23                    Albany, NY                The Linda

April 3                        Northampton, MA       Parlor Room (2 shows)

April 4                        Burlington, VT            Higher Ground

April 5                        Providence, RI           The Met

April 6                        Portsmouth, NH         The Press Room

April 9                        New Haven, CT          Lily Pad’s

April 10                      Harrisburg, PA            Fed Live

April 11                      Pittsburgh, PA            Club Cafe

April 12                      Ann Arbor, MI            The Ark

April 13                      Bloomington, IN         The Bishop

April 16                      Charlottesville, VA      The Southern

April 17                      Richmond, VA            Strange Matter

April 18                      Asbury Park, NJ          The Saint

April 19                      Boston, MA                 Brighton Music Hall

April 20                      Portland, ME               One Longfellow Square (2 shows)

April 28                      Indio, CA                    Stagecoach Festival

May 24                       Yosemite, CA              Strawberry Festival

May 27                       George, WA                Sasquatch Festival

June 2                        Nelsonville, OH           Nelsonville Festival

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