Bishop Allen won't blow your mind but their songs are too darn quirky and cute to ignore. Good bouncy summertime tunes.
The Brooklyn pop quartet released an EP every month in 2006, garnering the group loads of attention from the likes of NPR and Rolling Stone. Turns out, all that work made for a great sophomore release (they debuted in 2003) called The Broken String, which will be available July 24 the on Dead Oceans label.
To support their shiny little gems, they will tour with Page France in August.
I thought some of you might like them.
Tour Dates: 06/27/07 Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen 06/28/07 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace 07/20/07 New York, NY - Seaport Music Festival at South Street Seaport 07/21/07 Philadelphia, PA - North Star 07/22/07 Washington, DC - The Black Cat 07/23/07 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 07/24/07 Atlanta, GA - The Earl 07/25/07 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon 07/26/07 Houston, TX - Proletariat 07/27/07 Austin, TX - Emo's 07/28/07 Denton, TX - Haileys 07/29/07 Dallas, TX - Free Instore at Good Records 2PM 07/30/07 Phoenix, AZ - The Paper Heart 07/31/07 Los Angeles, CA - Echo 08/01/07 San Francisco, CA - The Independent 08/03/07 Portland, OR - Doug Fir 08/04/07 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe 08/07/07 Denver, CO - Hi Dive 08/08/07 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown 08/09/07 Chicago, IL - Subterranean 08/10/07 Bloomington, IN - Rhino's 08/11/07 Dayton, OH - The Nite Owl 08/17/07 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs 08/18/07 New York, NY - The Bowery Ballroom
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good lookin' out. i'll be in vt when they are here in sf, but i like your music taste! thanks.
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another minnesota avoider
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Landlocked and full of weird Midwesterns, I'd avoid it too! Hahaha! Kidding.
Cool, kb, glad you like it!