With their new album Animal Joy due to hit the stands on 27 February via Sub Pop, Shearwater are offering a sneak-peak into their new, edgier direction with new track “Breaking the Yearlings”, which was premiered on SPIN.com yesterday but you can now stream below. They’re also embarking on a mammoth tour, which includes dates in the States with the hotly tipped Sharon Van Etten and an EU headline tour in March/April with four UK dates in Brighton, Manchester, Glasgow and London (see full tour details below).
“Breaking the Yearlings” :
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EU TOUR DATES
28/03/12 : Bitterzoet – Amsterdam (NL)
29/03/12 : Botanique – Brussels (B)
30/03/12 : The Haunt – Brighton (UK)
31/03/12 : The Deaf Institute – Manchester (UK)
01/04/12 : Stereo – Glasgow (UK)
03/04/12 : Scala – London (UK)
04/04/12 : Le Grand Mix – Tourcoing (F)
05/04/12 : La Maroquinerie – Paris (F)
06/04/12 : Bad Bonn – Düdingen (CH)
08/04/12 : Palace – St.Gallen (CH)
09/04/12 : Bloom – Mezzago (Milan) (I)
10/04/12 : Circolo degli Artisti – Rome (I)
11/04/12 : Bronson – Madonna dell’albero (Ravenna) (I)
12/04/12 : Menza pri Koritu – Ljubljana (Slovenia)
16/04/12 : Groove Station – Dresden (D)
17/04/12 : Prinzenbar – Hamburg (D)
18/04/12 : Comet – Berlin (D)
19/04/12 : Babylon – Istanbul (TR)
21/04/12 : AN Club – Athens (GR)
http://shearwatermusic.com/
http://www.subpop.com/artists/shearwater
