Owen Pallett announces new EP, support tour dates

Fresh off supporting The Arcade Fire at their triumphant Madison Square Garden shows, Owen Pallett (‘the artist formerly known as Final Fantasy’) is set to release a new EP, ‘A Swedish Love Story,’ on September 28.

All of the songs on the four-track EP have been performed live at various times (including two at Pallett’s Webster Hall gig back in April) and a couple are quite old (here’s a video of ‘Scandal at the Parkade’ being performed back in 2006). At times it seemed like they may be destined to be unreleased live fan favorites forever, so the news of this EP is quite exciting and it’s great the songs are finally seeing the studio-recorded light of day.

In the release for the EP, Pallett said in part:
“To contrast Heartland’s convoluted record process, and also to cut myself a break, I recorded this EP in New York City over a week, using not much more than my violin, my Moog, a bass and a drum kit.  It’s closer in sound to my first album Has A Good Home than anything else.”

We can’t wait for it.

The tracklist is:
1. A man with no ankles
2. Scandal at the parkade
3. Honour the dead, or else
4. Don’t stop (on my account)

Pallett will also be supporting Dirty Projectors in the northeast (which includes a New York date!) and The National when they head to the south and west.

Those dates are:

Sep 07 – Washington DC – 930 Club with Dirty Projectors
Sep 08 – Philadelphia PA – Trocadero with Dirty Projectors
Sep 11 – New York NY – Terminal 5 with Dirty Projectors
Sep 13 – Boston MA – Wilbur Theatre with Dirty Projectors
Sep 24 – Montclair NJ – Wellmont Theatre with The National
Sep 25 – Pittsburgh PA – Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead with The National
Sep 27 – Louisville KY – WL Lyons Brown Theatre with The National
Sep 29 – Kansas City MO – Uptown Theater with The National
Sep 30 – St Louis MO – The Pageant with The National
Oct 02 – Indianapolis IN – Egyptian Room with The National
Oct 04 – Raleigh NC – Raleigh Memorial Auditorium with The National
Oct 05 – Atlanta GA – Fox Theatre with The National
Oct 06 – Lake Buena Vista FL – House of Blues wi! th The National
Oct 08 – Houston TX – House of Blues with The National
Oct 09 – Dallas TX – House of Blues with The National
Oct 13 – Tucson AZ – Rialto Theatre with The National
Oct 14 – Tempe AZ – Marquee Theatre with The National
Oct 16 – Pomona CA – Fox Theatre with The National

‘A Swedish Love Story’ is out September 28 on Domino Records.

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