Margot & The Nuclear So & So’s have released details for what will be a truly hectic end to 2010.
For one, the Indianapolis based outfit will drop their third studio album, Buzzard, this September. Fear not though, music fans. They’re avoiding the logjam that is September 14th and releasing the album a week later, on September 21st. The record will come out via the band’s own label Mariel Recordings, with Redeye handling distribution.
Buzzard promises a “distinct evolution” from the previous double release, Animal/Not Animal. The new album began forming when singer/guitarist Richard Edwards left his hometown of Indianapolis behind after 24 years and headed to the Windy City. He took up residence in his new home, an abandoned cinema, where he began writing the new album. A few months later fellow Margot… members Tyler Watkins and Erik Kang, along with engineer Neil Strauch and producer/drummer Brian Deck, helped Edwards set up a makeshift studio and the recording began.
The recording itself took place exclusively at night, between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. Several broken bones later and the album was done. We can judge for ourselves whether the rather unusual recording environment and schedule has finally captured the band’s ”powerful, captivating live show and defiantly Midwestern sound.”
Margot… will also take the album out on a fairly hectic US headlining tour, kicking off in Minneapolis (Sept. 17th) and winding up in Omaha (Nov. 23rd), with stops in just about every town and hamlet in between.
Tickets to select shows go on sale starting Friday, July 23rd via Ticketmaster.
Buzzard Tracklist:
01. Birds
02. Let’s Paint Our Teeth Green
03. New York City Hotel Blues
04. Claws Off
05. Will You Love Me Forever?
06. Tiny Vampire Robot
07. Your Lower Back
08. Freak Flight Speed
09. My Baby (Cares For The Animals)
10. Lunatic, lunatic, lunatic
11. Earth To Aliens: What Do You Want?
12. I Do
Margot & The Nuclear So & So’s 2010 Tour Dates:
09/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
09/18 – Milwaukee, WI @ Mad Planet
09/19 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
09/21 – Ann Arbour, MI @ Blind Pig
09/22 – Columbus, OH @ Circus
09/23 – Newport, KY @ Southgate House
09/24 – Akron, OH @ Musica
09/25 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Brillobox
09/26 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
09/27 – Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East (Downstairs)
09/29 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of WIlliamsburg
09/30 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
10/01 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
10/02 – Asheville, NC @ Stella Blue
10/03 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
10/05 – Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder
10/06 – Gainesville, FL @ Common Ground
10/07 – Orlando, FL @ The Backbooth
10/08 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
10/09 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
10/10 – Birmingahm, AL @ Bottletree
10/11 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
10/13 – St. Louis, MO @ The Firebird
10/14 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
10/15 – Indianapolis, IN @ Broad Ripple Music Festival
11/05 – Norman, OK @ Opolis Productions
11/06 – Dallas, TX @ Kessler Theater
11/09 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
11/10 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
11/11 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
11/12 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
11/13 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar
11/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
11/15 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho
11/18 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
11/19 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
11/20 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
11/21 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
11/22 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
11/23 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
