Some folks find winter to be a harsh, depressing period of the year (even if there’s snowmen to be made and hot cocoa to drink). UK multi-instrumentalist Patrick Wolf may agree to a certain extent, but he also found the year’s coldest months to be ripe with inspiration for a new EP, Brumalia.
Named after the Roman mid-winter holiday, the six-track EP will hit stores in the UK on November 28th and features at least one demo Wolf recorded on an iPad during a tour stop in Florida. The most intriguing aspect of the effort, though, is its cover art, which was shot by punk pioneer Patti Smith. “These are two photos Patti took of me on Cooden Beach on a freezing windy Winter day earlier this year the day after I played harp and viola for her at the De La Warr Pavilion,” Wolf told Clash Music. ”To me the photos sum up the bleakness and melancholy of England in the Winter months, which was something that inspired the choice of songs on this EP.” Check out that album cover above.
Wolf will be on tour in the UK and Europe for the rest of the year; check out the full schedule below. Stay tuned for more on the Brumalia EP as it’s announced, including a possible U.S. release.
Patrick Wolf 2011 Tour Dates:
10/22 – Edinburg, UK @ Edinburg Liquid Room
10/23 – Belfast, UK @ Speakeasy
10/24 – Dublin, IE @ The Academy
10/26 – Mancester, UK @ Ritz
10/27 – Leeds, UK @ Cockpit
10/28 – Sheffield, UK @ Foundry
10/30 – Cardiff, UK @ Millennium Music Hall
10/31 – Oxford, UK @ O2 Academy 2
11/01 – Bournemouth, UK @ The Old Firestation
11/03 – Brighton, UK @ Komedia
11/04 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
11/07 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
11/08 – Hamburg, DE @ Ubel & Gefaehrlich
11/10 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
11/11 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser
11/12 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret
11/14 – Berlin, DE @ Astra
11/15 – Wroclaw, PL @ Firlej
11/16 – Warsaw, PL @ Stodola
11/18 – Leipzig, DE @ UT Connewitz
11/19 – Koninklijke Schouwburg, NL @ Crossing Border
11/22 – Munich, DE @ Frieheiz
11/23 – Heidelberg, DE @ Karlstorbahnhof
11/24 – Winterthur, CH @ Salzhaus
11/26 – Bern Dachstock, CH @ Reitschule
11/27 – Vienna, AT @ Arena
11/28 – Salzburg, AT @ Rockhouse
11/29 – Prague, CZ @ Palac Akropolis
12/08 – Moscow, RU @ MILK
12/09 – St. Petersburg, RU @ Kosmonavt
