The Walkmen prep You & Me, tour
The Walkmen will return August 19 with the release of their fourth studio album, You & Me, via Gigantic Music. Written and recorded over the course of the last two years, the album is set to showcase the New York natives returning to their classical form - a showcase of romatic and celebratory songwriting.
The new warmth and romance in the music seemed to beg for the same from the lyrics, so the cold and stand-offish tone that had run a-ground in recent years was abandoned for a more personal and real approach. I Lost You’ s strange pacing, and the way in which both the music and the lyrics together pushed towards an Orbison-like crescendo, was the new direction everyone had hoped for. Songs like Red Moon, On the Water, If Only it Were True, and In the New Year were soon to follow.
In addition to the album, The Walkmen are also gearing up for an August tour, which will feature a stop at Seattle’s Bumbershoot.
You & Me Tracklist:
1. Dónde está la Playa
2. Flamingos (for Colbert)
3. On the Water
4. In the New Year
5. Seven Years of Holidays (for Stretch)
6. Postcards from Tiny Islands
7. Red Moon
8. Canadian Girl
9. Four Provinces
10. Long Time Ahead of Us
11. The Blue Route
12. New Country
13. I Lost You
14. If Only It Were True
The Walkmen 2008 Tour Dates:
08/18 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
08/19 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
08/21 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
08/22 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
08/27 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
08/28 - Vancouver, QC @ Richards on Richard (w/ Man Man)
08/29 - Victoria, BC @ Rifflandia Festival
08/30 - Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot
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