It’s going to be a busy next couple of months for the duo of Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans, aka YACHT. Beginning today, the Portland outfit will embark on a fall tour that will consist of dates with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, appearances at both the Forward Music Festival and Pygmalion Music Festival, and a road trip across Europe. The fun will of course be in support of the duo’s recently released See Mystery Lights and the album’s free, all instrumental complement, the aptly titled See Mystery Lights Instrumental, the latter of which is available for “all non-commercial purposes, including (but not limited to): karaoke performances, confessional YouTube soundtracks, student films, personal analysis, atmospheric music, cover versions, chopping and screwing, or just to listen to if you don’t enjoy YACHT’s vocal performances,” right this very second via Free Music Archives.

YACHT 2009 Tour Dates:
09/07 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom *
09/09 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre *
09/10 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre *
09/11 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
09/12 – Portland, OR @ Old Town Block Party
09/13 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue *
09/15 – Pomona, CA @ Fox Theatre *
09/17 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre *
09/18 – Madison, WI @ Forward Music Festival
09/19 – Urbana, IL @ Pygmalion Festival
09/30 – Zurich, CH @ Exil
10/02 – Metz, FR @ Nuit Blanche
10/03 – Berlin, DE @ DFA Party
10/06 – Paris, FR @ Club Folamour
10/07 – Amsterdam, NL @ Katapult
10/08 – Gent, BE @ Make Up Club
10/09 – Grenoble, FR @ MC2
10/10 – Milan, IT @ Bicycle Film Festival
10/12 – Barcelona, ES @ Nasty Mondays
10/15 – Helsinki, FI @ MISF*TS Club
10/16 – Copenhagen, DK @ Rust
10/17 – Riga, LV @ Prieka Maja
10/24 – San Diego, CA @ The Loft
11/14 – Miami, FL @ Electric Pickle

* = w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs