Smith Westerns to <i>Dye It Blonde</i> on New LP

BY Alex HudsonPublished Oct 27, 2010

Earlier this year, garage pop youngsters Smith Westerns signed to Fat Possum, who reissued the band's self-titled debut back in August. Now, the group are getting set to release their sophomore LP, Dye It Blonde, on January 18.

Expect the album to be a sonic leap forward from the lo-fi scrappiness of their early work, as it was produced by Chris Coady, who has previously made slick-sounding recordings with artists like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Islands, TV on the Radio, Beach House and Blonde Redhead.

You can see the album cover above and the tracklist below. If you keep scrolling down, you will see the dates for the group's upcoming world tour, which includes one Canadian show in Toronto.

Dye It Blonde:

1. "Weekend"
2. "Still New"
3. "Imagine Pt. 3"
4. "All Die Young"
5. "Fallen in Love"
6. "End of the Night"
7. "Only One"
8. "Smile"
9. "Dance Away"
10. "Dye the World"

Tour dates:

10/29 Philadelphia, PA - Bryn Mawr College

10/30 Brooklyn, NY - 171 Lombardy

10/31 Boston, MA - House of Blues #

11/1 New York, NY - Terminal 5 #

11/2 New York, NY - Terminal 5 #

11/3 Toronto, ON - Sound Academy #

11/5 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall

11/12 Milwaukee, WI - Club Garibaldi

11/20 London, England - Luminaire

11/21 London, England - Brixton Windmill

11/22 Paris, France - FMR *

11/23 Landshut, Germany - Wintergarden

11/24 Frankfurt, Germany - Sinkkasten

11/26 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Trouw

11/27 Cologne, Germany - King Georg

11/29 Dusseldorf, Germany - Stahlwerk ^

11/30 Hamburg, Germany - Docks ^

12/1 Gothenburg, Sweden - Eriksberg

12/2 Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene ^

12/3 Stockholm, Sweden - Berns ^

12/4 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega ^

12/6 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle ^

12/7 Munich, Germany - Tonhalle ^

12/8 Vienna, Austria - Gasometer ^

12/10 Prague, Czech Republic - Archa Theatre ^

12/11 Bologna, Italy - Covo

12/12 Milan, Italy - Alcatraz ^

12/13 Zurich, Switzerland - Maag Hall ^

12/14 Lyon, France - Le Transbordeur ^

12/15 Bordeaux, France - Saint EX

12/16 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz ^

12/17 Madrid, Spain - La Riviera ^

12/18 Lisbon, Portugal - Campo Pequeno ^

# with Florence & the Machine

* with Wavves

^ with MGMT

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