As the “Fresh Born” sheet music experiment has been collecting an impressive array of variations, Deerhoof now gives us our first peek at something from their new album Offend Maggie that is played by the band themselves. This is what will be track 1 on the album, “The Tears and Music of Love”, here performed live in Tokyo this summer. This is Deerhoof in take-no-prisoners mode and gives a good sense of what thrills the album will have in store.”The Tears and Music of Love” starts strong and only builds form there, and Greg, John, and Ed seem possessed by the melodic-lyrical story that Satomi unfolds. A sense of impending doom gives way to a ray of hope as the band teeters on the edge of succumbing to the emotion of the song and falling apart completely.
Check out the tour dates after the jump
10-03 Los Angeles - Avalon
10-04 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
10-06 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
10-07 Seattle, WA - Neumo’s
10-09 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
10-11 Denver, CO - Bluebird
10-13 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown
10-14 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10-15 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
10-16 Bloomington, IN - Buskirk Chumley Theater
10-17 Chicago, IL - Metro
10-18 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom
10-21 New York, NY- Spiegeltent
10-22 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
10-23 Cambridge, MA - Middle East
10-24 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
10-25 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom
10-26 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10-28 Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
10-29 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
10-30 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
10-31 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
11-01 Orlando, FL - The Social
11-02 Tampa, FL - Crowbar
11-05 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
11-06 Houston, TX - Numbers
11-07 Dallas, TX - Granada
11-08 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest
11-10 El Paso, TX - Club 101
11-12 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
11-13 Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
More dates have been added to Deerhoof’s upcoming European tour (and there’s more to be added soon!)
12-3 Berlin (GR) - Lido
12-5 Antwerp (BE) - Trix
12-6 Amsterdam (NL) - Melkweg
12-8 Le Havre (FR) - Cabaret Electrique
12-9 Rennes (FR) - Antipode
12-10 Lyon (FR) - Grrrnd Zero
12-11 Paris (FR) - Sonic Protest Festival at Trabendo
12-12 Barcelona (SP) - Primavera Sound Winter Edition
12-13 Barcelona (SP) - Primavera Sound Winter Edition
