Sophomore LP on Fat Possum due early 2011
VIDEO: “Friends Forever” (A Short by Ryan McGinley) –
Chicago’s Smith Westerns, who recently signed with Fat Possum, have announced a handful of upcoming dates including a Northeast run of shows with Florence & The Machine and a Chicago date opening for Belle & Sebastian. The band’s debut self-titled LP was just given a wide release via Fat Possum and the band is currently wrapping up its as-of-yet untitled sophomore LP, which is due in early 2011. Photographer Ryan McGinley recently shot the band’s performance at this Summer’s Pitchfork Music Fest, you can watch it here.
SMITH WESTERNS
10/11 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre *
10/30 Brooklyn, NY 171 Lombardy
10/31 Boston, MA House of Blues #
11/01 New York, NY Terminal 5 #
11/02 New York, NY Terminal 5 #
11/03 Toronto, ONT Sound Academy #
11/05 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
* = w/ Belle & Sebastian
# = w/ Florence & The Machine
Smith Westerns
Smith Westerns
(Fat Possum)
Street Date: Aug. 31, 2010
Dreams
Boys are Fine
Gimme Some Time
Girl in Love
We Stay Out
Tonight
Be My Girl
The Glam Goddess
Diamond Boys
My Heart
SMITH WESTERNS LINKS:
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/smithwesterns
Label: http://fatpossum.com/