Andrew Bird has today revealed plans to release a new album in 2012. The album is called Break It Yourself and will be released on March 6th.
Bird is offering the album as a free download as part of a package when you buy tickets to his upcoming tour. As well as the tickets and a digital version of the album you will also receive two live EPs. The first live EP is called Fake Conversations and will be recieved soon after purchasing the bundle and will include recordings from his tour this past October. The second live EP will come in Spring 2012 and feature recordings from his 2012 tour. All of this is delivered straight to your inbox.
You can purchase the package right now over at AndrewBird.net, where you can also get a free track from the Fake Conversations EP straight away by merely sharing the news of the album announcement.
Tour dates are below and there’s a short teaser trailer for Break It Yourself beneath.
Andrew Bird tour dates:
03-15 Dallas, TX – Majestic Theatre #
03-16 New Orleans, LA – The Howlin’ Wolf #
03-17 Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle #
03-19 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium #
03-20 Columbus, OH – Southern Theatre #
03-22 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant #
03-23 Kansas City, MO – The Uptown Theater #
03-24 Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater #
04-09 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre $
04-10 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Vogue $
04-11 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall $
04-13 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater $
04-18 Mesa, AZ – Ikeda Theater at Mesa Arts Center $
04-19 Santa Fe, NM – Lensic Performing Arts Center $
04-20 Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theater $
05-03 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer %
05-04 New York, NY – Beacon Theatre %
05-05 New York, NY -Beacon Theatre &
05-06 Boston, MA – House of Blues %
05-08 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club %
05-09 Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head Live %
05-10 Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit @
05-12 Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre @
# with Eugene Mirman
$ with Laura Marling
% with Patrick Watson
& with Tift Merritt
@ with Mucca Pazza
[via pitchfork]
