The Wooden Birds tour dates with Great Lake Swimmers

New York (Top40 Charts/ Barsuk Records) - The Wooden Birds' first album, 'Magnolia', is out now on Barsuk Records.

Fans of the AmAnSet will recognize Andrew Kenny's voice and song writing immediately, but the arrangements on 'Magnolia' are more vocal and percussion heavy than anything he's done before.

Full of guitar-top drumming and beautiful harmonies, and anchored by Kenny's percolating, vibey bass, 'Magnolia' rolls by like a float down an ambient indie-rock river on a lazy summer day.

The band documented their recent European tour with Grand Archives, and was able to condense the experience into a few short minutes as a video for the 'Magnolia' standout track 'Hometown Fantasy'.

Watch 'Hometown Fantasy' video from 'Magnolia':

The video is actually done to the extended version of the song, previously unreleased until now!

You can also download the extended version of the song:

FREE Download: 'Hometown Fantasy (extended version)' MP3 from 'Magnolia'

The Wooden Birds + Great Lake Swimmers tour dates:

(Dates and information subject to change.)

September 2009:

24 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
25 - Cambridge, MA - The Middle East Cafe'
27 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
29 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's

October 2009

1 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
2 - Carrboro, NC - The Artcenter
3 - Charlottesville, VA - The Southern
5 - Knoxville, TN - The Square Room
6 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
7 - Birmingham, AL - Workplay Theatre
8 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone Cafe' *
9 - Norman, OK - Union Court at U of OK
11 - San Diego, CA - Bar Pink *
12 - Los Angeles, CA - The El Rey Theater
14 - San Francisco, CA - The Great American Music Hall
16 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe'
17 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir
18 - Spokane, WA - Empyrean *
20 - Salt Lake City, UT - The State Room
21 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
23 - Madison, WI - Memorial Union at U of Wisconsin
24 - Urbana, IL - Illini Union Courtyard Cafe'
25 - Minneapolis, MN - The Cedar Cultural Center
30 - Grand Rapids, MI - Ladies Literary Club for Calvin College
* Headlining date w/o Great Lake Swimmers