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Spencer Krug keeps a busy schedule these days. As we promised he would, one of Wolf Parade's frontmen has been tearing through the summer evenings in support of his band's buzz-worthy second album, At Mount Zoomer, and is set to wind down in early August. But don't expect him to take a break.  Soon after, he'll return to the road with one of his other creative outlets, the playfully-named and Paste-approved, Sunset Rubdown. The band will embark on a brief tour this fall.

It's out of the bag—Brooklyn Vegan reports that Sunset Rubdown will play a show billed as “The Secret Society” at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple. The Canadian band will follow it up with a brief stop in familiar territory and a European tour after that:

March
27 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
30 - Toronto, Ontario @ Lee's Palace

May
16 - Minehead, U.K. @ All Tomorrow's Parties
17 - Minehead, U.K. @ All Tomorrow's Parties
18 - Minehead, U.K. @ All Tomorrow's Parties
19 - Manchester, U.K. @ Moho Live
20 - Dublin, Ireland @ Crawdaddy
21 - Bristol, U.K. @ Thekla Live
22 - London, U.K. @ Luminaire
26 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
28 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Loppen
29 - Hassleholm, Sweden @ Siesta Festival
31 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser

June
2 - Utrecht, Netherlands @ Ekko

Related links:
SunsetRubdown.net
Sunset Rubdown on Jagjaguwar
MP3: Sunset Rubdown - “Up On Your Leopard Upon...”

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Hometown: Montreal, Quebec
Fun Fact: Despite overblown speculation to the contrary, frontman Spencer Krug, whose other projects include Wolf Parade, Frog Eyes and Swan Lake, does have leisure time - his favorite activities include tennis and archery, neither of which he purports to be any good at.
Why It's Worth Watching: On Sunset Rubdown's third album, Random Spirit Lover, overachiever Spencer Krug and his bandmates free themselves from pigeonholing by establishing the band's unique merits through purposeful meanderings and passionate crescendos.
For Fans Of: The Fiery Furnaces, Xiu Xiu, Modest Mouse

Unbridled blog-hype conflicts itself when it eagerly likens the prolific young indie icon Spencer Krug to elders of productivity Robert Pollard and David Byrne while simultaneously applying the diminishing “side project” label amidst the varied band involvement that made the yawping singer’s work ethic noteworthy in the first place.

When I heard Sunset Rubdown was going on tour to support its latest album, Random Spirit Lover, it reminded me of my last encounter with that Filipino masseuse in San Francisco, who turned out to be a ghost.

Ahh, college.

ANYWAY, the album (not my ethereal friend) is hitting shelves on October 6 for all those who can't get enough of Spencer Krug's vocalistic stylings. And really, who can't?

Below are some tour dates. If you've got money, you can buy a ticket. If you're like me and don't have money, you can watch this YouTube video and pretend you're there.

October
6 - Montreal, Q.C. @ Theater National *
7 - Cambridge, Mass. @ Middle East Downstairs **
8 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Music Hall of Williamsburg **
9 - New York, N.Y. @ Bowery Ballroom **
10 - Philadelphia, Penn. @ First Unitarian Church **
11 - Washington, D.C. @ Black Cat **
12 - Chapel Hill, N.C. @ Local 506 **
13 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Drunken Unicorn **
15 - Baton Rouge, Louis. @ Spanish Moon **
16 - Austin, Tx. @ Emo's **
18 - Tucson, Ariz. @ Plush **
19 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ El Rey Theater **
21 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Independent **
23 - Portland, Ore. @ Hawthorne Theatre **
24 - Seattle, Wash. @ Crocodile Cafe **
25 - Vancouver, B.C. @ Plaza Club **
26 - Victoria, B.C. @ Logans **
28 - Calgary, Alb. @ Broken City **
29 - Edmonton, Alb. @ Velvet Underground **
30 - Saskatoon, Sask. @ Amigos **
31 - Winnipeg, Manit. @ Royal Albert Arms **

November
1 - Fargo, N.D. @ Aquarium
2 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ Triple Rock Social Club
3 - Chicago, Ill. @ Empty Bottle

* w/ Black Mountain, Oakley Hall + Lightning Dust
** w/ Johnny and the Moon, Magic Weapon

Related links:
SunsetRubdown.net
Jagjaguwar.com
Krug's other band, Wolf Parade

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Loads of new info and sounds pertaining to Sunset Rubdown’s next album have emerged, each one presented here for you to cherish and revisit -- just as one shuffles and re-shuffles through an old cigar box filled with marbles, special happy meal toys and loose bits of string, kept under the bedside table.

Item one, the title: Random Spirit Lover

Item two, the release date: October

Item three, the record label: Jagjaguwar

Item four, general band information: Unlike 2005’s Snake's Got A Leg and very much like 2006’s Shut Up I Am Dreaming, the new release features people besides animal band fanatic Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, Frog Eyes and Swan Lake. They are Michael Doerksen, Camilla Wynne Ingr of Pony Up! and Jordan Robson-Cramer of Magic Weapon and Miracle Fortress.

Item five, streamable new track with infectious guitar noodling: “Winged/Wicked Things”

Item six, live video of new song: "For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)"

Item seven, full track list:
1 - The Mending of the Gown
2 - Magic vs. Midas
3 - Up on Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days
4 - The Courtesan Has Sung
5 - Winged/Wicked Things
6 - Colt Stands Up, Grows Horns
7 - Stallion
8 - For the Pier (and dead shimmering)
9 - The Taming of the Hands That Came Back to Life
10 - Setting vs. Rising
11 - Trumpet, Trumpet, Toot! Toot!
12 - Child-Heart Losers

Related links:
Jagjaguwar: Sunset Rubdown
All Music Guide: Sunset Rubdown
Last.fm: Sunset Rubdown

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