NEWS: Andrew Bird CD Release Date Moved Up
By Mali
All you Andrew Bird fans are in luck! He has officially confirmed that his new studio album Noble Beast will now be released January 20, 2009 on Fat Possum Records. Noble Beast will also be available in a very limited deluxe 2-CD edition that will also include Useless Creatures, a bonus disc of original instrumental works featuring collaborations with Glenn Kotche and Todd Sickafoose. The deluxe edition, which will be available exclusively to physical retailers, will feature a stunning custom package including extra photos, a fold-out poster, and a 24-page lyric booklet illustrated by Diana Sudyka.
The track listings for Noble Beast and Useless Creatures are as follows:
Noble Beast:
1.) Oh No
2.) Masterswarm
3.) Fitz and the Dizzyspells
4.) Effigy
5.) Tenuousness
6.) Nomenclature
7.) ouo
8.) Not a Robot, But a Ghost
9.) Unfolding Fans
10.) Anonanimal
11.) Natural Disaster
12.) The Privateers
13.) Souverian
14.) On Ho
Useless Creatures
1.) Master Sigh
2.) You Woke Me Up!
3.) Nyatiti
4.) The Barn Tapes
5.) Carrion Suite
6.) Spinney
7.) Dissent
8.) Hot Math
9.) Sigh Master
As previously confirmed, tickets are now on sale for the first leg of a North American tour in support of Noble Beast, beginning with Bird’s first ever headline engagement at Carnegie Hall on January 28. This run of theater headlines will be opened by LONEY DEAR with the exception of Carnegie Hall, which will feature DOSH as support.
