Sweden’s exhilarating duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums have lost no time in greeting the new decade with a fevered burst of creative energy. New decade, new direction.
Announcing a European tour for May 2010, vocalist Mariam Wallentin and percussionist Andreas Werliin will be performing new material at the shows, backed by a full choir. The new songs will be premiered at the Pavement-curated ATP Festival in May (full dates below).
Currently supporting St Vincent on tour in the US, the band rehearsed, recorded and mixed two new bodies of work in 10 days in Iceland at the end of January, around a theme of water.
The new recordings will be released as two limited edition vinyl EPs, to be combined later on CD and digital download. The first release will accompany the May tour dates. More details to follow.
European tour dates:
Friday 14 May ATP Festival, Minehead, UK
Saturday 15 May Bishopsgate Institute, London, UK
Sunday 16 May Café De La Danse, Paris, France
Monday 17 May Dampfzentrale, Basel, Switzerland
Tuesday 19 May Babel, Malmö, Sweden
Wednesday 20 May Jazzhouse, Copenhagen, Denmark
Thursday 21 May Blå, Oslo, Norway
Friday 22 May Södra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden
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