Constantines Release Kensington Heights Companion EP

Constantines have released a six-song companion EP to last year's Kensington Heights to coincide with their Rolling Tundra Revue tour with The Weakerthans, which starts this week.

The Too Slow For Love EP features "stripped down," alternate versions of Constantines songs from Kensington Heights, 2005's Tournament Of Hearts and 2003's Shine A Light. It also includes a cover of Jon Langford & The Sadies' "Strange Birds." You can get the album for free when you purchase Kensington Heights on iTunes beginning today (Tuesday), and it's also available separately for $5.99 through iTunes and Arts & Crafts' webstore.

Constantines and The Weakerthans have announced a joint "Rock, Don't Drive!" initiative that's designed to reduce the environmental impacts of their upcoming tour. They're encouraging fans to use public transit, carpool or walk to get to their shows. If fans show their bus pass, bike helmet or carpool gang at the merch table throughout the tour, they'll receive a special button that's not regularly for sale.

"Touring from one end of the country to the other is no small feat," The Weakerthans said in a statement. "[We] are well aware of the environmental impact of things like tour buses which burn fuel, and audio and lighting systems which draw electricity.

"The 'Rolling Tundra Revue' is attempting to control some of the environmental impacts that this tour will have, and we've solicited advice from across Canada about how to mitigate some of these effects.

"As the tour progresses, we'll be letting people know how it's going. We don't for a second think that we're alleviating all of the environmental impact of our tour, but we're hoping we can make some change and encourage others to do the same."

You can see Constantines and The Weakerthans here:

March 19 St. John's, NL @ Club One
March 20 Halifax, NS @ The Palace
March 21 Charlottetown, PEI @ The Wave at University Of Prince Edward Island
March 22 Sackville, NB @ George's Roadhouse
March 23 Fredericton, NB @ SUB Ballroom at University Of New Brunswick
March 25 Quebec City, QC @ Le Cercle
March 26 Montreal, QC @ Le National
March 27 Peterborough, ON @ The Montreal House
March 28 Ottawa, ON @ Bronson Centre
March 29 Kingston, ON @ The Ale House
March 31-April 2 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
April 3 London, ON @ London Music Hall
April 4 Guelph, ON @ River Run Centre
April 17-18 Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
April 21 Regina, SK @ Ridell Centre
April 22 Saskatoon, SK @ The Odeon Events Centre
April 23 Edmonton, AB @ Winspear Centre
April 25 Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Ballroom at University Of Calgary
April 26 Banff, AB @ Wild Bill's Legendary Cookhouse & Saloon
April 27 Kelowna, BC @ Kelowna Community Theatre
April 28 Nanaimo, BC @ Vancouver Island University Theatre
April 30 Victoria, BC @ Element
May 1-2 Vancouver, BC @ The Commodore Ballroom
May 4 Whitehorse, YT @ Yukon Arts Centre

Here are the songs on Too Slow For Love:

"Young Lions" (Stripped down version, originally from Shine A Light)
"Shower Of Stones" (Stripped down version, originally from Kensington Heights)
"Conductor" (Stripped down version, originally from Tournament Of Hearts)
"Our Age" (Stripped down version, originally from Kensington Heights)
"Strange Birds" (Originally by Jon Langford & The Sadies)
"Do What You Can Do" (Stripped down version, originally from Kensington Heights)
"I Will Not Sing A Hateful Song" (Stripped down version, originally from Kensington Heights)