Modest Mouse Touring North America

06/17/09 12:04pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Modest Mouse have announced a North American summer tour.

Singer/guitarist Isaac Brock, bassist Eric Judy, touring guitarist and former Grandaddy member Jim Fairchild, multi-instrumentalist Tom Peloso and percussionist Joe Plummer will tour the continent throughout August and September. Fairchild will be filling in for guitarist Johnny Marr, who's recording with his other band, The Cribs.

Four Canadian dates are on the itinerary. The bands will play shows in Halifax, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto and Kingston, Ont.

Modest Mouse will release a new seven-inch single, "Autumn Beds"/"Guilty Cocker Spaniels," to independent record stores on Saturday and everywhere else on Tuesday. You can hear "Autumn Leaves" here.

Modest Mouse have been recording new material and are tentatively scheduled to release an EP titled No One's First And You're Next at some point in August. It doesn't have a release date yet.

You can see Modest Mouse here:

Aug. 17 Halifax, NS @ Forum Multipurpose Room
Aug. 19 Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
Aug. 20 Kingston, ON @ Ale House
Aug. 21 Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
Aug. 24 Columbus, OH @ Lifestyle Pavilion
Aug. 25 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
Aug. 28 San Diego, CA @ Street Scene
Aug. 30 San Francisco, CA @ Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival)
Sept. 1 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
Sept. 2 Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
Sept. 3 Billings, MT @ Alberta Blair Theater
Sept. 4 Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theater
Sept. 5 Spokane, WA @ The Knitting Factory
Sept. 7 Seattle, WA @ Seattle Center (Bumbershoot Music Festival)