Watch: new video from Bowerbirds

by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 8 comments 17:36 August 14th, 2008

Hymns For A Dark Horse, the superb debut album from North Carolina folk trio Bowerbirds (DiScover feature forthcoming), earns an expanded re-release via Dead Oceans on Monday - expect the DiS verdict next week.

The band play a number of live shows in the UK to support the release - dates as follows:

August
17 Wales Green Man Festival (stage times/tickets)
18 London Social with Wildbirds & Peacedrums
19 London Bush Hall with Damien Jurado
20 London Brixton with The War On Drugs

September
5 Coventry Taylor John's House
6 Brighton Hanbury Ballroom
7 York Band Room
8 Glasgow Admiral Bar
9 Manchester Trinity Chapel
10 Leeds New Roscoe
11 London Shepherds Bush Empire with Bon Iver
12 Bristol Trinity with Bon Iver
13 Dorset End of the Road festival

Find the band on MySpace here, and watch the beautiful video to their album track 'In Our Talons' below...

Video: Bowerbirds, 'In Our Talons'

Photo: Derek Anderson

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god i love this band

a favourite of the mountain goats i believe........do we know what the 'extra's' are for the uk addition?

rosbeef | 14 Aug '08, 18:10 | X | Reply

the extras

may be the two bonus songs that are on the US Dead Oceans release? A new version of La Denigracion and a song called Matchstick Maker (I downloaded them from emusic, to save me from having to buy the album twice).

Am seeing these guys on the 19th and 20th, but didn't realise they were playing on the 18th as well. Hmmm, have to decide whether I want to go to that one as well!

Really hope this album gets lots of praise when it's released here. Was disappointed to see teletext's Mr Earls give them an average score recently. But he did the same with Sufjan's Illinois, so I'm not too sure what he can't hear some of the times!

paulo13 @rosbeef | 14 Aug '08, 18:34 | X | Reply

tickets for the bowerbirds / wildbirds and peacedrums show

on monday are still available from here:

www.wegottickets.com/event/34676

chessclub | 15 Aug '08, 00:09 | X | Reply

twistedlounge @whatkatiedoes | 15 Aug '08, 13:27 | X | Reply

ta

just got my tickets

whatkatiedoes @twistedlounge | 15 Aug '08, 14:11 | X | Reply