The experimental Brooklyn-based psych-pop trio known as Yeasayer will be touring next year in support of their sophomore album, Odd Blood, which is due to hit stores on February 9, just in time for Valentine’s Day. The tour will consist of three select shows immediately following the release, one in Los Angeles and two in New York, before the band sets off on an extensive European tour. But don’t you worry your sweet little head, because after traversing the vast Euro countryside, they will be returning to North America in March for a full-on tour with extensive performance dates.

The trio of Anand Wilder, Chris Keating, and Ira Wolf Tuton has been experimenting with popular music since 2006 and first came into public notoriety at the 2007 SXSW Festival. Since that performance, they have gone on to tour with MGMT, Man Man, and were the supporting act for Beck during the European dates of his Modern Guilt tour. They have also had the privilege of performing at nearly every large venue festival worth mentioning: Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Reading/Leeds, Bonnaroo, Roskilde, the list goes on. They have performed an a cappella “Take Away Show” for La Blogotheque, a French internet media website, which was filmed on a French metro train.

Yeasayer has a distinctive “throwback” style that is reminiscent of psychedelic music from the 1960s from such bands as Country Joe and the Fish, Jefferson Airplane, and Big Brother and the Holding Company, although with a distinctively modern flair. Their trippy musical feel is accentuated by their live shows which typically involve a similar other-worldly, psychedelic feel directly complimenting the music. The transition of quality between their first album, All Hour Cymbals, and their soon to be released Odd Blood, shows a distinctively evolving focus which the band attributes to “several mice [being] killed during its recording in rural upstate New York.” It’s statements like these that cement Yeasayer as one of the top bands to watch in the upcoming year, especially when Odd Blood is officially released.

Tour Dates:

Feb 5 – Los Angeles, CA @ Natural History Museum
Feb 8 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Feb 9 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Apr 3 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Apr 4 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
Apr 5 – Ashville, NC @ Orange Peel
Apr 6 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
Apr 7 – Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone Café
Apr 8 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre
Apr 9 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues Houston
Apr 10 – Austin, TX @ The Parish
Apr 11 – Austin, TX @ The Parish
Apr 14 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
Apr 15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
Apr 17 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore Auditorium
Apr 19 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Apr 20 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Apr 21 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
Apr 23 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
Apr 24 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre
Apr 25 – Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room
Apr 26 – Saint Louis, MO @ Gargoyle Club
Apr 27 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre
Apr 28 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
Apr 29 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
Apr 30 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
May 1 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Place
May 2 – Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
May 3 – Boston, MA @ Paradise
May 4 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
May 5 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero