Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile | photo by Danny Cohen | courtesy of the artist
Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett’s album is called Lotta Sea Lice, features Belly covers and more
Back in the spring, we were very excited to hear that Philly’s Kurt Vile and Melbourne’s Courtney Barnett recorded a collaborative album, and were taking it on tour together.
Today, thanks to a new interview in Rolling Stone, we have some details on the record.It will be called Lotta Sea Lice, it features original songs called “Over Everything” and “Continental Breakfast” as well as a few cover songs. KV and CB will try their hand at Belly’s “Untogether” as well as a song by Barnett’s wife Jen Cloher, “Fear Is Like a Forest,” and a rendition of Vile’s “Peeping Tomboy” with Barnett on lead vocals.
Their live band — which, as Vile said back in June, is “a cookin’ band and an intercontinental country duo for the ages-minus the country” — will be called The Sea Lice, and includes Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag), Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint), Rob Laakso (The Violators, The Swirlies, Mice Parade) and Katie Harkin (Harkin, Sky Larkin and touring member of Sleater-Kinney and Wild Beasts).
Check out their tour dates and poster below, and get information on the November 3 date at the Tower Theater at the XPN Concert Calendar.
https://youtu.be/3eCLbB8Ex74
Tour Dates:
10.11.17 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA
10.14.17 – The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church – Los Angeles, CA
10.15.17 – Orpheum Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
10.18.17 – Fox Theatre – Oakland, CA
10.20.17 – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall – Portland, OR
10.21.17 – Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
10.22.17 – The Showbox – Seattle, WA
10.25.17 – Palace Theatre – St. Paul, MN
10.26.17 – Rockefeller Chapel – Chicago, IL
10.27.17 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
10.28.17 – Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL
10.30.17 – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak, MI
10.31.17 – Massey Hall – Toronto, ON
11.1.17 – Beacon Theatre – New York, NY
11.3.17 – Tower Theatre – Upper Darby, PA
11.4.17 – Orpheum Theatre – Boston, MA
11.9.17 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN
11.10.17 – McFarlin Memorial Auditorium – Dallas, TX
11.11.17 – ACL Live at the Moody Theater – Austin, TX