MP3: New Heartless Bastards; LP Due

New album Arrow will be accompanied by spring tour.

By Blurt Staff

Blurt faves the Heartless Bastards are giving away the lead single off their Partisan Records debut, Arrow, due out on Valentine's Day, 2012. They have also announced a national tour, which kicks off February 7, 2012 in Little Rock, AR, and ends in Austin, TX where the band will be performing at SXSW; spring West Coast tour dates will be announced soon. The single, entitled "Parted Ways" is available as a free download at www.theheartlessbastards.com , and meanwhile, you can listen to it, below.

Parted Ways by Heartless Bastards

Arrow, the followup to 2009's The Mountain, was produced by Spoon drummer Jim Eno at his Public Hi-Fi home studio in Austin. It features frontwoman Erika Wennerstrom plus drummer Dave Colvin and bassist Jesse Ebagh, plus latest recruit Mark Nathan on guitar.

Tour Dates:

February 2012:

7     Little Rock, AR @ Juanitas

8      St. Louis, MO @ Firebird

9      Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall

10    Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry

11    Madison, WI @ High Noon

13    Louisville, KY @ Headliners

14     Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall

16     Columbus, OH @ The Basement

17      Cincinnati, OH @ Madison

18      Indianapolis, IN @ Radio Radio

19      Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe

20      Toronto, ONT @  Horseshoe Tavern

23       Boston, MA  @ Middle East - Downstairs

24       New York, NY @ Webster Hall

25      Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

27       Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar

29       Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern

 

March

1          Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat's Cradle

2          Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

3           Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge

6           Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree

8            Fayetteville, AR @ George's Majestic

9            Fort Worth, TX @ Lola's

10          Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live