In what seems like it could be half of an indie rock Avengers lineup, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile announced earlier this year that they were joining forces to fight back an alien invasion in New York and also record an album together. Now, they’ve actually announced that the joint LP will be called Lotta Sea Lice, and that it’ll be available on October 13. A press release refers to the album as a “conversation between friends” that is “documented in raw, unvarnished song,” and Vile says that he and Barnett originally just intended to jam together on a few tracks that they never intended to release. However, “the vibe was so strong” that they ended up with a full album, and thus Lotta Sea Lice was born. The video for their first single, “Over Everything,” is below.
You can pre-order Lotta Sea Lice here, and some tour dates for Barnett and Vile are below as well.
Lotta Sea Lice Tour 2017
10/11—San Diego, CA—House of Blues
10/14—Los Angeles, CA—The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church
10/15—Los Angeles, CA—Orpheum Theatre
10/18—Oakland, CA—Fox Theatre
10/20—Portland, OR—Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
10/21—Seattle, WA—Moore Theatre
10/22—Seattle, WA—The Showbox
10/25—St. Paul, MN—Palace Theatre
10/26—Chicago, IL—Rockefeller Chapel
10/27—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall
10/28—Chicago, IL—Empty Bottl
10/30—Royal Oak, MI—Royal Oak Music Theatre
10/31—Toronto, Ontario—Massey Hall
11/1—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre
11/3—Upper Darby, PA—Tower Theatre
11/4—Boston, MA—Orpheum Theatre
11/6—Loew’s Jersey Theatre—Jersey City, NJ
11/7—The Anthem—Washington, DC
11/9—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
11/10—Dallas, TX—McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
11/11—Austin, TX—ACL Live at the Moody Theater