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Now let me tell you 'bout the Bird and the Bee and their forthcoming LP. It's called Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future, and it's due January 27 from Blue Note. The disc is the jazzy L.A. pop duo's follow-up to their 2007 self-titled debut, and because it comes out in 2009, it is indeed like an album from the future. Teach us more, magical fauna of tomorrow!

In the stark reality of today, however, the Bird and the Bee are touring through the next week or so. Though they do have a date off in March. Which is totally the future. A future where we will have ray guns. Etc.

Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future:

01 Fanfare
02 My Love
03 Diamond Dave
04 What's in the Middle
05 Ray Gun
06 Love Letter to Japan
07 Meteor
08 Baby
09 Phil
10 Polite Dance Song
11 You're a Cad
12 Witch
13 Birthday
14 Lifespan of a Fly

The Bird and the Bee:

09-28 Boston, MA - Great Scott
09-29 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
09-30 New York, NY - Spiegeltent
10-01 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
10-03 Vienna, VA - Jammin Java
10-04 Annapolis, MD - Rams Head
10-05 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
03-07 New York, NY - Zankel Hall