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Awww, ain't that precious? There's young punker Jay Reatard getting cozy with none other than Bradford Cox of Deerhunter and Atlas Sound. But these two aren't just canoodling for the sake of the Sears Portrait Studio. Nope, for the fourth installment in Jay's ongoing 7” series for Matador Records, he and Brad’s band Deerhunter will swap covers of each others' tunes. Jay takes on Deerhunter's "Fluorescent Grey"-- from the EP of the same name-- while Deerhunter does "Oh It's Such a Shame" from Blood Visions.

The disc is due July 22, and supplies are limited, as usual.

That won't be the only slab of vinyl coming out of this lot this summer, of course, as Atlas Sound’s debut LP hits your turntable later this month from Kranky. There's also a new Atlas Sound single out digitally now and due on 7" August 5 from K Records. It features "Atlas Shrugged" on the A-side and Selector Dub Narcotic's take on "Atlas Shrugged", which they're calling "Shrug-a-Dub-Dub', on the flip.

Nor is it time you can see Jay and Brad in such close quarters this summer. In fact, your next shot is coming sooner than you think. Both Jay and Atlas Sound will find themselves at the Pitchfork Music Festival in just a couple weeks. Jay’s got dates before and after, while Bradford will kick off a brief Atlas Sound tour at the fest before taking up with Deerhunter later on in the year.

Just remember all that stuff they said about absence and fondness, fellas.

Jay Reatard:

07-06 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-13 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
07-14 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
07-15 Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Park Bandshell *^
07-16 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theater
07-17 Providence, RI - Lupo's *
07-19 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) !
07-19 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge @%
07-21 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock %
07-22 Fargo, ND - The Aquarium %
07-25 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
07-26 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom #
07-27 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge %
07-29 San Francisco, CA - The Independent %
07-30 Los Angeles, CA - Echo %
07-31 San Diego, CA - Casbah %
08-01 Mesa, AZ - Hollywood Alley %
08-03 Austin, TX - Red 7 %
08-04 Dallas, TX - Club Dada %

* with Spoon
^ with Constantines
! with Animal Collective, Jarvis Cocker, the Hold Steady, !!!, Vampire Weekend, Dizzee Rascal, Fleet Foxes, Caribou, Jay Reatard, Titus Andronicus, No Age, Atlas Sound, Extra Golden, Fuck Buttons, Elf Power, the Ruby Suns, Icy Demons, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar
@ with King Khan and the Shrines, A/V Murder
# with Les Savy Fav
% with Cheap Time

Atlas Sound:

07-19 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) ^
07-22 Toronto, Ontario - The Mod Club !
07-23 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa !
07-24 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs !
07-25 New York, NY - Seaport Music Festival !

^ with Animal Collective, Jarvis Cocker, The Hold Steady, Dizzee Rascal, Vampire Weekend, No Age, Fleet Foxes, Caribou, !!!, Jay Reatard, Titus Andronicus, Elf Power, Extra Golden, the Ruby Suns, Icy Demons, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar
! with El Guincho

Deerhunter:

07-31 Charleston, SC - The Map Room %
08-01 Norfolk, VA - The Boot %
08-03 Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Park Pool *
08-05 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre !
08-06 Buffalo, NY - Big Orbit's Soundlab
08-07 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena !
08-08 Worcester, MA - DCU Center !
08-09 Lancaster, PA - The Sugar Tank
08-10 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks
08-11 Morgantown, WV - 123 Pleasant Street
08-12 Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Civic Coliseum !
08-13 Duluth, GA - Gwinnett Arena !
09-02 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater !
09-03 Salt Lake, City UT - The E Center of West Valley !
09-05 Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena !
09-06 Inglewood, CA - The Forum !

% with All the Saints
* with Black Lips, King Khan & the Shrines, Tall Firs
! with Nine Inch Nails