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Women they is, and women they ain't. Noisy all-male popsters Women-- not to be confused with the Girls, or the Ladies, or Women & Children, or MEN, or Men Women and Children, or even Brothers and Sisters-- have signed on with Jagjaguwar.

The label will release the band's self-titled debut album in the U.S. on October 7. The disc is already out in Women's native Canada from Flemish Eye, and it's due from Jagjaguwar in the UK come January 2009. Women was recorded by Chad VanGaalen on an arsenal of crappy old tape recorders in a handful unusual locales. Including a crawlspace. A tad unladylike, don't you think?

Women kick off a North American tour tomorrow night (September 26) in Saskatoon, and they'll head to Europe in mid-November. Along the way the band will play a bunch of shows with the aforementioned VanGaalen and also Dungen.

Women:

01 Cameras
02 Lawncare
03 Woodbine
04 Black Rice
05 Sag Harbor Bridge
06 Group Transport Hall
07 Shaking Hand
08 Upstairs
09 January 8th
10 Flashlights

Women:

09-26 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Amigos
09-27 Winnipeg, Manitoba - The Lo Pub
09-28 Thunder Bay, Ontario - The Apollo
09-29 Sudbury, Ontario – Cosmic Dave's Shop
10-01 Quebec City, Quebec - Antenne-A *
10-02 Ottawa, Ontario - Zaphod Beeblebrox *
10-03 Montreal, Quebec - Ukrainian Federation (Pop Montréal) *#
10-04 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo *
10-09 Hamilton, Ontario - Casbah Lounge
10-11 Brantford, Ontario - Ford Plant
11-07 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey ^
11-08 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge ^
11-10 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill ^
11-11 Visalia, CA - Cellar Door ^
11-12 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo ^
11-20 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera *
11-21 The Hague, Netherlands - Crossing Borders Festival
11-22 Antwerp, Belgium - Trix *
11-24 Paris, France - La Fleche d'Or *
11-25 London, England - The Borderline *
11-27 Glasgow, Scotland - The Captain's Rest *
11-28 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Limelight *
11-29 Galway, Ireland - Róisín Dubh *
11-30 Dublin, Ireland - Crawdaddy *
12-03 London, England - The Windmill
12-04 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso

* with Chad VanGaalen
# with Julie Doiron
^ with Dungen