Pitchfork

Joy, a new Annuals album. Such Fun, the band's full-length follow-up to 2006's Be He Me, is due October 7 from Columbia Records offshoot Canvasback Music.

Much will be made of the album's artwork, lifted from late "The Joy of Painting" host/human dandelion Bob Ross. In a statement on the choice of cover, the band notes, "It seems like all of the happy, lovely places he paints always have a bit of sad loneliness and isolation to them too, and some of the songs on our new album can definitely relate to that duality." From this, we gather the album was recorded in half an hour, with oils, in a soothing tone of voice.

Annuals will embark on their previously reported tour with Minus the Bear on October 8, the day after their new disc arrives.

Such Fun:

01 Confessor
02 Hot Night Hounds
03 Springtime
04 Down the Mountain
05 Always Do
06 Talking
07 Hardwood Floor
08 Hair Don't Grow
09 The Tape
10 Blue Ridge
11 Wake

Annuals:

10-08 Spokane, WA - Service Station *#
10-09 Missoula, MT - The Other Side *#
10-11 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre *#
10-12 Omaha, NE - Slowdown *#
10-13 Iowa City, IA - The Picador *#
10-15 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre *#
10-16 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall *#
10-17 Chicago, IL - The Vic *#
10-18 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall *#
10-19 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre Center *#
10-21 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre *^
10-22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *^
10-23 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts *^
10-24 Providence, RI - Lupo's at the Strand *^
10-25 New York, NY - Webster Hall *^
10-26 Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom *^
10-28 Richmond, VA - The National *^
10-29 Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre *^
10-30 Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel *^
10-31 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre *^
11-01 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse *^
11-03 Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution *!
11-04 Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues *!
11-05 Jacksonville, FL - Free Bird Café *!
11-07 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues *!
11-08 Houston, TX - House of Blues *!
11-09 Austin, TX - Waterloo Park (Fun Fun Fun Fest) *!
11-10 Dallas, TX - House of Blues *!
11-12 Santa Fe, NM - Wharehouse 21 *
11-13 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre *!
11-14 San Diego, CA - Soma *%
11-15 Pomona, CA - Glass House *%
11-16 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre *%
11-18 Sacramento, CA - Empire *%
11-19 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club *%
11-22 Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market *%

* with Minus the Bear
# with Themes
^ with Sylvie
! with 27
% with Helms Alee