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Know who's especially excited for the new Andrew Bird album? Some dude named Andrew Bird. Back in June, the songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/blogger noted in the New York Times' Measure for Measure, "I listened to my record recently and I'm concerned about how much I like it."

But despite those fears, Bird's got his follow-up to last year's Armchair Apocrypha in the can.

The disc's called Noble Beast, and it's due from Fat Possum January 27. You can get your first earful of leadoff track "Oh No" over in Forkcast right now. And yes, there is lots of whistling.

Bird also has a new live album available right this instant through his webstore. It's called Live in Montreal, and it was recorded at the city's La Tulipe in September of last year with Martin Dosh and Jeremy Ylvisaker backing up Bird.

Most of Andrew's fall tour find him in solo flight, however, but one and all-- including that action-packed Obama benefit in Brooklyn on Tuesday-- are listed after the jump.


Noble Beast:

01 Oh No
02 Masterswarm
03 Fitz and the Dizzyspells
04 Effigy
05 Tenuousness
06 Nomenclature
07 Not a Robot, But a Ghost
08 Anonanimal
09 Natural Disaster
10 Confess
11 Souverian
12 On Ho!

Live in Montreal:

01 Intro
02 Why?
03 Opposite Day
04 Simple X
05 Cannonade
06 Imitosis
07 Spare-Ohs
08 Skin Is, My
09 Darkmatter

Andrew Bird:

10-03 Bethlehem, PA - Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh University (solo show)
10-04 Ithaca, NY - State Theatre of Ithaca (solo show)
10-06 New York, NY - Hiro Ballroom
10-07 New York, NY - Hiro Ballroom
10-07 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg ("Barack Rock")    
10-08 Portsmouth, NH - The Music Hall (solo show)
10-09 Albany, NY - The Egg (solo show)
10-10 Northampton, MA - Calvin Theatre (solo show)
10-19 Los Angeles, CA - Largo at The Coronet (solo show)
10-20 Los Angeles, CA - Largo at The Coronet (solo show)