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Ornithologically inclined Austinites Shearwater begin another tour in support of Rook tonight (October 13) in Chicago. The tour also comes in support of the band's The Snow Leopard digital EP, which comes out tomorrow via Matador. The set collects a number of live tracks and rarities in addition to the title track off Rook, including a cover of Baby Dee's "So Bad" and a take on traditional song "Henry Lee".

After a handful of shows in the U.S. (including a pair of solo sets for leader Jonathan Meiburg), Shearwater will skip across the Atlantic for a few weeks' worth of European dates.

And finally, a little known fact for Shearwater fans: In addition to inspiring po-faced indie rock songs, birds are hella funny.

The Snow Leopard:

01 The Snow Leopard
02 So Bad
03 North Col
04 Henry Lee (live from KUT)
05 Rooks (live from Radio K)
06 I Was a Cloud (live from Radio K)
07 South Col / The Snow Leopard (live from Florence Gould Hall, NYC)

Shearwater:

10-13 Chicago, IL - Lakeshore Theater
10-14 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
10-15 Washington, DC - Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)
10-17 Annandale, NY - Bard College
10-19 Boston, MA - Cafe 939 at Berklee College of Music
10-20 New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge
10-24 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle (Jonathan Meiburg solo)
10-25 Durham, NC - Duke Coffee House (Jonathan Meiburg solo)
11-07 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
11-08 Antwerp, Belgium - De Nachten Festival
11-09 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli
11-10 Rouen, France - Club 106
11-11 Paris, France - Le Bataclan
11-12 Feyzin, France - L'Epicerie Moderne
11-13 St. Gallen, Switzerland - Palace
11-14 Lausanne, Switzerland - Le Romandie
11-15 Lucerne, Switzerland - Treibhaus
11-16 Schorndorf, Germany - Manufaktur
11-17 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
11-18 Dresden, Germany - Beatpol
11-19 Hamburg, Germany - Nachtasyl
11-20 Ghent, Belgium - Vooruit
11-21 The Hague, Netherlands - Crossing Border Festival
11-22 London, England - St Giles-in-the-Fields
11-23 Coventry, England - Taylor John's House
11-24 Brighton, England - Komedia