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n Marnie Christenson reports: As previously reported by Pitchfork, 90s Dutch alterna-jangle sweethearts Bettie Serveert are working on a new album. Check that, have completed their new album. According to the band's official website, the curiously titled Log 22 will be released in the U.S. on March 11th via Palomine Records, and will be distributed by Hidden Agenda/Parasol here in the States. Bejammeren, Dutchies, you and your European friends will have to wait until March 17th. Finally, we get a record before the old country! Even though the release is still a month away, we have scored the tracklist:

n 01 Wide Eyed Fools
02 Smack
03 Have a Heart
04 Captain of Maybe
05 De Diva
06 Given
07 Not Coming Down
08 Cut n' Dried
09 Log 22
10 White Dogs
11 Certain Lie
12 The Ocean, My Floor
13 The Love-In

n Call it comeback if you like-- and since we smell the black-smoke-belching wheels of the promo machine grinding, we will-- but after a two-year hiatus, the Betties are back in gear. For your viewing pleasure, the band has served up the video for the first single, "Smack", now available on their website. "Smack" is also the opening track on Parasol's Sweet Sixteen, Vol. 6 sampler, which includes tracks by Serveert singer Carol van Dijk's twangy side project Chitlin Fooks, as well as Bikeride and Menthol among others. Van Dijk and company are also currently working on a video for the second single, "Wide Eyed Fools", which is expected to hit heavy rotation on MTV in never. Bettie Serveert plan to support the new album with a tour of the U.S. in March and April, and the Netherlands in May. (Who'd have thought it would take a month to tour the Netherlands?) Tour dates:

n 03-21 Brooklyn, NY - Southpaw's
03-22 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
03-24 Philadelphia, PA - North By Northwest
03-26 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
03-27 Alexandria, VA - Birchmere
03-28 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
03-29 Cambridge, MA - TT the Bears
03-30 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse
04-01 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
04-02 Columbus, OH - Little Brothers
04-03 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
04-04 Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub
04-05 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
04-08 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café
04-09 Portland, OR - Dante's
04-11 San Francisco, CA - Slim's
04-12 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory
04-13 San Diego, CA - Casbah
04-14 Tempe, AZ - Nita's Hideaway
04-16 Austin, TX - Stubbs
04-18 Tallahassee, FL - Beta Bar
04-19 Atlanta, GA - The Earl

n 04-30 Gent, Belguim - Handelsbeurs
05-02 Tilburg, Netherlands - 013
05-07 VPRO Radio, Netherlands - Club Lek
05-09 Deventer, Netherlands - Burgerweeshuis
05-10 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
05-16 Zwolle, Netherlands - Hedon
05-17 Leiden, Netherlands - LVC
05-18 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Merleyn
05-21 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera
05-22 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
05-23 Hilversum, Netherlands - Tagrijn
05-24 Goes, Netherlands - 't Beest
05-29 Breda, Netherlands - Mezz
05-30Sneek, Netherlands - Bolwerk
05-31 Oss, Netherlands - Groene Engel
06-01 Haarlem, Netherlands - Patronaat

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