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The Jealous Sound is the fucking kiss of death. It goes like this: emotionally unstable boys form a band, tour relentlessly, get a little attention from the girls, and get invited on tours with At The Drive-In, The Promise Ring, and The Get Up Kids. Each of these bands subsequently breaks up. Coincedence? Time-Life books doesn't think so, and we don't, either. (Okay, so The Get Up Kids bit was wishful thinking).n And now? A band that knows a thing or two about a breakup or two, The Fire Theft-- made from 75% of the former members of Sunny Day Real Estate: frontman Jeremy Enigk, bassist Nate Mendel, and drummer Will Goldsmith-- will take a chance on The Jealous Sound, too, on the last remaining dates of their first post-Sunny Day Real Estate tour.

n The Jealous Sound-- who themselves are bits and pieces from the ashes of Knapsack, Neither Trumpet Nor Drums, Sunday's Best, and The Killingtons-- are fresh from San Francisco's Noise Pop festival and Austin's South by Southwest conference and will also open for Boston prog-metal practitioners Cave-In on their West Coast tour, after one date with 2003 Wonder Twins, The Postal Service. What do Jealous Sound news, Olson Twins calendars, Arthur Fonzarelli, and Saudi Arabian trees all have in common? Dates, baby, dates (already underway):

n 03-28 Lincoln, NE - Knickerbocker's*
03-30 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre & Cafe*
04-01 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall*
04-03 San Diego, CA - Casbah+
04-14 Salt Lake City, UT - Xscape^
04-16 Spokane, WA - Fat Tuesday's^
04-17 Seattle, WA - Graceland^
04-18 Portland, OR - Meow Meow^
04-19 Vancouver, BC - Richards on Richards^
04-21 San Francisco, CA - Slims^
04-22 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour^
04-23 Anaheim, CA - The Chain Reaction^

n * = with The Fire Theft
+ = with The Postal Service
^ = with Cave-In

n According to the band's website, The Jealous Sound have been in Los Angeles, completing their first LP, Kill Them With Kindness, which they'll release through Better Looking Records on June 3rd. The new album features their new drummer, Adam Wade, formerly of Shudder to Think and Jawbox, and was produced by Tim O'Heir, who has worked with Sebadoh and Dinosaur Jr. (He's lucky we didn't mention he produced the All-American Rejects... whoops!). What do Jealous Sound news, the B&O; Railroad, and Courtney Love's forearms all have in common? Tracks, baby, tracks:

n 01 Hope For Us
02 Naïve
03 Anxious Arms
04 The Fold Out
05 The Gift Horse
06 Does That Make Sense?
07 Guard It Closely
08 For Once In Your Life
09 Abandon! Abandon!
10 Troublesome
11 Recovery Room
12 Above The Waves

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