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[Posted Thursday, September 25th, 2003 04:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

Alt-folk quartet Norfolk & Western are set to release their fourth album, Dusk in Cold Parlours, through Hush Records on November 4th (though it's currently available via mailorder). Hush describes the record as "intimate, close and warmed by fire, which makes it so satisfying, and in the end, addictive. Dusk in Cold Parlours is by far the most (indie)pop-leaning album [in the group's catalog], but it retains the band's unique mélange of Americana, folk and indie rock." More indie pop-leaning, eh? Following their hearts, or the heels of Wilco? We report; you decide. Tracklist:

01 A Marriage Proposal
02 Letters Opened in the Bar
03 Terrified
04 Kelly Bauman
05 Jealousy, It's True
06 Impossible
07 Oslo
08 Disappear
09 No Where Else He Can Go
10 A Hymnal
11 The Tired Words
12 At Dawn or Dusk

Norfolk & Western have also announced a fall extension to their current tour, which began in June with the Decemberists. Unfortunately, they'll be playing sans bassist David Welch (too busy writing documentaries for NPR) and guitarist/organist Tony Moreno. Currently, the group is in Europe giving a suspicious amount of attention to Germany; come October, they'll grace us once again with a West Coast tour. The dates:

09-26 Salzburg, Austria - Salzburger Rocknight
09-27 Zwickau, Germany - Festival
09-29 Ludwigsburg, Germany - Waldhaus Club
10-02 Nurtingen, Germany - Bloodculture Festival
10-03 Leonberg, Germany - Bloodculture Festival Part 2
10-04 Kanzach, Germany - Go In Club
10-07 Reutlingen, Germany - Irish Pub
10-08 Tubingen, Germany - Epplehaus
10-10 Heidelberg, Germany - Schwimmbad Club
10-11 Hof, Germany - TBA
10-12 Chemnitz, Germany - TBA
10-13 Dresden, Germany - TBA
10-14 Leipzig, Germany - TBA
10-15 Berlin, Germany - TBA
10-17 Wismar, Germany - TBA
10-18 Vechta, Germany - TBA
10-19 Oldenburg, Germany - TBA
10-20 Bremen, Germany - TBA
10-21 Hattingen, Germany - TBA
10-22 Brighton, England - TBA
10-23 London, England - TBA
10-24 London, England - TBA
10-25 Nottingham, England - TBA
10-26 Leeds, England - TBA
10-27 Manchester, England - TBA
10-28 Liverpool, England - TBA
10-30 Amsterdam, Netherlands - TBA
10-31 Norden, Germany - TBA
11-14 Seattle, WA - TBA
11-15 Anacortes, WA - Dept. of Safety
11-17 San Francisco, CA - Make Out Room
11-18 San Luis Obispo, CA - Z-Pie
11-19 San Francisco, CA - Hotel Utah
11-20 Los Angeles, CA - Sea Level Records
11-22 Portland, OR - Nocturnal