Pitchfork: Get Him Eat Him to Release LP, EP, Tour

It's a cruel world for the Pitchfork critic. Writing. Reading press packet one-sheets. Preparing lunch on the hot plate. Writing. Enduring the wrath of bloggers the world over. Writing. Calling his/her only friend on the telephone. Doubt. Loneliness. Writing.

That's why some Pitchforkers do other things with their lives. Take Matt LeMay, who largely disappeared from the album staff spotlight a little over a year ago. He's been working with a band. Cooperating with others. The group, called Get Him Eat Him, have moved fast, opening shows for the Arcade Fire and Frog Eyes, recording a song for a Magnetic Fields tribute album (see www.itsmeaningless.com), signing to Absolutely Kosher, and recording an LP in five and a half days at John Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone Studios. Geography Cones, which was produced by Jay Pellicci (who also manned the boards on Deerhoof's Apple O) will be released on July 26. It comes complete with some jittery pop songs:

01 The Celebration
02 One Word
03 Pardon My French
04 Not Not Nervous
05 Mumble Mumble
06 Separate States
07 (Interlude)
08 Shirt Like a Couch
09 Bad Thoughts
10 Posture
11 Metal Splinters
12 Early Scarlet Globes

Get Him Eat Him will also be making their way across the country, playing shows with the Constantines, Sparrow, and the Wrens:

07-07 Allston, MA - Great Scott *
07-08 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge *
07-09 Brooklyn, NY - Southpaw *
07-10 Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar *
07-12 Columbus, OH - Cafe Bourbon Street
07-13 Chicago, IL - Subterranean ^
07-14 Indianapolis, IN - The Patio ^%
07-15 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick ^%
07-16 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock ^%
07-19 Denver, CO - Benders Tavern
07-21 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
07-28 Portland, OR - Holocene
07-31 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern
08-02 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
08-05 Visalia, CA - Howie & Sons
08-08 Los Angeles, CA - Ghetto Gloss
08-09 San Diego, CA - Che Cafe
08-12 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
08-13 Austin, TX - Trophy's
08-14 Houston, TX - Super Happy Fun Land
08-15 Baton Rouge, LA - Red Star
08-18 Athens, GA - TBA
08-20 Charleston, SC - Redux
08-22 Washington, DC - Warehouse Next Door

* with the Constantines, Oxford Collapse
^ with Sparrow
% with the Wrens

They're also gonna have a self-released disc called The Rude Reach EP with them. If you want to strike up a conversation at the merch table, we suggest starting with "Hey, are you that guy from that one thing?" EP tracklist:

01 Patronage
02 Stilts
03 Leaders In Doubt
04 Just So

Note that the band are still trying to book shows/instores/house parties in Boise, Little Rock, Seattle, Denver, Austin, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh. Feel free to e-mail matt@gethimeathim.com to set something up. The critics ain't lonely no more.

* Absolutely Kosher: http://www.absolutelykosher.com