Casiotone for the Painfully Alone Plans Album, Tour

What we didn't report was that the single now has a release date. And that release date is...today. So get thee to yr local record emporium, because the 7" version of "Young Shields" is limited to only 1000 copies.

We also relayed the info that CFTPA would be revamping his sound and production style for his fourth album, Etiquette, which is due out this March on Tomlab. "I was very inspired by bands with instantly recognizable aesthetics-- bands like Suicide, Big Black, or Young Marble Giants," Ashworth told a press release. "The thing is, bands like that break up, and I wasn't done writing songs, but I also didn't want to start over with a new band or become a proper singer/songwriter who sits down when he plays shows and puts his face on his record covers...I was ready to try more interesting arrangements and grander flourishes and use other musicians and singers and that's what Etiquette is. I think it's the best thing I've done, too."

Miss Manners says "Tracklist":

01 Etiquette I.D.
02 New Year's Kiss
03 Young Shields
04 I Love Creedence
05 Nashville Parthenon
06 Scattered Pearls
07 Happy Mother's Day
08 Holly Hobby (Version)
09 Cold White Christmas
10 Bobby Malone Moves Home
11 Don't They Have Payphones Wherever You Were Last Night
12 Love Connection

To spread his new vibe on a more personal level, CFTPA will spend this March on the road with the Donkeys. (That would be the opening band, not his pet keyboards or something.) Before launching the tour, however, he will perform a one-off show in his new hometown, Chicago.

Twinkle echo:

02-10 Chicago, IL - Ida Noyes Third Floor Theater (University of Chicago) *
03-03 Los Angeles, CA - The Smell #
03-05 San Diego, CA - Che Café #
03-06 Phoenix, AZ - Trunk Space #
03-08 Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory #
03-09 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves #
03-11 Houston, TX - The Proletariat #
03-15 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light #
03-16 Chapel Hill, NC - Nightlight #
03-19 Philadelphia, PA - Kensington South Community Development Corp #
03-21 New York, NY - Cake Shop #
03-22 Brooklyn, NY - Glasshouse Gallery #
03-23 Northampton, MA - Gallery TK #
03-24 Somerville, MA - Pa's Lounge #
03-25 Albany, NY - Valentine's #
03-28 Grand Rapids, MI - DAAC #
03-30 St Louis, MO - Lemp Arts #
04-01 Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen #

* with Saturday Looks Good To Me, The Passerines
# with the Donkeys

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