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In the spirit of celebrating Christmas in July, the Long Winters are releasing their newest album this summer on Barsuk Records. The follow up to last year's Ultimatum EP and 2003's When I Pretend to Fall will be released July 25 and will be titled Putting the Days to Bed.

According to a press release, Long Winters songwriter John Roderick wrote the album with the philosophy "I like chairs that don't creak and songs that don't suck" in mind, which we can only assume means there will be no Akron/Family-style furniture percussion on the album. It does, however, "combine the lyrical intimacy and melodic complexity of the Ultimatum EP with the guitar pop rave-ups of the band's previous full lengths," according to a press release. All that it's missing are the sexual nuances of early Arcade Fire.

Chairs are for sitting:

01 Pushover
02 Fire Island, AK
03 Teaspoon
04 Hindsight
05 Sky Is Open
06 Honest
07 Clouds
08 Rich Wife
09 Ultimatum
10 (It's a) Departure
11 Seven

Enjoying the presence of new member Jonathan Rothman and keen on erasing the memory of their fall tour with Keane, the Winters are about to hit the road again for a short European tour with Centro-Matic. Expect more dates to be announced in the not-too-distant future.

Short summer:

05-09 London, England - Borderline *#
05-10 Cardiff, Wales - Buffalo Bar *
05-11 Glasgow, Scotland - Cathouse *
05-12 Hull, England - Adelphi *
05-13 Exeter, England - Cavern Club *
05-14 Newport, Wales - Meze Lounge *
05-15 London, England - Water Rats Theatre *
05-16 Brussels, Belgium - AB Box *
05-18 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown *
05-20 Heythuysen, Netherlands - Tom Tom *
05-21 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli *
05-22 Zichem, Belgium - Den Hemel *
05-23 Darmstadt, Germany - Oetinger Villa *
05-24 Winterthur, Switzerland - Gaswerk *
05-26 Familacao, Portugal - Casa Das Artes *
05-27 Bilbao, Spain - Kafe Antzoki *
05-29 Madrid, Spain - Moby Dick *
05-30 Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain - Café Poniente *
05-31 Mallorca, Spain - Teatre Lloseta *
06-01 Zaragoza, Spain - Casa del Loco *
06-04 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound *

* with Centro-Matic
# with the Gourds