Pitchfork: I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness Tour

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness Tour

Ahh, summer's in the air. Time for strolling leisurely on the beach, be-flip-flopped and carefree, the world one giant beachball floating through the air on the wings of a summer wind. Could there be a more ideal season for Britt Daniel's mopey Austin homies I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness? After all, the sun gives you cancer and the ocean is filled with man-eating sharks, so put that boogie board away and head over to the dark, smoky womb of your local rock club.

Hot on the heels of their winter-friendly debut LP, Fear Is on Our Side, as well as an East Coast tour, the quartet kicks off another trek next week.

Have you seen their awesome inverted-cross-heart logo? If we still had a Trapper Keeper, we'd totally be drawing that all over it.

I love you but I've chosen dates:

05-11 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington #
05-17 Marfa, TX - The Ballroom
05-18 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress *
05-19 San Diego, CA - The Casbah *
05-20 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo *
05-22 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
05-23 Sacramento, CA - Junta *
05-24 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
05-25 Seattle, WA - Husky Union Auditorium (University of Washington) *
05-26 Bellingham, WA - Night Light Lounge *
05-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - Media Club *
05-29 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *
05-30 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive *
05-31 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground *
06-01 Norman, OK - The Opolis
07-19 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
07-22 Paris, France - Le Nouveau Casino
07-23 Chateau de S�di�res, France - Festival de S�di�res &

# with the Essex Green
* with the Rogers Sisters
& with Echo & the Bunnymen

In other news, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness have launched a new website. Check out www.chosendarkness.com and be dazzled by the...well...darkness. It's mostly just a black screen, which I suppose, if nothing else, simply confirms their resolve when it comes to choosing all things dark.

Finally, look for a new video and single for the Fear Is on Our Side track, "According to Plan" this month. The single will include Fear outtake "Close To Here" as well as a new song, "Better Strangers", both previously unreleased. "According to Plan" may not end up being this summer's "Hey Ya" but it deserves at least to be this summer's "Slow Hands".