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Some want the art. Some want the politics. Fugazi brought both when they were around, and now that the band is gone (but not really, right guys? Right?), the band members are bringing them individually.

Brendan Canty and Guy Picciotto have been busy producing bands like the Thermals and Blood Brothers, respectively. Ian MacKaye has Dischord work and the Evens (who are prepping the follow-up to their self-titled debut for a tentative fall release) to keep him busy. And now bass player Joe Lally-- founder of the Fugazi Live Series and the now-defunct Tolotta Records (which released albums by Dead Meadow and Orthrelm)-- is releasing his solo debut.

There to Here is the album's title, and it is set for a tentative October 9 release on Dischord. MacKaye recorded the album at the Dischord House and at Don Zientara's Inner Ear Studios, where the veteran D.C. producer contributed his services as well. Lally wrote the album in addition to playing bass and singing, and contributors to the record include MacKaye and Picciotto as well as Eddie Janney (Rites of Spring, One Last Wish), Jason Kourkounis (Hot Snakes), Amy Farina (The Evens) and Jerry Busher, who played drums on Fugazi's The Argument and toured with the band as a second drummer. The tracklist for the album is listed after the jump.

There to Here:

01 Reason to Believe
02 The Resigned
03 Sons and Daughters
04 Like a Baby
05 Lidia's Song
06 Billiards
07 X-Ray the Lullaby
08 There to Here
09 Pick a War
10 Message From Earth
11 Factory Warranty
12 Perforated Line
13 All Must Pay

Lally will be spending a good deal of his summer on tour, starting August 5 at the Warehouse Next Door in Washington, DC, where he will be playing one song as part of a benefit for the Alkem Foundation, "a privately funded non-profit organization providing free internet resources and support for artists, musicians, and creative visionaries." After that, he'll be hitting the road with Antelope, playing a date with former Shudder to Think frontman Craig Wedren along the way.

Here to there:

08-10 Washington, DC - Fort Reno *
08-19 Washington, DC - Black Cat ^
09-11 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church ~
09-12 New York, NY - Knitting Factory ~
09-13 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place ~
09-15 Chicago, IL - South Union Arts ~
09-16 Dekalb, IL - The House Cafe ~
09-17 Grand Rapids, MI - Division Ave. Arts Cooperative ~
09-18 Detroit, MI - Bohemian National Home ~
09-19 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks #~
09-22 Stevens Point, WI - University of Wisconsin

* with the Caribbean, Sons of Disobedience
^ with the Hard Tomorrows, Jinxed at Twelve
~ with Antelope
# with Craig Wedren