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The weather's getting mighty chilly, but fear not-- Devastations have it covered. On October 24, the Australian-turned-German trio will burn some Coal in the U.S., courtesy of Brassland Records. Having a working website though...well that's another story.

So who are these Devastations and why should you care? Well, they've worked with Liars and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O on her shelved solo album. (Yes, Karen O was working on a solo album at some point. No, we don't know what happened to it.) And they sound a lot like Nick Cave.

In support of the album, which landed in Europe last month via Beggars Banquet, Devastations will make their way to North America for a tour alongside the Drones and Favourite Sons. Squeezed on both sides of jaunt are a handful of European shows.

Tracklist:

01 Sex and Mayhem
02 Night I Couldn't Stop Crying
03 I Don't Want to Lose You Tonight
04 Coal
05 Terrified
06 Take You Home
07 Cormina
08 Man of Fortune
09 What's a Place Like That Doing in a Girl Like You?
10 Dance with Me

Dates:

10-22 London, England - Luminaire
10-23 Manchester, England - Big Hands
10-24 London, England - Camden Barfly
10-26 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
10-27 New York, NY - Knitting Factory
10-28 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's #^
10-30 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge %
10-31 Cambridge, MA - TT the Bears #^
11-01 Brooklyn, NY - Sound Fix (instore performance) #
11-02 New York, NY - White Rabbit (CMJ Music Marathon, Gothamist.com day party)
11-03 New York, NY - R&R (CMJ Music Marathon) &
11-04 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo #^
11-06 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle #^
11-07 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry #^
11-10 Vancouver, British Columbia - Media Club #^
11-11 Seattle, WA - Crocodile #^
11-12 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge #^
11-14 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill #^
11-15 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland Ballroom (Club NME) #^
11-17 San Diego, CA - Casbah #^
12-10 London, England - Luminaire @
12-12 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
12-13 Groningen, the Netherlands - Vera
12-14 Tilburg, the Netherlands - Cul de Sac
12-15 Den Haag, the Netherlands - State-X New Forms
12-17 Munich, Germany - Atomic Cafe
12-18 Cologne, Germany - Prime Club
12-19 Hamburg, Germany - Molotow
12-20 Berlin, Germany - Magnet
12-21 Dresden, Germany - Star Club

* with the National
# with the Drones
^ with Favourite Sons
% with Earlimart
& with Beat the Devil, SSM, the Grates, the Airborne Toxic Event
@ with Damien Jurado