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We can't really refer to Austin's Peter and the Wolf as Austin's Peter and the Wolf anymore. Seems P&tW string-puller Red Hunter read some Thoreau recently, because the man has decided to forsake his home and all his worldly possessions and live the nomadic life of a traveling troubadour. Now he is, simply, the world's Peter and the Wolf.

Hence, Lightness, the title of Peter and the Wolf's debut record, which hits stores on Halloween (October 31) via the Worker's Institute. The disc features 16 tracks addressing such topics as: nature and stuff.

Lucky for you Peter has not forsaken his guitar, a bruised and duct-taped old thing, and he's taking it to a city near you soon. We can't really refer to this as a tour launch, because from now on, life for Peter and the Wolf is one big, neverending tour. Man, that's heavy.

Lightness:

01 Midnight Train
02 The Ivy
03 Safe Travels
04 My Grey Overcoat
05 The Highway
06 The Owl
07 Anna Maria
08 The Bonsai Tree
09 The Apple Tree
10 Canada
11 Dear Old Robyn
12 The Captain
13 Black Saltwater
14 Holy Water
15 Silent Movies
16 Lightness

Peter and the open road:

10-27 Winston-Salem, NC - The Garage
10-28 Charlottesville, VA - Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
10-29 Baltimore, MD - Talking Head
10-30 Somerville, MA - P.A.'s Lounge
10-31 New York, NY - Knitting Factory Tap Bar (CMJ)
11-01 New York, NY - Pianos (CMJ)
11-03 Rochester, NY - Bullwinkle's *
11-04 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place #
11-05 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks ^
11-07 Bloomington, IN - Art Hospital
11-08 Detroit, MI - Lager House
11-09 Cincinnati, OH - Alchemize
11-21 Dallas, TX - Club Dada

* with Josephine Foster
# with Califone
^ with Beach House, Over the Atlantic