Pitchfork

Asthmatic Kitty four-piece Shapes and Sizes are almost finished recording their second full-length for a late spring release, but they have plenty to keep them busy until then. First up is a U.S. tour, which kicks off December 1 in Missoula, Montana and ends in San Francisco on December 21.

Then, on January 23, the band will inaugurate Asthmatic Kitty's Unusual Animals series of split 7"s, aimed at "exploring some of Asthmatic Kitty's more experimental leanings," according to a press release. Unusual Animals Vol. 1 will feature Shapes and Sizes' "Jinker/That Fat Hand" on the A-side and the Weird Weeds' "Hold in the Light" on the B-side. Future pairings for the series will include Castanets with Dirty Projectors and Half-Handed Cloud with Ariel Pink.

The label has made both tracks from Unusual Animals Vol. 1 available for stream here. "Jinker/That Fat Hand" is a loose, Akron/Family-style jam, and "Hold in the Light" sounds a lot like it, albeit with fewer drums. "Experimental leanings" = starting out formless and only discovering the song's chorus at the end.

Dates:

12-01 Missoula, MT - The Loft
12-02 Billings, MT - Venture Theatre
12-04 Fargo, ND - Aquarium
12-05 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry
12-06 Madison, WI - Café Montmartre
12-07 Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
12-08 Urbana, IL - Courtyard Café *
12-09 Columbus, OH - Andyman's Treehouse
12-10 Covington, KY - Southgate House
12-11 Muncie, IN - Village Green Records #
12-12 Bloomington, IN - TBA
12-14 Austin, TX - Emo's ^
12-15 Dallas, TX - The Cavern
12-16 Odessa, TX - The Roadhouse
12-17 Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts $
12-19 San Diego, CA - Che Café %
12-20 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
12-21 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill

* with Headlights
# with Arrah and the Ferns, This Story
^ with Weird Weeds
$ with Dressy Bessy
% with Rafter and Friends, Bunky