Exclusive: Richard Buckner Tours With Six Parts Seven

Photo by Jen Ray

Break out the flannels, the faded blue jeans, the Malboros, and the unkempt facial hair: it's time for a Richard Buckner/Six Parts Seven tour! The prolific Merge Records bard and the stately Suicide Squeeze outfit join forces for a winterlong tour of these United States, part ways for a spell, and then reunite just in time for spring to rattle your hormones.

Not to be confused with Richards Swift, Hell, and Simmons, Richard Buckner plays in support of last year's quite-alright Merge Records release Meadow. 6p7, as the cool kids call 'em, open all dates. They'll then join headliner Buckner to serve as his backing band-- at which point the collective entity will not be known as the Seven Parts Seven, praise the lord.

Six Parts Seven also play some scattered dates sans Buckner. As previously reported, the sextet promotes informal violence with new LP Casually Smashed to Pieces, out January 23 on Suicide Squeeze. If you're feeling all wound up right now, Casually Smashed jam "Night Behind the Stars" (mp3 linked below) should lull you to a state of chilled-out contentedness, perhaps even to chilled-out sleep.

Richard Buckner with Six Parts Seven:

02-17 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall
02-18 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall
02-19 Arlington, VA - Iota Club and Cafe
02-20 Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar
02-21 State College, PA - Roustabout!
02-22 Newport, KY - Southgate House
02-23 Chicago, IL - Schubas
02-26 Iowa City, IA - Picador
02-27 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
02-28 Saint Paul, MN - Turf Club
03-01 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
03-02 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot
03-27 Chattanooga, TN - Lamars
03-28 Memphis, TN - Hitone
03-29 Denton, TX - Dan's Silverleaf
03-30 Austin, TX - Emo's
04-01 Marfa, TX - Ballroom
04-02 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
04-03 Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room
04-04 Los Angeles, CA - TBA
04-05 San Francisco, CA - Café du Nord
04-07 Portland, OR - TBA
04-09 Bellingham, WA - Nightlight Lounge
04-10 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
04-11 Boise, ID - Neurolux
04-13 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge

Six Parts Seven only:

01-23 Akron, OH - Square Records
01-26 Morgantown, WV - 123 Pleasant Street
03-09 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
03-10 Louisville, KY - Pour House
03-11 Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory
03-12 Dallas, TX - Ellum Festival
03-20 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
03-22 Orlando, FL - Backbooth
03-24 Tampa, FL - Cuban Club