King Kong Release New LP, Tour

Louisville weirdoes King Kong will go concept-free on Buncha Beans, their first album in five years. Though previous records have included storylines about a caveman and his love for a yak and a spaceman and his obsession with the imaginary Planet Kong, Beans is simply a collection of songs with some of the requisite King Kong themes, including animals and weather.

Will Oldham's brother and fellow Kentuckian Paul Oldham helped produce Buncha Beans at his Rove Studio.

Drag City will release Buncha Beans on March 20, when King Kong will not coincidentally begin a little tour of the Midwest and East Coast in their hometown.

Tracklist:

01 Bulldozers
02 Freak Off You
03 Hungry Tiger
04 Bug Make
05 Sue Na Mi
06 Cirque du Blasé
07 Monkey Business
08 Tough Guys
09 Orange Ocean
10 Buncha Beans
11 Ride the Funky Mule

Dates:

03-20 Louisville, KY - Ear-X-tacy (in-store)
03-20 Louisville, KY - Seidenfaden's (record release show)
04-06 Louisville, KY - Lisa's Oak Street Lounge
04-07 Bloomington, IN - Art Hospital
04-09 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
04-10 Lansing, MI - Mac's Bar
04-11 Newport, KY - Southgate House
04-12 Cleveland, OH - Parish Hall
04-13 Morgantown, WV - 123 Pleasant Street
04-14 Baltimore, MD - Floristree
04-15 Arlington, VA - Iota
04-16 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall
04-17 Boston, MA - Middle East
04-18 Philadelphia, PA - Khyber
04-19 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
04-20 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light
04-21 Louisville, KY - Quanset Hut
05-04 Louisville, KY - Pour Haus