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Tonight, bevy of Brooklynite key-pressin' beauties Au Revoir Simone will set off on a lark through the violent yet flammable world, furthering their France fetish, pairing them with their pals in pop-polish Peter Bjorn and John and Voxtrot, and giving them a chance to get uncomfortably close to Au Revoir aficionado David Lynch.

Shhh, don't tell: ARS's second full-length exercise in understatement, The Bird of Music, finally sees its previously-announced U.S. release May 15 from the band's own Our Secret Record Company. Or it can be yours through a few popular digital music emporiums right now if you're so inclined to seek it out.

Au revoir, ladies:

04-18 London, England - KOKO *
04-19 Poitiers, France - Confort Moderne
04-20 Lille, France - La Cave aux Poetes
04-21 Angoulême, France - La Nef
04-22 Toulouse, France - KLEO
04-24 Angers, France - Le Chabada (Les Femmes S'en Mêlent Festival)
04-25 Bordeaux, France - 4 SANS (Les Femmes S'en Mêlent Festival)
04-26 Limoges, France - CCM John Lennon (Les Femmes S'en Mêlent)
04-27 Vendôme, France - Chapelle Saint-Jacques (Les Femmes S'en Mêlent)
04-28 Saint Lo, France - Le Normandy (Les Femmes S'en Mêlent)
04-30 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #
05-01 New York, NY - Webster Hall #
05-02 New York, NY - Webster Hall #
05-03 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts #
05-04 Boston, MA - Paradise #
05-05 Montreal, Quebec - Theatre National #
05-07 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center #
05-08 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle #
05-09 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #
05-12 London, England - UCE
05-13 Liverpool, England - Korova
05-14 Dublin, Ireland - Wheland
05-15 Glasgow, Scotland - Admiral Bar
05-16 Leeds, England - Cockpit
05-18 Birmingham, England - The Glee Club
05-19 Nottingham, England - Stealth
05-20 London, England - Luminaire
05-21 Paris, France - Fondation Cartier (curated event with David Lynch)
05-25 Austin, Texas - Emo's %
05-27 Phoenix, AZ - Anderson's %
05-29 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey %
05-30 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall %
06-01 Portland, OR - Doug Fir %
06-02 Seattle, WA - Crocodile %
06-05 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock %.
06-06 Grand Rapids, MI - Intersection %
06-07 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick %
06-08 Toronto, Ontario - Sneaky Dee's %
06-09 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa %
06-10 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place %
06-11 Cleveland, OH - Beachland %
06-12 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar %
06-13 Washington, DC - Black Cat %
06-14 Boston, MA - Middle East %
06-15 New York, NY - Webster Hall %
06-23 Paris, France - Le Trabendo
06-24 Arnhem, The Netherlands - Arnhem Fashion Biennale
07-02 Tokyo, Japan - O-Nest
07-03 Yokohama, Japan - Club 24
07-04 Nagoya, Japan - K.D. Japon
07-05 Kobe, Japan - Triton Cafe
07-06 Okayama, Japan - TBA
07-07 Kyoto, Japan - Urbanguild
07-08 Kanazawa, Japan - Social

* with Camera Obscura
# with Peter Bjorn & John
% with Voxtrot