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It's been a minute since we've heard from Insound's Tour Support series, which issued limited batches of goodies from Bright Eyes, Ted Leo, the Rapture, and others at the beginning of the decade. But now, after a three year hiatus, it's back as Tour Support 2.0, and Insound has picked a winner for the triumphant return: a baker's dozen of live tracks from Portlandic punk-pop powerhouse the Thermals.

The comp, available at live shows and via Insound starting July 3, gathers tracks from a gig at San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill, a few from a studio session at Seattle's KEXP, and a trio of acoustic takes. One of those, "Welcome to the Planet", had only been previously available on one of those Burn to Shine DVDs.

We'll stress again just how limited this edition this truly is, so those of you looking to score one would be advised to jump on that.

In other Thermals release news, Sub Pop is putting out a download/7" single for "A Pillar of Salt" June 4, featuring previously unreleased track "Product Placement", as well as the four-track demos of The Body the Blood the Machine tracks "Pillar" and "St. Rosa and the Swallows".

The kids are in Scotland tonight, with a mess of Euro dates to come before their ever-expanding late-summer U.S. tour. Happy trails, Hutch.

Tour Support 2.0 tracklist :

01 Returning to the Fold (live on KEXP)
02 I Might Need You to Kill (live on KEXP)
03 Here's Your Future (live on KEXP)
04 St. Rosa and the Swallows (live on KEXP)
05 A Stare Like Yours (live at Bottom of the Hill)
06 A Passing Feeling (live at Bottom of the Hill)
07 Brace and Break (Live at Bottom of the Hill)
08 Back to the Sea (live at Bottom of the Hill)
09 Our Trip (live at Bottom of the Hill)
10 Every Stitch (live at Bottom of the Hill)
11 Welcome to the Planet (acoustic)
12 I Know the Pattern (acoustic)
13 A Pillar of Salt (acoustic)

Like the album, only, for real:

05-24 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands *
05-25 Liverpool, England - Carling Academy *
05-27 Nottingham, England - Dot to Dot Festival
05-28 Manchester, England - Ritz *
05-29 London, England - Astoria *
05-30 Brighton, England - Oceam Rooms
05-31 Newport, England - Le Pub
06-05 Bristol, England - Carling Academy *
06-06 Portsmouth, England - Pyramids *
06-07 Wolverhampton, England - Wulfrun Hall *
06-08 Manchester, England - Islington Mill
06-09 Leeds, England - University of Leeds *
06-10 London, England - Water Rats
07-07 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-08 Flensburg, Germany - Volksbad
07-09 Dortmund, Germany - FZW
07-10 Bremen, Germany - Lagerhaus
07-13 Gräfenhainchen, Germany - Melt! Festival
07-14 Herk-de-Stad, Belgium - Rock Herk Festival
07-15 Dour, Belgium - Dour Festival
07-17 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Paradiso
07-19 Tromso, Norway - Buktafestivalen
07-20 Tonsberg, Norway - Slottfjellsfestivalen
07-21 Rüsselsheim, Germany - Phono Pop Festival
07-27 Chicago, IL - Subterranean
08-10 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
08-12 Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Park Pool %

* with the Cribs
% with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Birds of Avalon