Pitchfork

Swank, sophisticated, swoon-worthy; these are just some of the words one might use to describe former Pulp and Longpigs guitarist Richard Hawley. And that's just the ones that start with "s"!

Hawley is set to issue his fifth solo set, Lady's Bridge, August 20 in the UK and October 2 in the U.S. thanks to Mute. The album, an elegiac ode to Hawley's native Sheffield, England, follows up 2005's stately Mercury Prize nominee Coles Corner.

Hawley's got a few UK dates sandwiched between the album's intercontinental release dates, which oughta be spry, seductive, and, uh, great.

Lady's Bridge:

01 Valentine
02 Roll River Roll
03 Serious
04 Tonight the Streets are Ours
05 Lady Solitude
06 Dark Road
07 The Sea Calls
08 Lady's Bridge
09 I'm Looking for Someone to Find Me
10 Our Darkness
11 The Sun Refused to Shine

Hawley if ya hear me:

09-02 Southampton, England - Guildhall
09-03 Cambridge, England - Corn Exchange
09-04 Brighton, England - Dome
09-05 London, England - The Roundhouse
09-07 Birmingham, England - Symphony Hall
09-08 Liverpool, England - Philharmonic Hall
09-09 Oxford, England - New Theatre
09-10 Bristol, England - Colston Hall
09-12 Sheffield, England - City Hall
09-14 Edinburgh, Scotland - Queens Hall
09-16 Glasgow, Scotland - City Halls
09-17 Gateshead, England - The Sage
09-19 Leicester, England - De Montfort Hall
09-20 Bradford, England - St. George's Hall
09-21 Manchester, England - Bridgewater Hall