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It's shaping up to be quite an epic battle between the forces of Happy and the forces of Sad on the upcoming Peter Bjorn and John/Clientele tour. Previously the odds seemed turned in favor of the sunny-day Swedes, who had cunningly sabotaged the most recent Clientele album (this year's God Save the Clientele), turning it into something that's actually rather upbeat and thus an ally to Happy.

Now the scales have tipped once again, as gloom-addled songstress Marissa Nadler has joined the war of moods for seven late-September engagements. If Nadler's latest piece, Songs III: Bird on the Water, provides us any clues, the lady will most assuredly lend her woebegone talents to the cause of Sad. Will Nadler and the Clientele's back catalog cast all in melancholy's shadow? Or will PB&J rally the troops with that ubiquitous battle cry, the one that involves forcing air through pursed lips? The suspense!

Before jumping into the PBJ fray, Nadler has a series of training exercises, with the latest set for August 28 in Santa Cruz.

Marissa explains it all:

08-28 Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place
08-29 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern
08-31 Portland, OR - The Artistery
09-01 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern
09-04 Minneapolis, MN - 331 Club
09-05 Chicago, IL - Ronny's
09-06 Grand Rapids, MI - DAAC
09-07 Toronto, Ontario - Sneaky Dee's
09-08 Buffalo, NY - Soundlab
09-09 Bennington, VT - Bennington College
09-10 Portland, ME - Space Gallery
09-11 Boston, MA - Middle East Club
09-13 Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool
09-14 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
09-15 Philadelphia, PA - Side Chapel at First Unitarian Church
09-17 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre *
09-18 San Francisco, CA - Warfield *
09-19 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
09-20 Seattle, WA - Showbox *
09-21 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore *
09-24 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
09-25 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre *

* with Peter Bjorn and John, the Clientele