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Few things can bring a smile to one's face like a Lucksmiths song, but a Lucksmiths tour certainly is one of them. And a Lucksmiths double-disc compilation, too? Our grins done turned themselves inside out.

First up, Spring a Leak, the aforementioned 2CD set, which collects enough rarities, B-sides, radio sessions, remixes, and non-album potpourri to keep those frowns upside down through next spring (or next fall where they're from).

A joint venture between Santa Barbara indie pop mecca Matinée Recordings and the Lucksmiths' own Australian label Lost and Lonesome Recording Company, Spring also boasts a number of choice covers performed by the Lucksmiths, including tunes originally by the Magnetic Fields, the Modern Lovers, Bee Gees, the Ladybug Transistor, Boyracer, the Siddeleys, the Cat's Miaow, and, yes, the Smiths.

The whole shebang comes out September 10 (a Monday, but hey).

The Lucksmiths will also contribute an exclusive track called "Good Light" to a forthcoming compilation celebrating Matinée Recordings' tenth anniversary.

The festivities continue with a Lucksmiths U.S. tour this fall, kicking off September 21 in Los Angeles. Along the way, the Australian mirth-makers will cross paths with a number of indie-pop luminaries, including the Ladybug Transistor, the Brunettes, and labelmates Math and Physics Club.

Spring a Leak:

Disc one:

01 Falling Off of My Feet Again
02 Point Being
03 The Invention of Ordinary Everyday Things
04 Synchronized Sinking (Radio Session)
05 Postcard
06 The Year of Driving Languorously (Radio Session)
07 Even Stevens (Radio Session)
08 These Is a Light That Never Goes Out
09 Macintyre
10 The Winter Proper
11 Anyone's Guess
12 $30
13 Get Well Now
14 A Hiccup in Your Happiness (Radio Session)
15 Deep Sea Diving Suit
16 Punchlines (Live)
17 Snug (Alternate Version)
18 I Prefer the Twentieth Century (Hydroplane Remix)
19 To Absent Votes
20 Make a Wish
21 Smokers in Love (Live)
22 Are You Having a Good Time?!?!

Disc two:

01 From Macaulay Station
02 I Started a Joke
03 Once Again
04 How to Tie a Tie (Pipas Remix)
05 Rushes of Pure Spring
06 Rue Something
07 Off With His Cardigan! (Radio Session)
08 Camera-Shy (Live)
09 Requiem for the Punters Club
10 Yunta Hair
11 Dignified and Old
12 Caravanna (7" Version)
13 The Thought That Counts
14 Up (7" Version)
15 Boat
16 Broken Bones (Radio Session)
17 Danielle Steel (Live)
18 Dolly
19 Shine on Me (7" Version)
20 Transpontine (Andrew Kaffer Remix)
21 The Tichborne Claimant (Live)
22 I've Got It and It's Not Worth Having
23 Your Favourite Shirt (Demo)

Lucksmiths:

09-21 Los Angeles, CA - El Cid *
09-22 Santa Barbara, CA - Reds Café *
09-23 San Francisco, CA - 12 Galaxies #^
09-24 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe *^
09-25 Portland, OR - Holocene ^+
09-26 Chicago, IL - Schubas %
09-27 Cambridge, MA - T.T. the Bear's Place #$
09-28 New York, NY - The Knitting Factory #$
09-29 Brooklyn, NY - Europa #$
09-30 Washington, DC - DC9 #$
10-01 Durham, NC - Duke Coffeehouse #$
10-02 Athens, GA - Caledonia Lounge $
10-03 New Orleans, LA - TBA
10-04 Austin, TX - Emo's ~

* with Math and Physics Club
# with Still Flyin'
^ with Fred Astereo
+ with Andrew Kaffer
% with the Brunettes, Ferraby Lionheart
$ with the Ladybug Transistor
~ with Our Solar System