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Comets on Fire lead singer/co-founder Ethan Miller's Howlin Rain will unleash a downpour of San Fran psych rock from coast to coast next year, when the act's new label American Recordings (under the Columbia umbrella) joins with its old label Birdman to release Magnificent Fiend on CD and LP.

The new disc from Rick Rubin's latest signees is due sometime in the coming spring. A vinyl reissue of the band's self-titled debut will reportedly also emerge around the same time, whenever that may be. These left coasters and their laissez-faire attitude, I tell ya.

Watch for the Rain to move eastward along the Gulf Stream over the next few weeks, as the band heads from Cali to Europe to close out 2007.

Make it Rain:

11-16 Grass Valley, CA - St. Joseph's
11-17 San Francisco, CA - Amnesia
11-25 London, England - Scala *
11-26 Nottingham, England - The Maze
11-27 Aberdeen, Scotland - Lemon Tree
11-28 Glasgow, Scotland - Mono
12-01 Ghent, Belgium - Pauze Festival
12-02 Utrecht, Netherlands - DB's Studio
12-03 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
12-04 Aarhus, Denmark - Spanien 19C
12-05 Gothenburg, Sweden - Pusterviksbaren
12-06 Malmö, Sweden - Debaser
12-07 Oslo, Norway - The Garade
12-08 Stockholm, Sweden - Nalen

* with Damon and Naomi, Sunburned Hand of the Man