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If it seems like a while since we've heard from Washington, D.C.'s Apes, rest assured, they haven't just been monkeyin' around (sorry). Rather, they've replaced longtime lead singer Paul Weil with visual artist/new vocalist Breck Brunson (great name, BTW) and busied themselves with some Ghost Games, which they'll release on CD and LP February 19 via Gypsy Eyes.

You can expect your Ghost Games CD and your Ghost Games vinyl to look vastly different, and not just because one is like four times bigger: the discs will come with different artwork. And, in the spirit of overdoing it on the creative tip, you can expect a bunch of videos for Ghost Games' tracks to emerge shortly, courtesy of a number of the band's craftier friends. The first, "Dr. Watcher", is available for Dr. watching below. Find more here.

And what's a new album without a brand new tour? Those Apes head out in support of Ghost Games tonight (February 12), joined at a number of stops by Anticon artist Sole and elsewhere by the rowdy An Albatross.

Ghost Games:

01 Practice Hiding
02 Beat of the Double
03 Walk Thru Walls
04 Which Witch Wuz
05 Dr. Watcher
06 Green Grease
07 Speech Reach
08 Info Ghost
09 Fade Out
10 G.R.F.
11 First Light

Apes:

02-12 Purchase, NY - SUNY Purchase *
02-13 Philadelphia, PA - Silk City
02-14 New York, NY - Cake Shop #
02-15 Boston, MA - Harper's Ferry *^
02-16 Providence, RI - The Living Room *^
02-17 Winooski, VT - Monkey Bar
02-19 Rochester, NY - Bug Jar
02-20 Buffalo, NY - Soundlab
02-21 Southfield, MI - Porphyria
02-22 Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub *^
02-23 Columbus, OH - Bourbon Street
02-29 Washington, DC - Black Cat
03-07 Richmond, VA - The Camel %
03-08 Raleigh, NC - Downtown Center %
03-09 Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern %
03-10 Athens, GA - Caledonia Lounge %
03-11 Chattanooga, TN - JJ's Bohemia %
03-12 Huntsville, AL - Flying Monkey Arts %
03-13 Houston, TX - The Mink %
03-14 Austin, TX - Flamingo Cantina (Panache/Lovepump SXSW showcase) $
03-15 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-16 Austin, TX - Beerland (SXSW party)
03-16 Austin, TX - Rubber Gloves %
03-17 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
03-18 St. Louis, MO - 2 Cents Plain %
03-19 Minneapolis, MN - Uptown Bar %
03-20 Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen %
03-21 Akron, OH - Musica
03-22 Wilkes-Barre, PA - Cafe Metropolis %
03-23 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY - Bard College %

* with Sole
# with These Are Powers, Mixel Pixel
^ with Telephone Jim Jesus
% with An Albatross
$ with HEALTH, Monotonix, Old Time Relijun, RTX, Clipd Beaks