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Chicago post-rock three-piece Dianogah and indie-folk whistler/heartthrob Andrew Bird go way back. Dianogah member Jay Ryan is an accomplished designer and visual artist (you might recognize his work from our Pitchfork Music Festival posters and t-shirts), and he's created many album covers and posters for Bird over the years.

Last year, Bird and Dianogah teamed up for a Daytrotter session, and tomorrow night, February 28, they'll perform together at a Barack Obama benefit show at the Hideout in Chicago. But the collaboration has now stretched to Dianogah's new album. Unpronounceably titled qhnnnl, the record features Bird's contributions on four songs: "a breaks b", "andrew jackson", "sprinter", and "es posible fuego?". Yes, all of that is supposed to be in lower case.

Southern will release qhnnnl in the U.S. on June 10 and in Europe on June 16. In addition to Andrew Bird, the album also features guitarist Billy Smith (Hubcap), vocalist Stephanie Morris (the Pawners' Society, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir), and Mark Greenberg.

Dianogah will play a record release party with all of the record's guests at the Hideout on May 31, and the show will serve double duty as the only place to pick up qhnnnl prior to its proper release.

Bird just has a few dates scheduled, including the MusicNOW and All Points West festivals.

qhnnnl:

01 oneone
02 a breaks b
03 qhnnnl
04 andrew jackson
05 sprinter
06 i like juice in a shark suit
07 es posible fuego?
08 you might go off
09 snowpants
10 puma
11 song you hate
12 mongrel

Andrew Bird / Dianogah:

02-28 Chicago, IL - The Hideout (Obama benefit)
05-31 Chicago, IL - The Hideout (record release party) (with Billy Smith, Stephanie Morris, Mark Greenberg)

Andrew Bird:

04-05 Cincinnati, OH - Memorial Hall ^
04-26 London, England - Indigo2 !
08-08 Jersey City, NJ - All Points West Festival

^ with Grizzly Bear
! with Loney, Dear