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Photo by Brian Gossman

Quiet as it's been kept, a couple years have passed since Baltimore's pithy art-rock troupe Wilderness, fresh from the release of their Vessel States LP, announced they'd be taking a hiatus. But, just like that, Wilderness are back, with a few shows, a new art-inspired work, and soon enough, another album. Welcome back, Wilderness! It's like you never left.

First up is a gig March 10-- hey, today!-- at New York's Seventh Regiment Armory. Their hour-long set of all-new material will be a collaboration with visual artist Charles Long, as part of the Whitney Biennial. Long will oversee video projections during Wilderness' performance.

Wilderness will use this new work as the jump-off for an album they'll record in April. But not before hitting the road for a smattering of shows.

Somehow they made it through-ooh-ooh:

03-10 New York, NY - Seventh Regiment Armory (with Charles Long)
03-12 Portland, ME - Space !
03-13 Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool *
03-16 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
03-19 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's !
03-21 Baltimore, MD - Floristree !#
04-10 San Francisco, CA - 12 Galaxies ^
04-14 San Diego, CA - Casbah $

! with Micah Blue Smaldone
* with Nat Baldwin
# with These Are Powers
^ with Scout Niblett
$ with Kill Me Tomorrow