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Bird nerds Shearwater have extended their tour in support of the Rook LP, which comes out June 3 via Matador. The band has announced a set of shows with Frog Eyes and Evangelicals in mid-June, after they are done accompanying Clinic on their May tour.

Anchoring Shearwater's new dates are special appearances in NYC and Austin, Texas (the band's hometown), where they will play Rook in its entirety with accompaniment from woodwinds, trumpets, a harpist, and a string quartet. These shows also will feature Rook cover artists Kahn & Selesnick doing projections. A limited edition 7" featuring Rook's "Rooks" and non-album track "The Rainbow" (a previously unreleased Talk Talk cover) will be for sale at both of these shows.

Both Frog Eyes and Evangelicals have dates on their own (and together) as well.

And as an added bonus, here are clips of lead Shearwater dude Jonathan Meiburg down in the Falkland Islands, working with a team of bird researchers studying the rare Striated Caracaras (aka "Johnny Rooks"). Those babies may be cute, but be careful-- they're birds of prey.

Shearwater:

05-05 New York, NY - Florence Gould Hall (performing Rook) $
05-07 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse !
05-09 Boston, MA - Paradise *
05-10 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rosa *
05-11 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *
05-12 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
05-13 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *
05-14 Fargo, ND - Aquarium %
05-16 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
05-17 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards *
05-18 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
05-19 San Francisco, CA - Independent *
05-20 West Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour *
05-29 Austin, TX - The Parish (performing Rook)
06-13 Atlanta, GA - Earl
06-14 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
06-15 Washington, DC - Black Cat &
06-17 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's ^
06-19 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg #
06-20 Cambridge, MA - T.T. the Bear's Place #
06-21 Danbury, CT - Heirloom Arts Theatre #
06-22 Montreal, Quebec - Lambi #
06-23 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern #
06-24 Chicago, IL - Mansion #
06-27 Fort Worth, TX - Lola's
06-28 Austin, TX - Mohawk

$ with Michael Gira
! with Jennifer O'Connor
* with Clinic
% with Heavenly States, Poison Control Center
& with Cryptacize
^ with Centro-Matic
# with Frog Eyes, Evangelicals

Frog Eyes:

06-06 San Francisco, CA - Café Du Nord
06-07 Los Angeles, CA - Echo
06-12 Austin, TX - Club DeVille #
06-13 Dallas, TX - Club Dada #
06-14 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone #
06-16 Washington, DC - Black Cat #!
06-18 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's #
06-23 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern

# with Evangelicals
! with Firewater

Evangelicals:

05-21 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
05-22 Oslo, Norway - Spasibar
05-23 Goteborg, Sweden - Pusterviksbaren
05-24 Kopenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
05-25 Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
05-26 Berlin, Germany - White Trash
05-27 Cologne, Germany - Werkstatt *
05-28 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
05-29 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera
05-30 Utretch, Netherlands - Ekko
05-31 Paris, France - Flech D'or
06-02 Capri - Modena, Italy - Mattaoio
06-05 Fribourg, Switzerland - Le Transformateur
06-06 Aarau, Switzerland - Club Flosserplatz
06-07 Glasgow, Scotland- Captains Rest
06-08 Dublin, Ireland - Whelans 0
06-09 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Auntie Anni

* with Bishop Allen