Pitchfork: French Kicks Announce Short Tour

It's difficult to say where the French Kicks consider themselves in the whole of the music industry today. A success story of sorts, these trendy New Yorkers abandoned a brief interest in garage rock for a follow up completely inconsistent with any sound they had ever touched on before. The Trial of the Century, their sophmore effort, is not only well-produced but cleansed of that backyard rock stronghold for good.

It's been over a year since the release of that album. A few solo tours, an opening slot on Keane's tour, and several festival appearances later it seems the French Kicks enjoy the hype-- it just seems they forgot where they came from.

Dipping into a variety of fanbases, this time around the French Kicks will attempt to transform alternative rock teenyboppers into hipsters for a brief moment on tour with the Get Up Kids-- thrice an opportunity next week. The run is followed by several more solo dates in July, but not before a more honorable appearance with My Morning Jacket in Chicago this weekend.

The dates:

06-18 Chicago, IL - Taste of Randolph Street
06-22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
06-23 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *
06-24 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
07-20 Cleveland, OH - Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
07-21 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
07-22 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
07-23 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Fun House/Theatre

* with the Get Up Kids and Engine Down