[news] Elvis Perkins in Dearland - Doomsday EP

New EP from EPID

Elvis Perkins in Dearland has to be one of the most talented and under-appreciated bands making music right now, and it's a crying shame. EPID's self-titled release is an amazing album, and such an enjoyable listen; why aren't more people talking about it? Announced today, the band will be releasing an EP featuring the track "Doomsday" from their eponymously named LP, along with five never-before released tracks. The EP will be released on October 20, 2009, but you can pre-ordered it now. Elvis Perkins posted this statement about the upcoming release:

"We call this thing The Doomsday EP for obvious reasons, and its middle name to which it also answers is The EP of the Id. Being drawn to the many faces of the American strain it seems we have more or less subconsciously produced a collection speaking to/and or from several of them at once. It's a document of impulses sleeping egos and their superiors let pass to tape. I myself didn't know what these songs sounded like in the hands of EPID until they were processed and played back. You have a song that arrived like the rest of us by boat, a selection from the Sacred Harp, a rock 'n roll heralding the eternal advent of rock 'n roll, an ode to the soul of the undead and, finally (and firstly), two takes on a single song called Doomsday, one which comes from our March release and the other which leans in the direction of its original conception as something of a gospel number . And here they all are, risen from their cribs and graves, under one moonlight while their folks and undertakers look the other way."

Track listing:
Doomsday
Gypsy Davy
Stay Zombie Stay
Stop Drop Rock and Roll
Weeping Mary
Slow Doomsday

Be sure to catch Elvis Perkins in Dearland this Labor Day weekend at Bumbershoot 2009, one of many amazing shows in this year's line-up. More tour dates are posted below.

Fall tour dates:

Sep 3 2009 8:00P	Doug Fir Lounge	Portland, Oregon
Sep 5 2009 8:00P	Bumbershoot Festival	Seattle, Washington
Sep 12 2009 8:00P	B-Side Festival	Murcia
Sep 14 2009 8:00P	Sala El Tren	Granada
Sep 15 2009 8:00P	Black Note	Valencia
Sep 16 2009 8:00P	Sala Apolo	Barcelona
Sep 17 2009 8:00P	Matadero Culture Center	Elche (Alicante)
Sep 18 2009 8:00P	Sala Heineken	Madrid
Sep 20 2009 8:00P	Leffingeleure Festival	Leffinge
Sep 22 2009 8:00P	Scala	London
Sep 24 2009 8:00P	La Marquise	Lyon
Sep 25 2009 8:00P	Osophere Festival - Le Club	Strasbourg
Sep 26 2009 8:00P	Le Grand Mix	Tourcoing (Lille)
Sep 28 2009 8:00P	L’Alhambra	Paris
Oct 2 2009 8:00P	The Casbah	San Diego, California
Oct 3 2009 8:00P	Troubador	Los Angeles, California
Oct 4 2009 8:00P	Strictly Hardly Bluegrass Festival	San Francisco, California
Oct 31 2009 8:00P	Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble	Woodstock, New York
Nov 1 2009 8:00P	Mountain Stage	Charleston, West Virginia
Nov 3 2009 8:00P	The Southern	Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov 4 2009 8:00P	Grey Eagle Tavern and Music Hall	Asheville, North Carolina
Nov 5 2009 8:00P	The Earl	Atlanta, Georgia
Nov 6 2009 8:00P	Cafe 11	St. Augustine, Florida
Nov 7 2009 8:00P	The Social	Orlando, Florida
Nov 9 2009 8:00P	Club Downunder	Tallahassee, Florida
Nov 10 2009 8:00P	Bottletree	Birmingham, Alabama
Nov 11 2009 8:00P	The Parish	New Orleans, Louisiana
Nov 12 2009 8:00P	Walters on Washington	Houston, Texas
Nov 13 2009 8:00P	The Parish	Austin, Texas
Nov 14 2009 8:00P	House of Blues-Cambridge Room	Dallas, Texas
Nov 16 2009 8:00P	Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack	Little Rock, Arkansas
Nov 20 2009 8:00P	Gargoyle Club	St. Louis, Missouri
Nov 21 2009 8:00P	TBD	Chicago, Illinois
Nov 30 2009 8:00P	Paradise Rock Club	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dec 1 2009 8:00P	The Hi Hat	Providence, Rhode Island
Dec 2 2009 8:00P	Rock and Roll Hotel	WASHINGTON, Washington DC
Dec 3 2009 8:00P	First Unitarian Church	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 4 2009 8:00P	Bowery Ballroom	New York, New York
Dec 5 2009 8:00P	Music Hall of Williamsburg	Brooklyn, New York

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