Former Commotions leader Lloyd Cole next week will release his first full-band album in a decade, Broken Record, a rootsy collection that’s preceded by lead-off single “Writers Retreat!” and its accompanying music video, shown above. Fans who helped fund Cole’s recording sessions already have received their copies, but the album officially is released Sept. 10 in Europe by German label Tapete Records and in the U.S. via LloydCole.com (sample the album’s tracks here).
Cole also has set a 29-date fall European tour with his Small Ensemble bluegrass trio — featuring Mark Schwaber on acoustic guitar and mandolin, and Matt Cullen on banjo and acoustic guitar — that opens Oct. 14 in Porto, Portugal, and runs through Nov. 20 in Gothenburg, Sweden. As for further touring plans, on his website, Cole writes that “U.S. and Australia/NZ 2011, I expect. I know Australia is penciled for March/April.”
See Lloyd Cole’s tour dates after the jump…
Lloyd Cole tour dates:
Oct. 14: Casa de Musica, Porto, Portugal
Oct. 15: S. Mamede Centro de Artes, Guimaraes, Portugal
Oct. 16: Cine Teatro de Estarreja, Esterreja, Portugal
Oct. 17: Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval, Sintra, Portugal
Oct. 19: Teatro Gil Vicente, Coimbra, Portugal
Oct. 21: Pavillion, Cork, Ireland
Oct. 22: Dolans, Limerick, Ireland
Oct. 23: Model Arts, Sligo, Ireland
Oct. 24: Whelans, Dublin, Ireland
Oct. 26: Fruitmarket, Glasgow, UK
Oct. 27: ARC, Stockton, UK
Oct. 28: Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK
Oct. 29: Glee Club, Nottingham, UK
Oct. 31: Phoenix, Exeter, UK
Nov. 1: Komedia, Brighton, UK
Nov. 2: St. George’s, Briston, UK
Nov. 3: Union Chapel, London, UK
Nov. 5: Alhambra, Paris, France
Nov. 6: Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
Nov. 7: LIve Music Hall, Cologne, Germany
Nov. 9: Freiheiz, Munich, Germany
Nov. 11: Franz.K, Reutlingen, Germany
Nov. 12: Brotfabrik, Frankfurt, Germany
Nov. 13: Moments, Bremen, Germany
Nov. 14: Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin, Bermany
Nov. 17: KB, Malmo, Sweden
Nov. 18: Sondra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden
Nov. 19: Katalin, Uppsala, Sweden
Nov. 20: Stenhammarsalen, Gothenburg, Sweden
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Lloyd Cole releasing ‘Broken Record,’ first full-band album in a decade, this fall
- Lloyd Cole releases Small Ensemble acoustic CD, begins work on next album
- New releases: Lloyd Cole’s ‘Rattlesnakes’ reissued, Depeche Mode single
- New releases: Lloyd Cole box set, plus live Living Colour, Killing Joke
