Andrew Bird Brings Out the Beast...

Andrew Bird will release Noble Beast (Fat Possum Records) on January 20th. The self-produced album consists of 14 original songs recorded primarily at the Beech House in Nashville, with additional recording taking place at various Chicago and Minneapolis locations over a period of five months. As usual, Bird handles violin, vocals, whistling and guitar, with back-up from live cohorts Martin Dosh (percussion, looping, keys), Jeremy Ylvisaker (guitar, bass, organ, shortwave) and more recently Mike Lewis, plus a supporting cast including Kelly Hogan, Todd Sickafoose, and the band Loney Dear.

Beginning today, you can hear the album in it's entirety, streaming on NPR.

2009 Tour Dates
1/25 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts
1/28 - New York, NY @ Carnegie Hall
1/30 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
2/3 - Washington D.C. @ 930 Club
2/4 - Atlanta, GA @ The Variety Playhouse
2/6 - Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Theatre
2/7 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
2/12 - Austin, TX @ The Paramount Theatre
2/13 - Albuquerque, NM @ The El Rey Theater
2/14 - Tuscon, AZ @ Rialto Theater
2/15 - San Diego, CA @ SOMA
2/18 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Orpheum Theater
2/19 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
2/20 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
2/21 - Portland, OR @ The Roseland Theater
2/23 - Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theater
2/24 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
2/25 - Murray, UT @ The Murray Theater
2/26 - Denver, CO @ The Ogden Theater
2/27 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
3/15 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
3/16 - Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall
3/17 - Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom
3/21 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues
3/22 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
3/23 - Oxford, MS @ The Lyric Oxford
4/3 - Toronto, ONT @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
4/4 - Montreal, QC @ Le National
4/5 - South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
4/7 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Carnegie Music Hall
4/10 - Chicago, IL @ Civic Opera House
4/11 - Minneapolis, MN @ The State Theater