Hello all,

Just a quick note to say THANK YOU to everyone who has supported us throughout this year, come to our shows, bought our records, given us a place to stay or a warm welcome.  We’ve come to the end of nearly 200 shows in 2011, and we’re still standing, thanks to the warmth that you’ve given us.

Wye Oak will be staying pretty low key for the next little while as we write new material and live normal life for a change.  However, we’ll still be active for some shows here and there.  Two shows are already confirmed for February:

Thursday FEB 23rd @ The Troubador in Los Angeles, CA

Friday FEB 24th @ The Independed in San Francisco, CA as part of the Noise Pop Festival.

As a little holiday gift to you, we recorded this Brenda Lee Christmas classic for the AV Club:

Wye Oak covers “Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day” by Brenda Lee

Thanks again for the wonderful year, and see you soon!

x

A&J

We’ll be skipping back across to Europe and the UK a couple more times before the year is out, and today we announced a whole bunch of the dates.  It’ll be our first time in a bunch of places, and will mark a return to many others.  Check out the dates:

Mon 22-Aug-11 UK Manchester @ Ruby Lounge

Tue 23-Aug-11 UK EDINBURGH @ CORN EXCHANGE W/ THE NATIONAL 
Wed 24-Aug-11 UK GLASGOW@ ACADEMY W/ THE NATIONAL

Thu 3-Nov-11 GER - BERLIN @ LIDO  
Fri 4-Nov-11 DEN - COPENHAGEN@ HUSET MAGSTRAEDE  
Sat 5-Nov-11 SWE - STOCKHOLM @ DEBASER  
Sun 6-Nov-11 NOR - OSLO @ MONO 
Tue 8-Nov-11 GER - MUNSTER @ GLEIS 22  
Wed 9-Nov-11 GER - HEIDELBERG @ KARLSTORBAHNHOF  
Thu 10-Nov-11 SWI - FRIBOURG @ FRI-SON  
Fri 11-Nov-11 IT -MILAN SALUMERIA @ DELLA MUSICA  
Sat 12-Nov-11 FRA - TOULOUSE @ SAINT DES SEINS  
Sun 13-Nov-11 SPA - SAN SEBASTIEN @ KONTADORES 
Tue 15-Nov-11 SPA - BARCELONA @ SIDECAR 
Thu 17-Nov-11 GER - KOLN @ GEBAUDE  
Fri 18-Nov-11 LUX - LUX @ ROCKHAL CAFÉ  
Sat 19-Nov-11 NETH - DEN HAAG @ CROSSING BORDER FESTIVAL  
Sun 20-Nov-11 BEL - ANTWERP @ CROSSING BORDER FESTIVAL  
Mon 21-Nov-11 FRA - PARIS @ POINT EPHEMERE  
Tue 22-Nov-11 UK - LONDON @ XOYO

We’ve just announced a handfull of new headline shows for this spring/summer.  We’ll be playing our first shows in Hartford, Northampton, Cleveland, and Seattle since the release of Civilian.  Here are the dates:

15 JULY 2011 - Hartford CT - Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art w/ Marissa Nadler

16 JULY 2011 - Northampton MA Iron Horse Music Hall

02 AUG 2011 - Pittsburgh PA - Club Cafe

03 AUG 2011 - Cleveland OH Beachland Tavern

09 AUG 2011 - Seattle WA The Crocodile w/ Grand Hallway, Eric Elbogen

Thanks to everyone who made “Our Concert Could Be Your Life” one of the most fun shows we’ve ever been a part of.  And thanks especially to our pal Michael Azerrad.

New dates are posted for September and October.  We’ll be in the Southern US, Eastern Canada, and the Midwestern US supporting Explosions in the Sky.

More dates are on the way!

We’ll be back across the pond in June for our first ever string of headline dates.  Here’s the rundown:

June 04 PARIS, FR – LA FLECHE D’OR
June 07 AMSTERDAM, NL – PARADISO
June 08 GHENT, BE – VOORUIT
June 09 HAMBURG, DE – MOLOTOW
June 10 GRONIGEN, NL – VERA
June 11 MUNICH, DE – ATOMIC CAFÉ
June 12 VIENNA, AT – CHELSEA CLUB
June 13 FRANKFURT, DE – SINKKASTEN
June 14 BERLIN, DE FESTSAAL KREUZBERG (with Herman Dune & Waters)
June 16 LONDON, UK HOXTON BAR & KITCHEN

Especially excited for that Paris date at Fleche D’or, as we played there on our first ever European tour, and that show happened to fall on the exact night that Obama was elected President.  Here’s hoping that we can recreate some of that excitement upon our return.  Here’s an old picture of the DJ at Fleche d’or that night.  Nice.

We were asked back to the Onion AV Club’s Chicago office to try our hand at the Danzig classic, “Mother.”  The results are below.  Rated PG-13 for moderate violence and wolf’s blood.

Wye Oak covers Danzig

NPR just premiered our new music video based around a shadow puppet show designed and constructed by Baltimore’s own Katherine Fahey.  Directed by Michael O’Leary.  Enjoy!

Wye Oak - Fish (Official Video) from City Slang on Vimeo.

Headed back for some headlining dates in Europe and the UK.  First string of dates has been announced - see below.  More are coming!

07 JUNE 2011
Amsterdam
NE
Paradiso

08 JUNE 2011
Ghent
BEL
Vooruit

12 JUNE 2011
Vienna
AUS
Chelsea Club

13 JUNE 2011
Frankfurt
DE
Sinkkasten

14 JUNE 2011
Berlin
DE
Comet

16 JUNE 2011
London
ENG
Hoxton Bar & Kitchen

Dear Memphis,

Jenn’s voice is still questionable, so Wye Oak will not be performing tonight at the Lamplighter.  Instead, you will see the first and only performance of SLOWER DANS, featuring members of Wye Oak, Lower Dens, Crazy Dreams Band, Lexie Mountain Boys, and Roads to Space Travel.

Lower Dens will still perform as per usual, as will Young Greys.

In a statement crafted by SLOWER DANS’ mouthpiece Squawk Nard:
“We are proud to present our starquake epic “Testicle Money” to the people of Memphis Tennessee. In this time of upheaval and calamity we felt it was important to bring our unfolding trilogy of transformation, healing and rebirth to bear in a location of critical pyramid energy focus and inward-looking reincarnativity. SLOWER DANS’ persistent unfolding and reinvention of self finds its mirror in the history and magic of Memphis and is honored to present our magnum opus on this tender night.”

Hey all, very sorry to say that we have to call off tonight’s show in Atlanta due to illness.

For those of you with presale tickets, refunds will be available from the point of purchase.

Here is a note from Jenn …

Dear ATL,
I have played shows with colds, flus, strep throat, and a sprained back. I don’t cancel shows…I hate cancelling shows…
I’ve been struggling with a cold all week. No big deal, except I suppose all the coughing and forced singing finally caught up with me and I woke up this morning with absolutely no voice at all. Despite rest and a variety of supplements and remedies of all sorts, it has not returned.
Please know that it truly kills me to have to cancel,  and we will reschedule as soon as possible.
This sucks,
JW