Bowerbirds - The Clearing... Nashville to California, tour starting next week

Bowerbirds will be on tour, working their way west, starting in Tennessee (Nashville 10/9, Memphis 10/10) and ending up on the West Coast:

10/09/12 Nashville, TN - The High Watt w/ Strand of Oaks
10/10/12 Hi-Tone Cafe, Memphis - TN w/ Strand of Oaks & Prypyat
10/11/12 St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway w/ Strand of Oaks
10/12/12 Columbia, MO - Mojo's w/ Strand of Oaks & Prypyat
10/16/12 Santa Barbara, CA - SOhO Restaurant and Music Club w/ Strand of Oaks & Rainbow Girls
10/17/12 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre w/ Strand of Oaks & Prypyat
10/19/12 San Diego , CA - The Casbah w/ Strand of Oaks
10/20/12 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom w/ Strand of Oaks & Perfume Genius
10/21/12 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress w/ Dusted & Perfume Genius
10/23/12 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge w/ Strand of Oaks & Prypyat
10/24/12 Salt Lake City, IT - Kilby Court w/ Strand of Oaks & Prypyat
10/26/12 Boise, ID - Neurolux w/ Strand of Oaks & Prypyat
10/27/12 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge w/ Strand of Oaks & Prypyat
10/28/12 Seattle, WA - Neumos w/ Strand of Oaks & Prypyat
10/29/12 Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore Cabaret w/ Strand of Oaks Khingfisher
11/01/12 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall w/ Strand of Oaks

If you're not familiar with them, check out the video for "Tuck The Darkness In":



Or this one for "Sweet Moment":



It's pretty, mostly acoustic music, although there are moments that remind me of Magnolia Electric Company... they're a North Carolina-based duo: Phil Moore and Beth Tacular, who recorded this in Bon Iver's studio in Wisconsin - hence the interesting combination of simple, mountain-based acoustic plucking and some of the more lush backing sounds.