Hello, all. A tour email should be going out to most of you, but if you aren't on the mailing list, I wanted to let you know that we're selling a few non-standard items on the tour that you might be interested in.
For one thing, we'll have some advance copies of our fancy new EP, "Thieves". It won't be officially released or available anywhere else until next year.
Tracklist:
1) I Can't Wait
2) You're the Coliseum
3) Mountain Laurel (remastered)
4) There's a Mark Where You Were Breathing
5) Near a Garden
Also, we'll be selling solo recordings by Thor (his eerie, ambient, and wonderful acoustic "Fields of Innards", Travis (solo and ensemble compositions),
and me. Mine is a little solo record I recorded live to two-track with Brian Beattie (who recorded 'Everybody Makes Mistakes', as well as the new Okkervil record and 'DFILWEYS') in June after all the tours ended. One or two of these tracks might resurface in other versions, maybe, or maybe not. Here's the track list:
1) all the pretty horses (same as from 'hoax funeral')
2) sea robins
3) the elephant walk
4) the assassin
5) the biology building
6) switchbacks
7) unharmed (dragons)

child of never
The covers for these are hand-stamped with a lovely design Howard gave to me, and feature handwritten liner notes which vary from copy to copy depending on how tired or whimsical I'm feeling.
Keep a look out for us - we're in the blue van with the Texas plates and the Kerry/Edwards sticker.
Happy hunting,
J