Thao & the Get Down Stay Down will tour North America this spring in support of their forthcoming full-length album, We the Common (out on Ribbon Music February 5 in the U.S. and Canada, February 4 throughout the rest of the world).

We the Common is available now for pre-order, as is the deluxe vinyl version of the record which includes a limited edition 7” with covers of Melanie’s “Brand New Key” and The Troggs’ “With A Girl Like You” (the 7” is also available as a download with pre-orders of the CD). Pre-order here. The group has also revealed the new record’s artwork, see below.

Recorded at San Francisco’s Tiny Telephone Studios and Dallas’ Elmwood Studio, We the Common was produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Bill Callahan, the Walkmen, Explosions in the Sky) and features a duet with Joanna Newsom on the track “Kindness Be Conceived.” Thao observes, “We the Common is an album about wanting to be a human who tries and is grateful for the opportunity. It is about wanting to be better and closer to people. I have had over a year respite from touring and recording—in this year I started really trying to be a part of the community I live in and the family I was born into.”

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down Tour Dates
03/05 – Portland, OR – Doug Fur Lounge
03/06 – Vancouver, BC – Fortune Sound Club
03/07 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
03/08 – Boise, ID – Neurolux
03/09 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
03/11 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
03/16 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
03/17 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks
03/18 – Atlanta, GA – Smith’s Olde Bar
03/19 – Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle
03/20 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
03/22 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
03/23 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
03/24 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
03/27 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
03/28 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark
03/29 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
03/30 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
04/01 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center
04/02 – Iowa City, IA – Mission Creek Festival
04/05 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
04/06 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
04/07 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah
04/08 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour

THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN, WE THE COMMON
1. We the Common (for Valerie Bolden)
2. City
3. We Don’t Call
4. The Feeling Kind
5. Holy Roller
6. Kindness be Conceived
7. The Day Long
8. Every Body
9. Move
10. Clouds for Brains
11. Human Heart
12. Age of Ice

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