Courtney Barnett (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever Media)
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile will tour North America together in October and November as part of a collaboration which is also set to include an album.
“In 2014 I scored a support slot opening for Kurt at the Abbotsford Convent,” Barnett says by way of explanation. “We met briefly after the show but I was a bit nervous and didn’t wanna bother him, just grateful for the gig. Years later we started bumping into each other on the festival circuit all around the wide world and we became friends. He hit me up when he was coming to Melbourne next and said he thought we could work together.”
“It started out as, maybe we’ll do a split 7″ together but then I figured let’s make it a 12″ so it doesn’t get lost in the world, shoot for 5 songs,” Kurt Vile adds on the collaboration.
“It wasn’t until i had another KV tour booked for the following summer in Oz that we thought we should record as much as we can, just see what happens, no major goal to make it a full length, but it came together that way ’cause the vibe was so strong with everyone.”
The album was recorded during a total of 8 days in the studio spread over almost 15 months, to make room for their respective touring schedules, and is to be released later this year.
Tour dates:
October
11- House of Bluesm San Diego, CA
14 – The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, CA
15 – Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
18 – Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA
20 – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
21 – Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA
22 – The Showbox, Seattle, WA
25 – Palace Theatre, St. Paul, MN
26 – Rockefeller Chapel, Chicago, IL
27 – Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL
28 – Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
30 – Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI
31 – Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
November
1 – Beacon Theatre, New York, NY
3 – Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA
4 – Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA
9 – Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
10 – McFarlin Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX
11 – ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Austin, TX