Today marks the limited release of
BiRd-BrAiNs, the debut album from new 4AD signing
tUnE-YaRdS, the singular musical project of New England native Merrill Garbus, for the first time on CD!
Available previously only from her website and on vinyl through Marriage Records, this version of
BiRd-BrAiNs comes in a screenprinted wallet sleeve and is limited to just 1,000 copies worldwide. Once sold out, it will not be repressed in this version and is a must for all 4AD collectors!
This limited release comes a month ahead of tUnE-YaRdS first European Tour where she will join Dirty Projectors for a slew of dates in September! Prior to this run, her only European performance to date came when she closed The Breeders Curated All Tomorrow Parties at Minehead, Somerset with a rousing midnight set. She made a lot of new friends that night, playing a one-woman live show that showed her to be quite a talent. On September 5th she will play in New York with Phosphorescent and Mike Bones just before she heads overseas, and will then come back to the States to tour in October!
See all dates below. 
The official release for the album on 4AD actually comes November 17th in the US (16th in the UK) when
BiRd-BrAiNs will be released formally, remastered and with two extra tracks added! Until then though, we're delighted to be welcoming an artist as talented and unique as Merrill to the fold and to be involved in releasing her music.
Sample the track "SUNLIGHT" here:
http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com/mp3/t...s_SUNLIGHT.mp3 tUnE-YaRdS on TOUR
August 18 Cafe Du Nord San Francisco CA ***
September 05 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn NY *
September 9 Paris Maroquinerie Paris **
September 10 Phonofestivalen Bergen
September 12 Old Fast London
September 13 Scala London **
September 14 The Macbeth London ***
September 16 Whelans Dublin **
September 17 King Georg Cologne
September 18 Incubate Festival Tilburg
September 19 Botanique Brussels **
September 20 Melkweg Amsterdam **
September 21 Festsaal Kreuzberg Berlin **
October 02 Musee d'art Contemporain de Montreal Montreal Quebec CA
October 03 Bouy Gallery Kittery Maine ****
October 04 Monkey House Winooski Vermont
October 05 The Mug - Vassar College Poughkeepsie New York
October 06 Union Hall Brooklyn New York *****
October 07 Danger! Danger! Gallery Philadelphia Pennsylvania
October 09 Twisted Tea Branch Tea Bazaar Charlottesville Virginia
October 11 Cine Athens Georgia
October 13 The Bishop Bloomington Indiana ******
October 14 Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center St. Louis Missouri
October 15 Chopin Theater Chicago Illinois
October 16 The Vernors Room at Crofoot Pontiac Michigan *******
* = with Phosphorescent and Mike Bones
** = with Dirty Projectors
*** = with Max Tundra
**** = with Kurt Weisman and Happy Birthday
***** = with Dragons of Zynth
****** = with Red Bird and DM Stith
******* = with Prussia and Wildcatting
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tUnE-YaRdS Limited CD Out Now Updated Tour Dates
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