Plop another nickel in the "Odd Couple" jar. Subterranean guitar architects and drone assault vehicle Growing just dropped a sick joint last week. To celebrate, Growing will take delight this fall in frightening indie rock nerds and people "who just gotta get their sorta dance on" for roughly 45 minutes in eight major North American markets. Through either friendship, luck, providence, elaborate schemes, or otherwise, Growing will be opening for the subdued and shapeshifting British electropop collective Hot Chip on the last leg of their tour.

Growing are known for rumbling the foundations of whatever room they play in and ripping holes in the sky roughly ten meters above your head that spew torrents of fluorescent-colored doom. Hot Chip is known for being... funky. Totally fucked, right? Well, Growing has taken a more (somewhat) melodic approach on their latest, All the Way (TMT Review), out right now on Social Registry. So, maybe it’s not as strange as it seems. I mean, Deerhunter just finished a Nine Inch Nails tour, right? Odd couples are the new black.

09.28.08 - Chicago, IL - Metro 09.29.08 - Chicago, IL - Metro 09.30.08 - Toronto, ON - Koolhaus 10.01.08 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis 10.03.08 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 10.04.08 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 10.05.08 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero 10.07.08 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live 10.08.08 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 10.09.08 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse