New Daniel Johnston album: Beam Me Up!

New Daniel Johnston album: Beam Me Up!

When we last left our illimitable hero Daniel Johnston, he was, naturally, gearing up to tour Europe backed with an 11-piece Dutch orchestra. And while the “pilgrim of indie music with 30+ albums, hundreds of songs, and dozens of fans” probably could have left it at that and left us all perfectly bemused/satisfied, he’s just upped the game, announcing the release of a new full-length studio album with the aforementioned musicians in the BEAM orchestra, a mere seven months after the release of his last full-length, Is and Always Was (TMT Review).

The aptly titled Beam Me Up LP — which consists of three previously unreleased solo Johnston songs, “Mask,” “Sarah Drove In Her Car,” and “Last Song,” as well as nine re-recorded Johnston classics backed by BEAM, including “Devil Town,” “Beatles,” “Walking the Cow,” and others — will apparently be released on vinyl this Friday(!) via German label Hazelwood. But for those of you who are just yip/jumping to hear “True Love Will Find You In The End” played by an 11-piece orchestra, the whole album also seems to be available now for stream or download.

Now then, who’s got some frequent flyer miles I can use to get my ass over to Europe?

Beam Me Up:

01 Sarah Drove Around In Her Car
02 Syrup Of Tears
03 Must
04 True Love Will Find You In The End
05 Wicked World
06 Mask
07 Try To Love
08 Devil Town
09 Love Enchanted
10 Walking the cow
11 Last Songs
12 Beatles

Daniel Johnston European tourdates:

04.01.10 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso *
04.02.10 - London, UK - Troxy *^
04.03.10 - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street *
04.05.10 - Berlin, Germany - Astra Kulturhaus *
04.06.10 - Frankfurt Am Main, Germany - Mousonturm *
04.09.10 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller Music Hall *
04.10.10 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega *
04.11.10 - Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall *
04.13.10 - Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique *
04.15.10 - Paris, France - Le Bataclan *
04.16.10 - Fribourg, Switzerland - Fri-Son *
04.17.10 - Bourges, France - Printemps de Bourges *
04.18.10 - Lille, France - Les Paradis Artificiels *
05.07.10-05.09.10 - Minehead, UK - ATP Festival
05.10.10 - Milan, Italy - Teatro Ciak
05.11.10 - Ferrara, Italy - Ferrara Sala Estense
05.12.10 - Rome, Italy - Auditorium

* BEAM Orchestra
^ Jeffrey Lewis

• Daniel Johnston: http://www.hihowareyou.com

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