Remember Spanish Prisoners, those dream pop charmers from Brooklyn who were trying their damnedest to raise enough money to buy a tour van? Well, after weeks of going door-to-door selling homemade sweaters and singing Hall & Oates songs on street corners, they’ve finally reached their $5000 goal — enough to buy the coolest fucking tour van you’ll ever see. They might even paint it with kittens and sea creatures. They’ve announced their tourdates too — see if you can catch those whippersnappers breezing through your town.
When they weren’t knitting or crafting or painting, Spanish Prisoners found time to toss together “Downtown Chicagoland,” the third single from their album Gold Fools. It includes two rad alternate versions of the album’s last track, and you can download it for free via Bandcamp. And don’t forget the new video for “Know No Violence” below, a little something for fans of snowy forests and geometric sweaters.
Dates:
02.24.12 - Brooklyn, NY- Knitting Factory
03.06.12 - Brooklyn, NY - Death By Audio
03.07.12 - Philadelphia, PA - Kungfu Necktie
03.08.12 - Washington, DC - TBA
03.09.12 - Baltimore, MD - Soft House
03.10.12 - Savannah, GA - Savannah Stopover Festival
03.11.12 - Jacksonville, FL - Burro Bar
03.12.12 - New Orleans, LA - Allways Lounge
03.13-17.12 - Austin, TX - SXSW
03.18.12 - Little Rock, AR - Stickyz
03.19.12 - Conway, AR - Ford Theatre
03.20.12 - Memphis, TN - TBA
03.21.12 - Nashville, TN - the Zombie Shop
03.22.12 - Cincinnati, OH - Mt Carmel Brewing Company
03.23.12 - La Salle, IL - 9th Street Pub
03.24.12 - Chicago, IL - Pancho’s
03.25.12 - Columbus, OH - TBA
03.27.12 - Rochester, NY - The Bug Jar
03.28.12 - Northampton, MA - TBA
03.29.12 - Boston, MA - Middle East @
03.30.12 - Providence, RI - AS220
03.31.12 - New York, NY - TBA
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• Spanish Prisoners: http://spanishprisoners.com
