Surfjan Stevens has announced that he'll be undertaking a sizable North American tour to accompany the release of Carrie & Lowell, his first release since 2010's The Age of Adz (from Consequence of Sound).
If previous releases have been any indication, Stevens does well after extended periods of rest. The Age of Adz received positive feedback after being released five years after Illinois, which most critics consider to be his crowning achievement thus far. Carrie & Lowell was described as going back to his folk roots, according to a press release from Asthmatic Kitty (the record label founded in part by Stevens). The label hasn't released anything from Stevens for a while and his own last update to Soundcloud was the 2012 "holiday" tune "Justice Delivers Its Death."
While you wait for Justice to deliver its next album from Stevens, you can peruse the list of tour dates below and see where he'll be closest to you. It seems he's aiming for more proper theaters and auditoriums during the tour, based strictly on the venues chosen in our home state of Ohio, plus New York's Beacon Theater.
04/10: Philadelphia @ Academy of Music
04/11: New York @ Beacon Theater
04/12: Hartford, CT @ The Bushnell Center for Performing Arts
04/14: Portland, ME @ Merrill Auditorium
04/15: Albany, NY @ The Palace Theater
04/16: Cleveland @ Cleveland Masonic Auditorium
04/17: Columbus, OH @ Palace Theater
04/18: Indianapolis @ The Murat Theatre
04/20: St. Louis @ Peabody Opera House
04/21: Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theater
04/22: Minneapolis @ Northrop Auditorium
04/23: Milwaukee @ Riverside Theater
04/24: Chicago @ Chicago Theatre
04/27: Detroit @ Masonic Temple
04/28: Grand Rapids, MI @ Convenant Fine Arts Center
04/29: Toronto @ Massey Hall
04/30: Montreal @ Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
05/01: Brooklyn @ Kings Theatre
05/04: Boston @ Wang Theatre
05/05: Washington, DC @ DAR Constitution Hall
05/06: Richmond, VA @ Altria Theater
05/07: Durham, NC @ Durham Performing Arts Center
05/09: New Orleans @ Saenger Theatre
05/10: Dallas @ Majestic Theatre
05/11: Houston @ Jones Hall for the Performing Arts
05/12: Austin @ Bass Concert Hall
06/02: San Diego @ Copley Symphony Hall
06/03: Los Angeles @ Dorthy Chandler Pavilion
06/05: Oakland @ Fox Theater
06/08: Portland @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
06/09: Vancouver @ Orpheum Theatre
06/10: Seattle @ The Paramount Theatre
